HISTORY OF THE TELESCOPE

Main source: KING,H.C. (1955). The history of the Telescope.

  • Replicas of telescopes of Galileo and Toricelli (ca. 1610)

  • Scheiner's helioscope (the first equatorially mounted telescope) (ca. 1638)

  • Helvelius with a long refractor telescope (ca. 1647)

  • Helvelius with the 150-foot telescope at Danzig

  • Huygens' aerial telescope

  • The Royal Observatory in Flamsteed's time (ca. 1675)

  • Newton's reflecting telescope (ca. 1671)

  • Hadley's reflector (ca. 1738)

  • Romer's transit instrument (1684)

  • Romer's equatorial instrument (1690)

  • Herschel's 7-foot telescope (ca. 1776)

  • Herschel's 40-foot telescope (ca. 1788)

  • Gregorian telescope by Short (ca. 1769)

  • Ramsden's Palermo altitude and azimuth circle (1789)

  • Ramsden's Schuckbergh equatorial

  • The great Dorpat refractor (first german equatorial mount) (ca. 1820)

  • The Smyth equatorial refractor (ca 1844)

  • The Earl of Rosse's 6-foot reflector (Levithan or Parsonstown) (ca. 1845)

  • The second 3-foot Rosse telescope (ca. 1875)

  • Nasmyths's 20-inch Cassegrain-Newtonian (ca. 1845)

  • Paris observatory refractor (0.38 m focal length 9 m) (ca. 1845)

  • Paris observatory refractor (0.38 m focal length 9 m) (ca. 1845)

  • Lassel's 48-inch reflector at Malta (1861)

  • De la Rue's Kew photoheliograph (ca. 1852)

  • The 15-inch Harvard equatorial (ca. 1850)

  • The 25-inch Newall refractor (1869)

  • Foucaullt's 13-inch reflector (1857)

  • The 48-inch Grubb reflector in Melbourn (1867)

  • Mount of the Melbourne telescope

  • Tennant's 9-inch photographic reflector (1868)

  • Henry brother's photographic refractor, Paris observatory (ca. 1887)

  • Henry brother's photographic refractor, Paris observatory (ca. 1887)

  • Henry brother's photographic refractor, Paris observatory (ca. 1887)

  • Common's 5-foot reflector (1891)

  • William Huggins' 8-inch Clark-Cook equatorial (1860)

  • Pulkovo 30-inch refractor (1888)

  • The 36-inch Lick refractor (1895)

  • 40-inch Yerkes refractor (ca. 1900)

  • Pier and mount of the 40-inch Yerkes refractor (1897)

  • 40-inch Yerkes refractor (1921)

  • The 24-inch Ritchey reflector (1900)

  • 80cm/50cm Postdam refractor (1900)

  • The Bruce telescope (Yerkes observatory) (ca. 1904)

  • The 60-inch reflector (Mount Wilson observatory) (ca. 1908)

  • The 100-inch Hooker reflector and dome (ca. 1918)

  • The 100-inch Hooker reflector and dome (ca. 1918)

  • Snow telescope and 60-inch refractor (Mount Wilson observatory) (ca. 1908)

  • The 150-inch tower Snow telescope (Mount Wilson observatory) (ca. 1914)

  • The 72-inch Victoria reflector (1918)

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector (1948)

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 200-inch reflector

  • Palomar 48-inch schmidt camera

  • Palomar 48-inch schmidt camera
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