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A History of Optical Telescopes in AstronomyThe Ascent of the Mirror Lens and Reflecting Telescopes

A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy: The Ascent of the Mirror Lens and Reflecting... [It was Newton’s ideas about light and the impossibility of correcting for refrangibility by mixing complementary lenses that significantly slowed the production of achromatic lenses, as they were seen to be of no use in telescope manufacture. At the same time, his ideas did create some speculations over the value of using mirrors over lenses.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Optical Telescopes in AstronomyThe Ascent of the Mirror Lens and Reflecting Telescopes

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
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978-3-319-99087-3
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67 –81
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10.1007/978-3-319-99088-0_5
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[It was Newton’s ideas about light and the impossibility of correcting for refrangibility by mixing complementary lenses that significantly slowed the production of achromatic lenses, as they were seen to be of no use in telescope manufacture. At the same time, his ideas did create some speculations over the value of using mirrors over lenses.]

Published: Oct 2, 2018

Keywords: Reflector Telescope; Primary Mirror; Very Large Telescope (VLT); Blank Glass; Spherical Error

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