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Isaac Newton (1931)
Scientific Books: Opticks or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of LightScience
C. Paulhaber (1905)
Construction of Large Telescope Lenses, 13
Robert Smith (1974)
A compleat system of opticks in four books, viz. A popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise : to which are added remarks upon the whole ...
[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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