“This Excellent Mathematician having given us, in the Transactions of February last, an account of the cause, which induced him to think upon Reflecting Telescopes, instead of Refracting ones, hath thereupon presented the curious world with an Essay of what may be performed by such Telescopes; by which it is found, that Telescopical Tubes may be considerably shortened without prejudice to their magnifiying effect. On his invention of the catadioptrical telescope, as he communicated to the Royal Society.”
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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, considered one of the greatest scientists in history. He made significant contributions to physics, mathematics, and astronomy, particularly with his three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. Newton's work had a profound impact on the development of modern science and engineering. more
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