Reflecting Telescopes

This small display reveals the work of pioneering Scots in the development of the reflective telescope. The display highlights James Gregory (1638?75), a contemporary of Isaac Newton and Professor of Mathematics at St Andrews then Edinburgh University. Gregory published an innovative design for a ‘reflecting’ telescope in 1663. A predecessor of the modern telescope, Gregory’s device used mirrors, rather than glass lenses, to create a more compact instrument and sharper images.

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Website
www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/reflecting-telescopes/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/mw954?id=EVENT558353