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'Remarks on the Invention of Telescopes' by Mr Eames

Reference number: RBO/12/76

Date: 1726

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History of the telescope - quotes from John Baptista Porta's 'Natural Magic', Huygens' 'Dioptrics' and Gaspar Schottus' 'Magia universalis'
Read to the Royal Society on 3 November 1726

Reference number
RBO/12/76
Earliest possible date
1726
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Remarks on the Invention of Telescopes' by Mr Eames, 1726, RBO/12/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_12_76/remarks-on-the-invention-of-telescopes-by-mr-eames, accessed on 19 April 2026

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