[DOC] [TLE] Hans Lippershey | Dutch inventor | Britannica.com [PAR] Hans Lippershey, Lippershey also spelled Lipperhey, also called Jan ... from the 
United Netherlands, traditionally credited with inventing the telescope (1608). ... 
for his instrument, which he called a kijker (looker), or else an annual pension,... [DOC] [TLE] Hans Lippershey | Biography, Inventions and Facts - Famous Inventors [PAR] Hans Lippershey Biography - Hans Lippershey invented "Telescope" Hans ... a 
30 year patent to the States General of the Netherlands on October 2, 1608. He 
described his instrument (which he titled looker) as useful for seeing far away 
objects ... Another spectacle maker named Sacharias Janssen also claimed to be 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Hans Lippershey - Biography of Telescope Inventor [PAR] Hans Lippershey is usually credited with inventing the telescope. ... He applied to 
the government of the Netherlands for a patent on his invention in 1608. ... He 
called it a "looker" (in Dutch, that would be "kijker"). ... across Europe took notice 
of Lippershey's work and began fiddling with their own versions of the instrument. [DOC] [TLE] The First Telescope - Lenses and Cylinders, Galileo Galilei Looks to ... [PAR] The most likely story places its invention around 1600 in the shop of an obscure 
... Hans Lippershey holds one lens in front of another to magnify a distant object. 
... inside the tube, he created the first telescope, an instrument that he named a "
looker." In 1608, following years of experimentation with improved lenses, tube... [DOC] [TLE] Hans Lippershey - Molecular Expressions - Florida State University [PAR] Lippershey called his invention a "kijker", meaning "looker" in Dutch and in 1608, 
applied for a patent with the Belgian government. Even though he was paid... [DOC] [TLE] Why did Hans Lippershey invent the telescope? | Reference.com [PAR] Hans Lippershey, a spectacle maker, invented the telescope after seeing his two 
... in 1608, which he called "kijker" in Dutch, which is translated as "looker.". [DOC] [TLE] Space Today Online - 400th anniversary of the telescope [PAR] Hans Lippershey, also known as Jan or Hans Lippersheim, was a maker of ... 
When Lippershey announced his invention on October 2, 1608, he called it a 
kijker, ... Optical astronomy began with Lippershey's "looker" in 1608. ... In 1970, 
Carruthers detected molecular hydrogen in deep space during a flight of his 
instrument. [DOC] [TLE] Historical Bytes-Dangerous Concept, Dangerous Times: Galileo ... [PAR] The glass used in these early instruments was of very poor quality and chromatic 
and .... October 1608  Hans Lippershey, Jacob Metius and the Telescope ... 
Lippershey called his invention a "kijker", meaning "looker" in Dutch and in 1608,
... [DOC] [TLE] Physics Buzz: 400 Years Ago The Birth of the Telescope, Oct.2 1608 [PAR] Oct 2, 2008 ... 400 Years Ago The Birth of the Telescope, Oct.2 1608 ... Based on several 
sources, it is believed that on October 2 1608, eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey, 
... (or in Belgium, no one is certain) for a device he called a "kijiker" or looker. ... 
Zacharias Janssen invented an instrument capable of viewing far-off... [DOC] [TLE] 1600.Telescope - Umbc [PAR] The telescope was the first optical instrument but its origin is clouded in ... The 
most popular story says that a Dutch eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey 
invented the primary lenses ... Lippershey soon mounted lenses together, 
creating his "looker." In 1608, Lippershey tried to sell it to the Dutch army, but his 
offer was... [DOC] [TLE] The True Anniversary of the Telescope? | WIRED [PAR] Oct 1, 2008 ... But it's possible that Lippershey's neighbor, another optician named Zacharias 
Janssen is the true inventor. ... Either way, it seems the Netherlands did pay 
Lippershey for the design of his looker. ... Oct. 2, 1608: Up Close and Personal 
With Hans Lippershey  Son of Hubble, Prepare for a 2013 Liftoff  Show... [DOC] [TLE] telescope facts, information, pictures |

Question: Hans Lippershey, who invented this instrument in 1608, called it a "looker"
Answer: Telescope