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Season 36 · Episode 9 of 13 Aired Aug 16, 1992

The First Telescope

Sun, Aug 16, 1992
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It is usually accepted that the first telescope was made in 1608. But new evidence shows that the first reflector was made in England, by Leonard Digges , many years before. In this programme Colin Ronan joins Patrick Moore to explain the principle, and to show the first "working" Digges-type telescope to have been made for more than 400 years.

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Sun, Aug 16, 1992

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