contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 5 months agoTIL A microscope can simply be reversed to make a telescope. Both telescopes and microscopes were in use in Holland by the end of the sixteenth centurywww.bristol.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkTIL A microscope can simply be reversed to make a telescope. Both telescopes and microscopes were in use in Holland by the end of the sixteenth centurywww.bristol.ac.ukcontentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoTbh that’s in a modern sense, historically a microscope was just a single lense, which could be used for both (as far as I know). And the Dutch had the best lense makers and innovators that developed the optie technology early on.
Tbh that’s in a modern sense, historically a microscope was just a single lense, which could be used for both (as far as I know). And the Dutch had the best lense makers and innovators that developed the optie technology early on.