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Rolf Willach
and Albert van Helden
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Foreword VII
- Introduction IX
- CHAPTER 1 The Critical Issue 1
- CHAPTER 2 The Technology of Grinding Crystals in Antiquity and the Middle Ages 4
- CHAPTER 3 The Reading Stones (lapides ad legendum) 10
- CHAPTER 4 The First Dioptrical Vision Aids 15
- CHAPTER 5 Glass Techniques in the Middle Ages and the Invention of Spectacles 29
- CHAPTER 6 The Development of Spectacles in the Later Middle Ages and in the Renaissance 56
- CHAPTER 7 Evolution of the Modern Lens-Grinding Technique in the Sixteenth Century 70
- CHAPTER 8 Written Sources of the Sixteenth Century Concerning the Combination of Two Spectacle Glasses 85
- CHAPTER 9 The Events in Holland in the Autumn of 1608 90
- CHAPTER 10 The Breakthrough 93
- CHAPTER 11 Who Is the Inventor of the Telescope? 98
- CHAPTER 12 Summary 100
- Acknowledgments 105
- Notes 107
- Further Reading 111
- About the Author 115
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Foreword VII
- Introduction IX
- CHAPTER 1 The Critical Issue 1
- CHAPTER 2 The Technology of Grinding Crystals in Antiquity and the Middle Ages 4
- CHAPTER 3 The Reading Stones (lapides ad legendum) 10
- CHAPTER 4 The First Dioptrical Vision Aids 15
- CHAPTER 5 Glass Techniques in the Middle Ages and the Invention of Spectacles 29
- CHAPTER 6 The Development of Spectacles in the Later Middle Ages and in the Renaissance 56
- CHAPTER 7 Evolution of the Modern Lens-Grinding Technique in the Sixteenth Century 70
- CHAPTER 8 Written Sources of the Sixteenth Century Concerning the Combination of Two Spectacle Glasses 85
- CHAPTER 9 The Events in Holland in the Autumn of 1608 90
- CHAPTER 10 The Breakthrough 93
- CHAPTER 11 Who Is the Inventor of the Telescope? 98
- CHAPTER 12 Summary 100
- Acknowledgments 105
- Notes 107
- Further Reading 111
- About the Author 115