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The first invention of the telescope is often credited to either Hans Lippershey or Sacharias Jansen. Lippershey obtained the first patent in 1608. Both men were Dutch eyeglass-makers that experimented with lenses to view distant objects. By placing one lens (convex) in front of another (concave), an image of a remote object could be magnified.

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