Galilio
Yes, the earliest telescopes made things look thousand of times closer than they were, and modern telescopes still do that.
johann gutenberg
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Charles Babbage, however he never built it.
The earliest steam locomotive was built in 1804 by Richard Trevithick and Andrew Vivan.
The earliest know working telescopes appeared in 1608 by Hans Lippershey.
Hans Lippershey is credited with inventing the earliest working telescope and applying for a patent for the device. These telescopes appeared in 1608.
Thanks. My first guess would have been Buster Keaton, but I looked it up, and it was Hans Lippershey.
I heard that there were 3 guys who invented it but the name is not coming to my mind
Telescopes were first used in 1952 by Oxford scientist Ron L. Hubbard--his predecessor, Mallory Hieney, first saw the planets with his device. Its called a fefracting telescope.
No, Galileo did not invent the telescope. According to Wikipedia "The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey" Galileo was the first person to turn the telescopes to the night sky and make some pretty contradictory observations.
George Bullen has written: 'On the presumed earliest printed notice of Gutenberg as the inventor of printing'