John Dollond, the son of immigrant Huguenots from France, was born on June 10, 1706 in London. He took up the weaving profession of his father, but at the age of 46 joined his son Peter in the optical business. Although he had been obliged to leave school early to...
The 2022 Antique Telescope Society Virtual Convention Call for Papers The 2022 Convention of the Antique Telescope Society will be held online on the weekends of November 12-13 and 19-20, using the Zoom platform once again. We had excellent participation at the last...
A Tour of Optical History at the Astronomical Lyceum An online presentation hosted by Skyscrapers, Inc. on Zoom Presented by John Briggs Our forefathers in optics allowed a revolutionary ascendancy of American astronomy in the 19th and early 20th...
Travels into Astronomical History with the ATS Presented by: Ken LumDate:2022-07-20 The principles of both refractor and reflector telescopes were invented in the 17th century as shown in my last presentation. Then, the techniques of how to make...
