Georg Simon Plössl was born September 19th, 1794 in Wieden near Vienna. He was the son of a carpenter and learned to turn wood during an apprenticeship from September 28th 1807 to 1811. On May, 9th 1812 he started to work with the Voigtlaender optical firm in...
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...
