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WW1 era Galilean type binoculars. Almost from the invention of the telescope in the 17th century the advantages of mounting two of them side by side for binocular vision seems to have been explored. [1] Most early binoculars used Galilean optics; that is, they used a convex objective and a concave eyepiece lens.
Mother of pearl opera glasses and leather case. Opera glasses with handle, ca.1910. Opera glasses, also known as theater binoculars or Galilean binoculars, are compact, low-power optical magnification devices, usually used at performance events, whose name is derived from traditional use of binoculars at opera performances.
The design Galileo Galilei used c. 1609 is commonly called a Galilean telescope. [5] It used a convergent (plano-convex) objective lens and a divergent (plano-concave) eyepiece lens (Galileo, 1610). [6] A Galilean telescope, because the design has no intermediary focus, results in a non-inverted (i.e., upright) image. [7]
As a result of improvements that Galileo Galilei made to the telescope, with a magnifying capability of 20×, [5] he was able to see celestial bodies more distinctly than was previously possible. This allowed Galileo to observe in either December 1609 or January 1610 what came to be known as the Galilean moons. [6] [7]
It was also used in Galileo Galilei's 1609 telescope design which gave this type of eyepiece arrangement the name "Galilean". This type of eyepiece is still used in very cheap telescopes, binoculars and in opera glasses.
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