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    Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica). sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk "Reflecting telescope replica". Royal Museums Greenwich. Newton's Reflector Newton's...
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    called the Newtonian reflector or just a Newtonian, is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton, using a concave...
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    death in 1716. Newton is credited with the generalised binomial theorem, valid for any exponent. He discovered Newton's identities, Newton's method, classified...
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    Isaac Newton's apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor represents the inspiration behind Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. While the precise details of Newton's...
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    inequalities Newton's laws of motion Newton's notation Newton polygon Newton polynomial Newton's religious views Newton series Newton's theorem of revolving...
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    achieve 10 cm/s radial velocity precision. Isaac Newton Newton's reflector (a reflector made by Isaac Newton in the 1600s) Newtonian telescope (a telescope...
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    notation) had largely replaced Newton's fluxions and fluents, and remains in use today. History of calculus Newton's notation Hyperreal number: A modern...
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    A parabolic (or paraboloid or paraboloidal) reflector (or dish or mirror) is a reflective surface used to collect or project energy such as light, sound...
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    and pre-dates Newton's design; however Newton is better known as he actually produced a functioning example. (see Newton's reflector) As of 2018, this...
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    a reflective layer. One of the first known reflecting telescopes, Newton's reflector of 1668, used a 3.3 cm polished metal primary mirror. The next major...
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    The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes or ING consists of three optical telescopes: the William Herschel Telescope, the Isaac Newton Telescope, and the Jacobus...
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  • law of universal gravitation Newton–Laplace equation Newton's metal Newton's minimal resistance problem Newton's reflector, see also Newtonian telescope...
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    A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image...
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    of Newton's calculus. A fluent can be found from its corresponding fluxion through integration. Method of Fluxions History of calculus Leibniz–Newton calculus...
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    from the country. English scientist Isaac Newton builds the first reflecting telescope (Newton's reflector). May 8 – Alain-René Lesage, French writer...
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    On January 3, 2025, Newton was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Timberwolves, retaining his two-way contract status. Newton's older brother, Jawaun...
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  • construction of the first practical reflecting telescope, Isaac Newton's Newtonian reflector. On 13 June 1672 Christiaan Huygens wrote about the Cassegrain...
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    stars, as is the case with alt-azimuth mounts. Astroscan Replica of Newton's reflector Aerial telescope Aerial telescope History of the telescope List of...
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    optical telescopes in the 18th century includes various refractors and reflectors that were active some time between about 1699 to 1801. It is oriented...
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    the Wayback Machine New York Times "NEW HARVARD TELESCOPE.; Sixty-Inch Reflector, Biggest in the World, Being Set Up. "April 6, 1905, Thursday Page 9 "Mt...
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    Keplerian telescopes with compound eyepieces. Isaac Newton is credited with building the first reflector in 1668 with a design that incorporated a small flat...
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  • for a variety of breakthroughs in the construction of telescope: Newton's reflector, Parsons' telescope, Hooker telescope, Hale Telescope and Bolshoi...
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    mirror telescope was used to discover the moons Triton and Hyperion. Newton's reflector 40-foot telescope (England) Armagh Observatory 15-inch Grubb reflecting...
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  • is re-established as a royal forest. Isaac Newton builds the first reflecting telescope (Newton's reflector) Richard Duckworth's Tintinnalogia, or, the...
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  • from the country. English scientist Isaac Newton builds the first reflecting telescope (Newton's reflector). January 2 – Pirate Henry Morgan of Wales...
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  • telescopes from any era, as what constitutes famous reflector has changed over time. In 1900 a 1-meter reflector would be among the largest in the world, but...
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    inch reflector included: Image tube spectrograph Photoelectric photometer Photoelectric spectrophotometer Photographic plate camera The reflector is of...
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    Convection-cooling is sometimes loosely assumed to be described by Newton's law of cooling. Newton's law states that the rate of heat loss of a body is proportional...
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    The Bochum Monitoring Telescope (BMT) was a 41-centimetre (16 in) Newton reflector, known also as VYSOS 16, because it was used for the Variable Young...
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    be known as a Newtonian reflector) had a 33-mm (1.3-inch) diameter speculum metal primary mirror of his own formulation. Newton was likewise confronted...
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