Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "Replica of Sir Isaac Newton's Telescope made for Festival of Britain. Instead of using a lens to gather light, Newton used a curved, metal mirror (primary mirror) to collect the light and. This was in response to the chromatic aberration (rainbow halo) problem that plagued refractors during his time. Legend has it that Isaac Newton formulated gravitational theory in 1665 or 1666 after watching an apple fall and asking why the apple fell straight down, rather than sideways or even upward. This slim, beautifully illustrated paperback book looks at the history of the Isaac Newton Telescope, formerly sited at Herstmonceux and now at La Palma in. Title Replica of Sir Isaac Newton's telescope on top of a book entitled:Contributions from Mount Wilson Observatory Creator Hoge, Edisonįor information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: ĭescription Replica of Sir Isaac Newton's telescope sitting on top of a book, Contributions from Mount Wilson Observatory. Sir Isaac Newton, an English physicist, mathematician and astronomer invented the reflecting telescope in 1668.
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