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Around 1000AD, the first vision aid was invented (inventor unknown) called a reading stone, which was a glass sphere that was laid on top of the material to be read that to magnified the letters.

Around 1284 in Italy, Salvino D'Armate is credited with inventing the first wearable eye glasses. This picture is a reproduction copied from an original pair of eye glasses dating back to the mid-1400's.

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Hans Lippershey invented the telescope. The telescopes were first invented in 1608 by him. Galileo Galilei was the first of his time to use a telescope to look into space.

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The first telescopes were invented in the Netherlands in 1608.

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Galileo built a 20 power telescope, the first telescope capable of being used for astronomy, in 1609.

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around the time when Galileo was alive - renaissance period!

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The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s (the 17th century), using glass lenses.

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hi i actually don't know, have a nice day

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