Who Invented The Reflecting Telescope

The illustrious and noted scientist Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope. The same year, 1672, that he invented the reflecting telescope he also invented calculus. Much is owed to Isaac Newton, not just because he designed the reflecting telescope and calculus, however.

Let's look at several of his other noteworthy scientific accomplishments.

Isaac Newton, sometime after he designed the reflecting telescope, devised a number of theories that later became scientific law. It was because he designed the reflecting telescope, in many cases, that he was able to devise the following laws.

Isaac Newton's first law of motion said that every single body is continually in a state either of rest or uniform straight-line motion unless an external force acts upon it. We must note here, however, that Galileo had first advanced this theory. Isaac Newton, after he designed the reflecting telescope, was able to delve into it further and finally come up with a formal documented theory.

Isaac Newton's second law of motion says that once force is applied to any body, the rate of change that is forced on that second body's linear motion is in proportion to the force applied and will happen in the same direction as that of the applied force. Put in equation form, the law says that force is equal to mass multiplied by acceleration. Albert Einstein later studied this law and modified it.

Newton's third motion law is simple, and well known. He theorized, and then proved, that for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.
Although Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope he clearly didn't stop there. And the world is better for it.