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The request however was turned down, also because other spectacle-makers had made similar claims at the same time.
(spectacles) invention, an important step in the history of the telescope
The Hague discussed the patent applications first of Hans Lipperhey of Middelburg, and then of Jacob Metius of Alkmaar... another citizen of Middelburg, Zacharias Janssen had a telescope at about the same time but was at the Frankfurt Fair where he tried to sell it.