[ATM] Who invented that telescope?

[mikell at optonline.net (Michael Lindner)]

On Tuesday 09 March 2004 01:45 am, artbianconi@blast.net wrote:
> I'd like to research this some more but can't find the name of the
> original designer whose name was hyphenated and which I think started
> with "Shief" or some similar sounding name.

The generic name for such scopes is "Schiefspiegler", which in German means 
"tilted mirror". There are many such designs. Look at our ATM links page, 
http://www.starastronomy.org/TelescopeMaking/Links/index.html - especially

http://www.telescopemaking.org/schief.html
http://www.telescopemaking.org/yolo.html
http://bhs.broo.k12.wv.us/homepage/alumni/dstevick/weird.htm

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