File:Hans Lipperhey.jpgDescriptionHans Lipperhey.jpg English: Portrait of Hans Lipperhey Date 1655 Source De vero telescopii inventore (published by Pierre Borel in 1655) Author
File:Lipperhey portrait.jpgDescriptionLipperhey portrait.jpg Portrait of Hans Lipperhey Date 1655 Source De vero telescopii inventore (See http://fermi.imss.fi.it/rd/bdv
File:Lipperhey.jpgDescriptionLipperhey.jpg These are the words written down after Johannes Lipperhey unsuccessfully requested a patent for the invention of the telescope