Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gregorian Telescope

The first form of the reflecting telescope, invented by James Gregory, professor of mathematics in the university of St. Andrews. (1663.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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