reflecting telescope

noun

1. See refracting telescope
   a type of telescope in which the initial image is formed by a concave mirror Also calledreflector Compare refracting telescope

reflecting telescope

/ rĭ-flĕk′tĭng /

1. See under telescope

Example Sentences

In Fig. 43 trace out the corresponding parts in the mounting of a reflecting telescope.

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But they wanted to get a better view of the heavens—a view through a Newtonian reflecting-telescope.

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If the use be for carriage, the feet may shut up, like the usual brass feet of a reflecting telescope.

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Reflecting Telescope, 6½ inches aperture, well mounted, price only $70.

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But it was Newton, about 1666, who first made a reflecting telescope; and he did it with the object of avoiding colour dispersion.

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