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He also developed optical device for viewing in low light conditions, called the 'night eye'. <ref name=time> "The View in the Dark", Time Magazine; Friday, Jun. 21, 1963 |
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[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874907,00.html? article] </ref> The design used a photosensitive layer of [[cesium]] and [[antimony]] in a cathode-ray tube, to brighten images by over 1,000 times. <ref name= |
[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874907,00.html? article] </ref> The design used a photosensitive layer of [[cesium]] and [[antimony]] in a cathode-ray tube, to brighten images by over 1,000 times. <ref name=time/> Unlike active infrared systems, it it did not require a infrared flashlight.<ref name=time/> The design was produced by [[Old Delft]] company in Holland initially.<ref name=time/> |
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Revision as of 22:40, 24 March 2009
Albert A. Bouwers was an optician from the The Netherlands who lived from 1893–1972. [1] He published in 1940 (during WWII) a design for a telescope that was later called the Maksutov telescope [1]
He earned his Phd. from Universiteit Utrecht in 1924, with a dissertation entitled in Dutch, Over het meten der intensiteit van Röntgenstralen [2]
He also developed optical device for viewing in low light conditions, called the 'night eye'. [3] The design used a photosensitive layer of cesium and antimony in a cathode-ray tube, to brighten images by over 1,000 times. [3] Unlike active infrared systems, it it did not require a infrared flashlight.[3] The design was produced by Old Delft company in Holland initially.[3]
References
- ^ a b Ian Ridpath, "Bouwers telescope", A Dictionary of Astronomy, 1997 first sentence of article
- ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project "Albert Bouwers "
- ^ a b c d "The View in the Dark", Time Magazine; Friday, Jun. 21, 1963 article