Cherubin D'Orleans

occupation:
Inventor, Monk
Nationality:
French
born in:
France

Active in Paris; studied optics;

1671 - Published 'La dioptrique oculaire'

1677 - Published 'La vision parfaite'

invented the binocular telescope, devising a special type of eyepiece replacing the lens with a short tube; believed to have produced models of the eyeball for studying the lens function of the eye;