E460 -- De applicatione lentium obiectivarum compositarum ad omnis generis telescopia

(On the application of objective lenses to all types of telescopes)

Summary:

The title given above essentially relates to the section on pp. 415-431. Then come four sections:

“De perfectione telescopiorum primi generis nullam imaginem realem continentium” (pp. 432-447);
“De perfectione telescopiorum secundi generis seu astronomicorum, unicam imaginem realem continentium” (pp. 448-471);
“De perfectione telescopiorum tertii generis, duas imagines reales continentium” (pp. 472-495);
“Additamentum” (pp. 496-500).

According to the records, it was presented to the St. Petersburg Academy on June 16, 1744.

Publication:

Originally published in Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae 18, 1774, pp. 415-500
Opera Omnia: Series 3, Volume 8, pp. 198 - 266

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