Simon Plössl
Austrian optician (1794-1868) · Scientists · Died at 73
Simon Plössl was an Austrian optical instrument maker. Initially trained at the Voigtländer company, he set up his own workshop in 1823. His major achievement at the time was the improvement of the achromatic microscope objective.
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Today he is best known for the eponymous Plössl telescope eyepiece, which follows his 1860 design and has been used extensively by amateur astronomers since the 1980s.
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1794 to 1868 · aged 73
