1609:This Italian makes the first practical use of a telescope to study the Moon
[DOC] [TLE] Galileo Galilei - Wikipedia [PAR] Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and 
mathematician .... Against the assertion that Galileo was deceptive in making 
these arguments, Albert Einstein expressed the opinion ..... Based only on 
uncertain descriptions of the first practical telescope which Hans Lippershey tried 
to patent in... [DOC] [TLE] History of the telescope - Wikipedia [PAR] The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands and 
are credited to Hans Lippershey.