William and Samuel Molyneux of Dublin were father and son scientists who made significant contributions to the development of the telescope in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. William wrote the first English language book on technical optics, the Dioptrica Nova. Samuel wrote and edited the most extensive English language instructions on fabricating reflecting telescopes, consisting of three chapters in Robert Smith's Compleat System of Opticks. Their correspondence, travels, and influence make an interesting portrait of the instrumental astronomy of their time
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