Hans Lippershey that time he became a master lens grinder and spectacle maker and established a shop. He remained in Middelburg until his death, in September 1619. Hans Lippershey is known for the earliest written record of a refracting telescope, a patent he filed in 1608. His work with optical devices grew out of his work as a spectacle maker, an industry that had started in Venice and Florence in the thirteenth century, and later expanded to the Netherlands and Germany. Lippershey applied to the States General of the Netherlands on 2 October 1608 for a patent for his instrument ""for seeing
In the Sweet By-and-By and 1919. Translations of the text exist in a number of world languages. 'Sweet By-and-By' continues to be regularly performed. Noteworthy recordings over the years have been made by Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn and Kenny Rogers. The hymn is also heard in films, including "Sergeant York" (1941), "Benny and Joon", "Supervixens", and "Django Unchained" (2012). The 1907 Spanish Latter-day Saint hymnal contained a similar song, titled "Hay un Mundo Feliz Más Allá" and set to the same tune modified by adding to all parts the notes of the traditional first