Telescope earliest existing record of a telescope was a 1608 patent submitted to the government in the Netherlands by Middelburg spectacle maker Hans Lippershey for a refracting telescope. The actual inventor is unknown but word of it spread through Europe. [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]] heard about it and, in 1609, built his own version, and made his telescopic observations of celestial objects. The idea that the [[Objective (optics)|objective]], or light-gathering element, could be a mirror instead of a lens was being investigated soon after the invention of the refracting telescope. The potential advantages of using [[parabolic reflector|parabolic mirrors]]—reduction of [[spherical aberration]] and no
Janssen and Bechly Brewery Janssen and Bechly Brewery Janssen & Bechly Brewery produced beer at Neubrandenburg, Germany from 1912 until the company was nationalized by East Germany in 1949. The brewery continued to produce beer under the Neubrandenburg and Nordbräu brand names until the company ended production in 1995. The Nordbräu brand was sold to the Mecklenburg brewery Lübzer in 1996. The origin of the Janssen & Bechly Brewery began with an older Neubrandenburg brewery established by Franz Moncke in 1847 and purchased by Friedrich Bechly about 1900. Franz Moncke's brewery was located on Treptower Strasse, Neubrandenburg, and was popular for its Bavarian style