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 bottom-fermenting beer. Friedrich and Hans Janssen owned another brewery on Badstuberstrabe in Rostock, Germany. The entrepreneurs joined efforts and founded the Janssen & Bechly Brewery at Neubrandenburg in 1911. A new brewery constructed at 49 Demminer Street, Neubrandenburg was opened in 1912. The Janssen & Bechly Brewery was established as an Aktiengesellschaft (joint-stock company) on January 25, 1922; capitalized with 1100 bearer shares of 1000 marks each. Capital was increased in 1923, and the stock was split 5:1 on January 13, 1925. Capital was increased again in 1941, but due to the impact of World War II the last annual