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Bernhard Schmidt
Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt (, Naissaar, Nargen – 1 December 1935, Hamburg) was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt camera, Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research. Childhood Schmidt was the son of Carl Constantin and Marie Helene Christine ( Rosen) Schmidt. He was born and grew up on the island of Naissaar, Nargen (Naissaar), off the coast of Reval (Tallinn), Governorate of Estonia, Estonia, then part of the Russian Empire. The inhabitants of this island, mainly Estonian Swedes, generally spoke Swedish language, Swedish or Estonian language, Estonian, but the Schmidt family also spoke German language, German. Bernhard was the oldest of six children, three boys (one of whom died in infancy) and three girls. Naissaar was a small, rural island whose popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Schmidt
Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt (, Naissaar, Nargen – 1 December 1935, Hamburg) was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt camera, Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research. Childhood Schmidt was the son of Carl Constantin and Marie Helene Christine ( Rosen) Schmidt. He was born and grew up on the island of Naissaar, Nargen (Naissaar), off the coast of Reval (Tallinn), Governorate of Estonia, Estonia, then part of the Russian Empire. The inhabitants of this island, mainly Estonian Swedes, generally spoke Swedish language, Swedish or Estonian language, Estonian, but the Schmidt family also spoke German language, German. Bernhard was the oldest of six children, three boys (one of whom died in infancy) and three girls. Naissaar was a small, rural island whose popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
