About Chester Moore Hall
Lived 1703 – 1771 (aged 67). Chester Moore Hall was a British lawyer and inventor.
Chester Moore Hall (9 December 1703, Leigh, Essex, England – 17 March 1771, Sutton) was a British lawyer and inventor who produced the first achromatic lenses in 1729 or 1733 (accounts differ). He used the achromatic lens to build the first achromatic telescope, a refracting telescope free from chromatic aberration (colour distortion).
He lived at New Hall, Sutton.
His name was also spelled Chester Moor Hall and Chester More Hall.
The design had two elements, a crown and flint glass, that brought two wavelengths of light to a focus.
Chester is noted as having made the first twin color corrected lens in 1730.
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Who was Chester Moore Hall?
British lawyer and inventor
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Chester Moore Hall was born on 9 December 1703 in Essex.
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Chester Moore Hall died on 17 March 1771 in Surrey.
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Chester Moore Hall was a lawyer and inventor.
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Chester Moore Hall was British.
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