Super Polishing Chronology, “Discovered” More Than Once, But Newton Was First

• 1667, Isaac Newton, telescope mirrors

• 1886, Howard Grubb, telescope mirrors

• 1930, Bernard Lyot, coronagraph lenses

• 1950, Jean Texereau, telescope mirrors

• 1968, David Dodgen, telescope mirrors

• 1975, Jean Bennett, laser optics

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