[Leica] Happy Birthday Zeiss Optical!

[Mark Rabiner]

"In 1849, Karl Kellner founded the Optical Institute in Wetzlar, Germany.
Telescopes were the original emphasis, but within a few years microscopes
took over as the main product. The company hired a very capable engineer
named Ernst Leitz in 1865, who soon became a partner. Leitz took over the
company in 1869 and renamed it Optical Institute of Ernst Leitz. "


On 3/21/15 5:26 PM, "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> Zeiss is far older than that. The company was founded in the 1850s to make
> eyeglasses and microscopes.




-- 
Mark William Rabiner
Photographer
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