Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leitz and World War I
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:32:51 -0800
 
At 04:53 PM 11/27/1999 -0500, Marc James Small wrote:
>Excuse me?  Leitz traces its roots back to the middle of the 1800's.
>Before World War I, they were the principal supplier of microscopes to
>medical schools in Europe and the US.

Doesn't it go back to 1827 or so? I seem to remember reading that date 
somewhere.

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA

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