Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Well, the Versailles Treaty allowed Germany but one major > glass factory, > and the German government selected Schott as it was the > largest and most > advanced glass facility in the country. > > Marc ============================================================ Marc, Whether you realise it or not, you have just answered your own arguements. While the Versailles treaty had been dead for a long time, it is highly likely that some of the effects lingered on in the minds of the older generation. Or perhaps it was somehow related to the military occupation authorities approval for permits. So just as a microscope factory could be "an Optical Institute", a very small scale glass factory could also be a "Laboratory". And in fact, this was not too far removed ( 15 years? ) from the period when a military armored vehicle was an "agricultural tractor". People still play with the meanings of words.... So we have a "Laboratory" which was in fact producing production lots of special optical glass. And if in fact it fulfilled both functions, all the better for us. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html