Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]?? Rather than: "Carl Zeiss is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical devices, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss. Together with Ernst Abbe (joined 1866) and Otto Schott (joined 1884) they built a base for modern optics and manufacturing." john -----Original Message----- From: 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.