Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"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 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/