Carl Zeiss: The Man Who Brought Science to the Optical Trade
Carl Zeiss was a German precision mechanic who founded his Jena workshop in 1846 and spent nearly two decades building microscopes by trial and error before teaming up with Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott to put optics on a scientific footing, laying the groundwork for today's Carl Zeiss AG and the Carl Zeiss Foundation.
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