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Carl Zeiss
Carl Zeiss
Carl Zeiss
Born September 11, 1816
Died December 3, 1888
Fields optics
Institutions Zeiss
Known for lens

Carl Zeiss (September 11, 1816 – December 3, 1888) was an optician commonly known for the company he founded, Zeiss. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate Axial symmetry which transmits and refracts Light, converging or diverging Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Scientific Equipment OpticianAn optician is an Eye care professional who provides corrective lenses based on a prescription for the correction of a Refractive Zeiss himself also made a few contributions to lens manufacturing that have aided the modern production of lenses. A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate Axial symmetry which transmits and refracts Light, converging or diverging Raised in Weimar, Germany, he became a notable lens maker in the 1840s when he created high quality lenses that were "wide open", or in other words, had a very large aperture range that allowed for very clear images. Weimar (ˈvaɪmaʁ is a City in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of Thuringia (Thüringen north of the Thüringer Wald, Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year He did this in the city of Jena at a self opened workshop, where he started his lens making career. Jena (pronunciation ˈjeːna is a university City in central Germany on the river Saale. At first his lenses were only used in the production of microscopes but when cameras were invented, his company (Zeiss) began manufacturing high quality lenses for cameras. A microscope ( Greek: ( micron) = small + ( skopein) = to look or see is an instrument for viewing objects that are A camera is a device used to capture images either as still Photographs or as sequences of moving images ( Movies or Videos. He died in Jena. Jena (pronunciation ˈjeːna is a university City in central Germany on the river Saale.

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Zeiss began his life in pre-imperial Germany where he went to a grammar school, and undertook apprenticeship under Dr. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries Apprenticeship is a system of Training a new generation of practitioners of a skill Friedrich Körner, mechanic and supplier to the court. Friedrich Körner ( 24 January 1921 &ndash 3 September 1998) was a World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace. A court is a forum used by a power base to adjudicate disputes and dispense civil, labour administrative and criminal Justice under its He later attended lectures in mathematics, experimental physics, anthropology, mineralogy and optics at Jena University. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Anthropology (/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/ from Greek grc ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, "human" -λογία -logia) is the study of Mineralogy is an Earth Science focused around the Chemistry, Crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of Minerals Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (FSU is located in Jena, Thuringia in Germany and was renamed for the German writer Friedrich Schiller After seven years he opened a small workshop by himself with hardly any tools. He made many lenses but had little recognition until 1847 when he hired his second and third apprentice. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The same year his former master, Dr. Anthony Marc Körner died, inspiring Zeiss to devote his life to working in the area of microscopes. A microscope ( Greek: ( micron) = small + ( skopein) = to look or see is an instrument for viewing objects that are

Life

In 1847 Carl Zeiss started making microscopes full-time. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common A microscope ( Greek: ( micron) = small + ( skopein) = to look or see is an instrument for viewing objects that are His first innovation was making simpler microscopes that only used one lens, and were therefore only intended for dissecting work. The term innovation means a new way of doing something It may refer to incremental radical and revolutionary changes in thinking products processes or organisations Dissection (also called anatomization) is usually the process of disassembling and observing something to determine its internal structure and as an aid to discerning the function He sold around 23 of them in his first year of production. He soon decided that he needed a new challenge so he began making compound microscopes. A microscope ( Greek: ( micron) = small + ( skopein) = to look or see is an instrument for viewing objects that are He first created the Stand I which went to market in 1857. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the

In 1861 he was awarded a gold medal at the Thuringain Industrial Exhibition for his designs. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common They were considered to be among the best scientific instruments in Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. By this point he had about 20 people working under him with his business still growing all the time. In 1866 the Zeiss workshop sold their 1000th microscope. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A microscope ( Greek: ( micron) = small + ( skopein) = to look or see is an instrument for viewing objects that are He then continued on for a few years, and assumed he had reached his fullest potential, but he met Dr. Ernst Abbe, a physicist that he joined up with in 1872. Ernst Karl Abbe ( January 23, 1840 &ndash January 14, 1905) was a German Physicist and professor at the University A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Their combined efforts lead to the discovery of the Abbe sine condition. The Abbe sine condition is a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other Optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis

During this period, Zeiss made his best lenses that he ever had up to this point. Theoretically, the Abbe sine condition could greatly improve how well lenses could be made. The Abbe sine condition is a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other Optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis The problem was, there wasn't any type of glass that was strong enough to fully test the theory.

Luckily, Dr. Ernst Abbe soon met Otto Schott, a 30 year old glass chemist who had just received his doctorate. Friedrich Otto Schott (born 17 December 1851 in Witten; died 27 August 1935 in Jena) was a German Chemist Glass in the common sense refers to a Hard, Brittle, transparent Solid, such as that used for Windows many A chemist is a Scientist trained in the Science of Chemistry. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement They collaborated and soon produced a new type glass in 1886 that could fully use the Abbe sine condition. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Abbe sine condition is a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other Optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis This new type of glass paved the way for a new class of microscope objective: the apochromatic (often abbreviated 'apo'). Zeiss used water immersion to form a compensating eyepiece which produced images with little or no color distortion.

His son had entered the business with him, but retired soon after Carl Zeiss's death of natural causes on December 3, 1888. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The business was incorporated as the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung in 1889, and it gained an international reputation for the manufacture of optical instruments of all kinds. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

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The New International Encyclopedia was an English -language encyclopedia first published in the early 1900s The calculation of glass properties ( glass modeling) is used to predict Glass properties of interest or glass behavior under certain conditions (e
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