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The nineteenth century witnessed the flourishing of great optics houses, both in Britain and in the New World. As we have seen, the extraordinary success of Thomas Cooke in England and Alvan Clark in the United States owed much of their success to technology that was first formulated by German opticians, particularly the pioneering work of Joseph Von Fraunhofer. Were it not for his untimely death in 1826, Fraunhofer might well have gone on to become the greatest name in telescope optics ever. Alas, that was not to be. That being said, Germany’s talent for producing fine optical wares was restored through the extraordinary accomplishments of Carl Zeiss and the optical company he founded.
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English, N. (2013). Zeiss Is Nice. In: Classic Telescopes. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4424-4_4
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