Correspondence to and from Ernest Abbe, 1879-1886.

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Correspondence to and from Ernest Abbe, 1879-1886.

Includes handwritten letters and postcards relating to Schott's attempts/experiments to develop new optical and technical glass; establishment and beginnings of Schott & Gen.'s Glastechnischen Laboratoriums (Glass Technological Laboratory) in Jena, Germany.

228 letters and postcards.

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Schott, Otto, 1851-1935

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Schott studied chemistry, physics, and mineralogy in Aachen, Würzburg, Leipzig; received Dr. phil. in Jena, 1875. Established Glastechnischen Laboratoriums Schott & Gen., in 1884, in Jena with Ernst Abbe and Carl and Roderich Zeiss. Inventor of new optical glass types, new thermometer glass and Borosilicate glass. Founder of modern glass technology (and the German Glass Technological Society, 1925). From the description of Published articles and monographs, 1875-1905. (Unknown)....

Abbe, Ernst, 1840-1905

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