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    Ernst Leitz II (1 March 1871 – 15 June 1956) was a German business person and humanitarian. He was the second head of the optics company now known as...
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  • Ernst Leitz GmbH was a German corporation based in Wetzlar, a German centre for optics as well as an important location for the precision engineering...
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    binoculars, and rifle scopes. The company was founded by Ernst Leitz in 1869 (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar), in Wetzlar, Germany. The name Leica is derived from...
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    mechanic Ernst Leitz I joined them; he became a partner on October 7, 1865, took over the company in 1869 and re-founded it as the Ernst Leitz GmbH. The...
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    Forschungsanstalt der Deutschen Reichspost (RPF). It was produced by Ernst Leitz GmbH and approximately 310 units were built. A grenadier carrying it...
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    The Leica copies originate from the Leica camera that was launched by Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar in 1925, using the Leica 39mm screw mount of 26 threads per...
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    fourth version of the original 35 mm Leica camera to be launched from Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, Germany. The concept was conceived by their employee Oskar...
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    subsequently called Ur-Leica at Ernst Leitz Optische Werke (the Leitz factory) in Wetzlar. Barnack was an engineer at the Leitz company and suffered from asthma...
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  • Walter Mandler (10 May 1922 – 21 April 2005) was a lens designer of Ernst Leitz Canada (Leica Camera) in Midland, Ontario. Mandler is credited with the...
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  • early production M6. Features brass top and bottom plates, "Leitz" red dot logo, "ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY" top plate engraving, M11-type abrasion-resistant...
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    1993; reprinted on pp. 231–252 from The Third Reich edited by Christian Leitz, London: Blackwell, 1999, ISBN 0-631-20700-7 Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships...
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  • produces Leica cameras. The predecessor of the company, formerly known as Ernst Leitz GmbH, is now three companies: Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and...
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    Tessar (redirect from Leitz Elmar)
    designs Ross Xpres (Stuart & Hasselkus, 1913) Berthiot Olor (Florian, 1913) Leitz Elmar (Berek, 1920) Biotessar (Merté & Wandersleb, 1925) Improved Tessar...
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    for a more extensive system of fully compatible cameras and lenses. Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH, the cine lens business of Leica, joined the L-Mount Alliance...
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    Leica Geosystems (redirect from Z/I Imaging)
    with the optical firm of Ernst Leitz of Wetzlar in 1987, acquired a majority interest in Kern in 1988, was renamed Wild Leitz AG in 1989, and became part...
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    Sturmabteilung (redirect from Reserve I)
    Hans-Adolf (1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1945". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich The Essential Readings. Blackwell. pp...
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    Ernst Trendelenburg (13 February 1882 - 28 April 1945) was a German politician and civil servant of the DDP and later an independent politician in the...
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    long-focal-length lens assemblies was pioneered by Ernst Leitz GmbH (Leitz) after World War II. Leitz laboratories discovered that lanthanum(III) oxide...
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    Bryan Adams (redirect from Here I Am Tour)
    Korea, Seoul, "Bryan Adams Exposed/Wounded", January 12 – April 14, 2024 Ernst Leitz Museum, Wetzlar, "Bryan Adams Exposed", June 26 – September 22, 2024...
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  • IMAX (redirect from I-max)
    placed the bulb behind the lens instead of above the projector. In 1970, Ernst Leitz Canada, Ltd. (now ELCAN Optical Technologies) won a contract to develop...
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  • Camera, Leica Geosystems and Leica Microsystems – Ernst Leitz II (Leitz Camera) Leitz – Louis Leitz LeMond Racing Cycles – Greg LeMond Leslie – Donald...
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     10. Tooze 2006, p. 181. Evans 2008, p. 333. Department of State 2016. Leitz 1998, p. 153. Taylor 1995, pp. 90–119. Kitchen 1994, pp. 39–65. Van Creveld...
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    Francis Hughes Smith.[citation needed] The "Smith DIK" was produced by Ernst Leitz Wetzlar in Germany and was difficult to manufacture. DIC was then developed...
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    Carl Zeiss AG are located in Oberkochen. Another important business is the Leitz company, which is the world-leading manufacturer for wood-processing tools...
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  • founder of Karstadt Ernst Keil (1816–1878), founder and publisher of Die Gartenlaube Carl Kellner (1826–1855), founder of Ernst Leitz GmbH, which later...
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    Skylab (redirect from Skylab I)
    of view. There was also a Polaroid SX-70 instant camera, and a pair of Leitz Trinovid 10 × 40 binoculars modified for use in space to aid in Earth observations...
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    Otto Weddigen (category German military personnel killed in World War I)
    Rüstringen was given the name Weddigen Youth Hostel.  During this time, Leitz built both an underwater camera and a pair of prism binoculars called Weddigen...
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    Werner von Blomberg (category German Army personnel of World War I)
    Bartov, Omer (1999). "Soldiers, Nazis and War in the Third Reich". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich: The Essential Readings. London: Blackwell...
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    a leak by a former employee in the Wa Prüf 6, senior engineer Heinrich Ernst Kniepkamp and others. On 5 March 1942, Albert Speer reported that Hitler...
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  • Overy, Richard (1999). "Germany, 'Domestic Crisis' and War in 1939". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich. Oxford: Blackwell. Perry, Matt (1999)...
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