<p>Abbe was a German physicist, optometrist, entrepreneur, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he laid the foundation of modern optics. Abbe developed numerous optical instruments. He was a co-owner of Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of research microscopes, astronomical telescopes, planetariums and other optical systems. (Source = Wikipedia) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zeiss.com/abbe">www.zeiss.com/abbe</a><br></p>
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