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ABBE, Ernst Karl (1840 – 1905)

ABBE, Ernst Karl (1840 – 1905)

1840 – 1905

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1886 CE

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Ueber neue Mikroskope.

ABBE, Ernst Karl (1840 – 1905)
ABBE, Ernst Karl (1840 – 1905)

Fundamental improvements in the microscope were made by Abbe, who was a mathematician. In 1878 he introduced the oil immersion lens; in 1886 he made an apochromatic objective corrected for three colors in which the se…