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Microscope
213 (Otto
Himmler; dissecting microscope; early 20th century) Karl Otto
Himmler was born in 1841 and was son of Karl Himmler, a shoemaker. Karl Otto
Himmler worked for Ernst Gundlach in Berlin, and later for Wilhelm and
Heinrich Seibert in Wetzlar, before establishing
his own firm named Himmler & Barthning in
Berlin in 1877. After a few years the company was just Otto Himmler, and
manufactured microscopes and their accessories, and equipment for
microphotography and projection. Himmler made also the first contact lenses
to correct high myopia, after an order from August Muller in 1889. Karl Otto
Himmler died at the age of 61 years, in 1903. Himmler’s firm traded from Simeonstrasse 27 (1879 – 1886), Brandenburgstrasse
9 (1887 – 1903) and Oranienburgerstrasse 65 N24
(1904 – 1943; the move to this address took place almost one year after
Himmler’s death and his widow, Alwine Himmler, was
listed as owner of the firm). Microscope 213 is a dissecting microscope
signed with ‘O. Himmler, Berlin’ and has the serial number 25303. The
instrument should be dated to the early 20th century. References Pearson RM. 2007.
Karl Otto Himmler, manufacturer of the first contact lens. Contact Lens &
Anterior Eye 30: 11 – 16 LAST
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