Greetings All.
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I am a retired scientist from the US with time to try to do something useful. I created an account in about 2004 but found that I had no time before retirement. My training is as a synthetic chemist and my work experience in drug discovery. I am a competent translator from German to English. I will start my efforts by translating some excellent German language articles on the history and the personalities associated with early microscope development.
I have an extensive collection of microscopes and technical references concerning particularly Zeiss and Hartnack / Oberhaeuser history.
Please be patient while I learn the editing procedures.
Alan Adams
Articles with significant contributions, modified or created;
Carl Zeiss (Optician), Georges Oberhaeuser (Optician), Giovanni Amici- translation from wikipedia DE in progress(Optician Scientist)