Technical Milestones

	1980 until 1984 1984 The multichannel spectrometer from Carl Zeiss is awarded the US IR-100 Prize as one of the 100 most significant developments of the year and receives the German industry innovation award in 1985 Completion of the 3.5 m telescope for the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy on the Calar Alto, Spain The dawn of a new era in electron microscopy: EM 902 with an imaging electron energy filter, the first system on the market to provide high-resolution element distribution images 1983 Gradal® HS progressive lenses: identical visual conditions for both eyes in all directions 1982 Laser scanning microscope, a microscope system with object scanning by an oscillating laser beam and electronic image processing		Return to Overview Milestones 2005 until 2007 2000 until 2004 1995 until 1999 1990 until 1994 1985 until 1989 1980 until 1984 1970 until 1979 1960 until 1969 1950 until 1959 1930 until 1949 1910 until 1929 1890 until 1909 1870 until 1889 1846 until 1869 Business Units Astronomical Instruments Ophthalmic Products Microscopy & Imaging
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