MERZ, GEORG |
Germany, 1793-1858, OIM |
Telescopes, refracting = Berlin, DEU, Kasan, Munich; Heliometer = Königsberg; etc. |
worked with Utzschneider and Fraunhofer; director of optical work at the institute after Fraunhofer's death in 1826; Merz and Joseph Mahler bought and ran the Utzschneider optical institute from 1839 until Mahler's death in 1845; work carried on as Merz and Sons (1845-58); succeeded by his son, Sigmund Merz. |
Munich. |
USNM; Repsold; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2. |
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