Photo: Child that flies a kite with ZEISS logo. Ophthalmological Instruments
The Construction at Carl Zeiss from 1898 to 1950
1950 Ophthalmometer for distance-independent measurement of the curvature and refractive power of the cornea using a coincidence procedure devised by Littmann

1950 Slit lamp with Galilean magnification changer and slit illuminator on arc guide

1938Retinal camera with filament lamp

1935Maggiore's projection perimeter for visual field measurement

1934Ophthalmometer for the measurement of corneal radii of curvature and astigmatism

1933Comberg's slit lamp (joint axis of rotation for microscope and slit illuminator)

1929Wegener's polyophthalmoscope (for none viewers)

1929Reflex-free retinal camera

1925Nordenson's retinal camera (parts of the simplified Large Ophthalmoscope, with additional SLR camera and micro arc lamp)

1922 Parallax refractometer for testing visual acuity

1912Founding of the ”Optical and Medical Instrument Department”, later to become ”Ophthalmic Optics” and ”Medical Optics”; scientific head of both departments was Prof. Otto Henker (1874–1926); from 1926 to 1945 Prof. Hans Hartinger (1891–1960)

1911Slit lamp

1910Large ophthalmoscope (also in stereo version) for the reflex-free observation of the fundus of the eye; simplified large ophthalmoscope (not fully reflex-free)

1901Presentation of an instrument for fundus photography built by Carl Zeiss, Jena

1898Czapski's binocular corneal microscope
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