Why a Nobert slide rules…

IN 1845, aiming to create a test that would objectively record the characteristics and power of a microscope, the Prussian scientist Friedrich Adolph Nobert (1806-1881) invented a machine capable of drawing parallel lines minute distances apart.

Such was the success of his invention he was able to create lines separated by only 0.1 microns – a …

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