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“AT the commencement of the nineteenth century, the French and English makers of scientific instruments were far in advance of the Germans. True, the eighteenth century knew of prominent mechanicians … yet the French and English makers took the lead so as almost to supply the world's entire demand in scientific instruments. This predominance had the further consequence of causing young Germans to emigrate to France or England in order to thoroughly master their subject. Many a German mechanic of to-day owes to French or English masters a substantial portion of his knowledge. The prominence of the French and English instrument makers was mainly due to the support which, in both countries, the State bestowed upon technical art.” … “In Germany it is only within the last twenty or twenty-five years that the State has espoused the interests of the home industry in scientific instruments; but such have been the efforts and the results, that her position has, at a blow as it were, changed in favour of Germany.”
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Instruments of Precision at the Paris Exhibition . Nature 63, 61–62 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/063061a0
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