Pierre-Louis Guinand
Swiss lens maker (1748-1824) · Switzerland · Scientists · Died at 75
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Something wrong?Pierre-Louis Guinand (1748-1824) was a Swiss lens maker. who in the late 1700s came up with a breakthrough for making better quality and larger glass, and in time went on to teach a young Fraunhofer at Joseph von Utzschneider's (1763-1840) glassworks, and eventually started his own optical glass works.
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Pierre-Louis Guinand (1748-1824) was a Swiss lens maker. who in the late 1700s came up with a breakthrough for making better quality and larger glass, and in time went on to teach a young Fraunhofer at Joseph von Utzschneider's (1763-1840) glassworks, and eventually started his own optical glass works. Guinand would supply glass for the Paris Observatory telescopes and also Cauchoix. He was a pioneer in the manufacture of optical glass for microscopes, telescopes, glasses and other optical instruments.
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