Kern & Company, AG
1819 - 1988
Kern and Company was founded in 1819 by Jacob Kern in Aarau, Switzerland. They company manufactured surveying & drawing instruments.This company merged with the Wild Leitz group in 1988.
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"Kern and Company AG," Museum Science Group, http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/detail.php?t=people&type=all&f=&s=Kern+%26+Co.+Ltd.&record=0 (accessed 02/04/2015)
For a short timeline regarding this company, see "Geschichte," Kern & Co. AG (German), http://www.kern-aarau.ch/kern-intern/geschichte.html (accessed 02/04/2015)