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Term: Leipzig

Description

Located above junction of Pleisse, Parthe & Weisse Elster rivers; developed as fortified settlement on intersection of major trade routes by 11th cen.; famed for printing since 1470; was setting for Goethe's Faust; heavily damaged in WW II.

Objects

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Wundt-type complication apparatus
circa 1893
electromagnetic writing tuning fork
circa 1895
kymograph parts
circa 1900
electrical stand base
1897-1930
Marbe-type color mixer
1895-1910

People

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Bock-Steger

fl. late nineteenth century
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Carl Krille

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E. Zimmermann

founded 1887
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Fritz Köhler

fl. 1897 - 1940
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Fritz Köhler

founded 1897

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