Meyer-Optik Görlitz and Taylor Hobson / Cooke

12 and 12 researched events on one shared scale. Meyer-Optik Görlitz 1896–present, Taylor Hobson / Cooke 1886–present.

The axis stretches where either maker has research and collapses where neither does, so a year sits opposite the same year on both. Event counts differ because research depth differs, not because one company did less.

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Meyer-Optik Görlitz1896–present · 12 events · 2 concurrent threads

1896-1910 1920-1935 1936-1945 1952-1967 1971-1984

Taylor Hobson / Cooke1886–present · 12 events · 2 concurrent threads

Cooke still catalog expands Opic opens fast cine era Speed Panchro reaches Hollywood Kinetal and Varotal systems grow Cine zooms become a specialty Cooke continues Leicester manufacture Taylor Hobson joins AMETEK

Read either maker on its own: Meyer-Optik Görlitz · Taylor Hobson / Cooke