Rodenstock and Taylor Hobson / Cooke

8 and 12 researched events on one shared scale. Rodenstock 1877–2013, 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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Rodenstock1877–2013 · 8 events · 2 concurrent threads

1877-1880s 1950s-1960s 1990s-2000

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

Cooke still catalog expands Kinetal and Varotal systems grow Cine zooms become a specialty Cooke continues Leicester manufacture Taylor Hobson joins AMETEK

1 span collapsed, 5 years in total, where neither maker has a research point: 1940–1944. Collapsing keeps a short-lived maker readable beside a long-lived one; the years are removed from the drawing, never from the record.

Read either maker on its own: Rodenstock · Taylor Hobson / Cooke