Catalogue Number: 869 Student notes on optics (In German) Category: Papers Sub-Category: Lecture notes, student notes Author: Ernst Goetz Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1925 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Jena Germany Description Of Item: Two note books (catalogued as 869 A and B) feint ruled in grids, with hand written notes and drawings in German on the subject of optics including optics of the eye, Historical Significance: Ernst Goetz (1903-1979) was a Melbourne optometrist born in Hemishofen at the Swiss -German border in the canton of Aschaffhausen, who was trained at the Optiker school in Jena, the home town of Zeiss. He migrated to Australia and practised in the practice of Alfred Nott in Collins Street, Melbourne. See his profile on this web site under the tab 'People who made history'. How Acquired: Donated by Wolf Gartner, member of the College, who was given the note books by the family of Ernst Goetz Date Acquired: 21 July 2008 Condition: Pages loose from spine binding in both books, otherwise good Location: Archive office. East wall shelves unit 3 |