Achim Leistner
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Achim Leistner
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Achim Leistner is an Australian optician of German origin. During his retirement, he was asked to join the Avogadro project to craft a silicon sphere with high smoothness. Leistner studied optics at Optik Carl Zeiss in Jena, Germany, and in 1953 qualified as a precision optical craftsman. He moved to Australia in 1957, and worked in CSIRO on optical fabrication methods. In addition to precision instruments, Leistner uses his hands to feel for irregularities in the roundness of the sphere. The re
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Australian optician of German origin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achim_Leistner
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2015-02-16T14:10:46Z
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2024-08-29T02:35:28Z
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