Life and career
Gundlach was born in Pyritz, East Prussia. At the age of 15, he was apprenticed to Carl Friedrich Lewert in Berlin, Germany to learn how to make optical instruments. After four years, having served his apprenticeship he worked in various workshops in Austria, France and England. In 1876 Gundlach emigrated to the United States. He set up the microscope department ofPatents
# – ''Improvement in Microscopes'' – 1876 – October 3 – A screw-thread coarse focus, parallel spring fine focus, swinging substage. # – ''Improvement in stages for Microscopes'' – 1877 – December 25 – Sliding stage used on many Bausch & Lomb microscopes. # – ''Improvement in Object-Glasses for Microscopes'' – 1878 – January 1 – Cover slip correction mechanism for objectives. # – ''Improvement in Microscope'' – 1879 – January 21 – Roller guide fine focus mechanism, glass stage plate, detachable object carrier. # – ''Improvement in Eye-Pieces and Objectives in Telescopes and Microscopes'' – 1879 – December 2 – A triplet correction lens to be used in eyepieces.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gundlach, Ermst 1834 births 1908 deaths American company founders Pioneers of photography People from Pyrzyce German emigrants to the United States