Founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha (Japan Optical Industries Corporation), the company was renamed to what is now a more than familiar brand name of the 'Nikon Corporation', after its cameras, in 1988.
The relic in this image was part of a very old outdoor 'pay as you use' telescope manufactured by the then Nippon Kogaku as the logo suggests. |
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