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1931-1972, petroleum oil marketing, London, England, British

Shell-Mex and BP Limited

1931 - 1972
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1891-1974, nuclear physicist, British; English

Chadwick, Sir James

1891 - 1974
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907

J H Steward Limited

active 1862-1960s, machine tool and measuring instrument maker, Geneva, Switzerland

Societe Genevoise d'instruments de physique

active 1978-2003, manufacturer of safety and protective equipment, Wembley, England

Racal Safety Limited

1978 - 2003

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1889-1908, manufacturer of chronoscopes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Peyer and Favarger and Company

1889 - 1908
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1920-1982, manufacturer of radio, television, military and scientific equipment, Slough, England

McMichael Limited

1920 - 1982
1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Curtis, Deborah

1957
active 1893 - present (2008), manufacturer of scinetific equipment, Scottish

Dobbie-McInnes Ltd.

1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
active 1920s-1988, bicycle, invalid carriage and motorcycle manufacturer, Bath, England

R A Harding

Unknown - 1988
active 1924-1948?, manufacturer of buttons, Manchester

Briggs Jones and Gibson (1924) Limited

1924
1891-2006 , railway works, Eastleigh

Eastleigh Works

1891

Hick, Hargreaves and Company Limited

GEC Alsthom Limited

English Electric Company Limited

1960-1986, supplier of chemicals, Poole, England

BDH Chemicals Limited

1960-1998, PA equipment manufacturer, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England, British

CTH Electronics Limited

goddess of Health; mythological daughter of Asclepius/Aesculapius, Greek

Hygeia

active 1837-1898, optical/mathematical/philosophical & nautical instrum't maker, Sheffield, England

Chadburn Bros.

active 1790-1940, hydrometer & mathematical instrument maker, optician, London, England

Dring and Fage

active 1975-current (2008), manufacturer of wellbeing products, Melbourne, Australia

Dynamo House Propriety Limited

active 1857-1878, optician, English; British

Winter, T B

National Nuclear Corporation

Manchester Technical School

Sport and General Press Agency

Naylor, Liz

active 1910-1944, meteorological, aeronautical instrument maker, Baltimore, United States, American

Julien P. Friez and Sons Inc.

1700s-1790s? button makers, Birmingham, England

Smith and Wright Limited

Herbert Morris Ltd

1900-1931, bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer, English; British

Humber Limited

1887 - 1931