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1868-1999, medallists; die-sinkers; mint; jewellers, Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
Muybridge, Florado Helios

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888
b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866
1931-1992, typeface & type setting machine maker, British

The Monotype Corporation Limited

1936 - 1999
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895
Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

1864 - 1930
active, c. 1930 - current (2009), manufacturer of water purification equipment, United Kingdom

The Permutit Company Limited

1912 - 1993
1875-1963, poster artist; decorator; watercolourist; artist; architectural painter, British

Taylor, Fred

1875 - 1963
1934-1965, manufacturer, Saltley

Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Company Ltd

1934 - 1965
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1918-2000, steam engineer; manufacturer of stationary engines, Grantham, English; British

Ruston and Hornsby Limited

1918 - 2000
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1945 - 1964
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
active 1901-1980s, microscope & accessory manufacturer, Manchester, England

Flatters and Garnett Limited

1901 - 1967
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
Smith, Audrey

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981
about 1923-active, railway company, Zambia

Mulobezi Railway

1923
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
active about 1867-1922, railway company, Ireland

Dundalk, Newry & Greenore Railway

1867 - 1922
1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965
Allen, John

Allen, John

1921
1938-c1980?, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938
1945-1985, manufacturer of electronic equipment (acoustic devices), United Kingdom

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945
1935-1996, cine projector manufacturer, Nuremburg

Noris Projektor

1935 - 1996
active 1924/6-1967, electrical measuring & scientific instrument maker, London, England, British

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited

1924 - 1967
1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

1878
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
active 1928-1956, manufacturer of automatic and dispensing machines, London, England

British Automatic Company Limited

1928 - 1956
1930-1960s, camera manufacturer, Japan

Tougodo Optical Company

1930 - 1969
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892
1897-1927, Engineering Company, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne

Armstrong, Whitworth and Company

1897 - 1927
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1929-2004, cosmonaut, Chuvashia

Nikolayev, Andriyan

1929 - 2004
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1891-active 1940s, silversmith; medalmaker, England

Alexander Clark Manufacturing Company Limited

1912
1922-1978?, manufacturer of wireless (radio receiver) components and valves, Blackheath, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Burndept Limited

1922
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960
1936-1999, plastics manufacturer (optics), London, Slough; England, British

Combined Optical Industries Limited

1936 - 1999
Round, Henry Joseph

Round, Henry Joseph

1881 - 1966
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926
1854-1915, scientist (hematology, immunology and chemotherapy), German

Ehrlich, Paul

1854 - 1915