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active 1889-1969, manufacturer of engines, cranes and excavators, Hull, England

Priestman Brothers Limited

1889 - 1969
1878-1974, bookseller; stationer; printer; picture frame maker, British

Mawson, Swan & Morgan

1878 - 1974
1888-current (2010), medical & scientific instrument manufacturer/ supplier, London, British

G H Zeal Limited

1888
1852 - current (2009), manufacturer of ceramics, Chodziez, Poland

Chodziez

1897
1947-current (2011), biochemist, pathologist, Colombian

Patarroyo, Manuel Elkin

1946
1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
Fraser, Charles

Fraser, Charles

1917 - 2009
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934
1878-1929, electrical engineer; cryptologist, German

Scherbius, Arthur

1878 - 1929
1871-1940, naturalist, photographer and documentary film maker, British

Kearton, Cherry

1871 - 1940
1855-present, manufacturer, Horsforth

Joseph Kaye & Sons

1855
1878-1983, publisher of card games and stationery, London, England

Castell Brothers Limited

1878 - 1983
1914-1974, naval engineer, inventor, American

James, Richard T

1914 - 1974
1874-current (2010) travel logistics agency, night sleeper train company, Belgium

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

1874
1884-, manufacturer of cash registers & business machines, Dayton, Ohio, United States, American

NCR Corporation

1884
1906-current (2018), precision measuring equipment designer, manufacturer and supplier, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, British

Moore and Wright (Sheffield) Limited

1906
1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
1902-1959, battery manufacturers, Cleveland

Willard Storage Battery Company

1902 - 1952
1919-1926, camera manufacturer, Stuttgart

Contessa-Nettel AG

1919 - 1926
1909-1926, camera maufacturer, German

Ica AG

1909 - 1926
1918- active 1981, manufactuer, Rodley

Thomas Smith & Sons (Rodley) Ltd.

1918
1860-1930, bacteriologist researching cholera and plague, Russian

Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolfe

1860 - 1930
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1867-1941, photographer, British; English

Nicholls, Horace

1867 - 1941
1907-1990, physician, British

Hypher, Noel

1907 - 1990
1932-1964, camera maker, New York

Universal Camera Corporation

1932 - 1964
1905-2000, printer; publisher; playing card manufacturer, Leeds; London, England

John Waddington Limited

1922
1859-1945; artist; marine painter; engraver; etcher, British; English

Burn, Gerald Maurice

1859 - 1945
1919- c1965, electrical instrument manufacturer, Weybridge, Surrey

Peto Scott Electrical Instruments

1919 - 1965
1913-1947, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Scotland & London, England

Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Limited

1913 - 1947
born 1949, photographer and photojornalist, UK

Knott, Herbie

1949
active 1888-1920s, electrical measuring instruments (light meters etc), New Jersey, United States

Weston Electrical Instrument Company

1888
1908-1996, hospital, Alton, Hampshire, England, British

Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital

1908
active from 1880 -? , manufacturer of toilet paper, Englsih

The British Patent Perforated Paper Company Limited

1880
1903-, manufacturer of scientific instruments, Acton, London; Watford, England

S G Brown Limited

1903
1889-1908, manufacturer of chronoscopes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Peyer and Favarger and Company

1889 - 1908
Wood, Albert Beaumont

Wood, Albert Beaumont

1890 - 1964
1907-1927, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Rochester, New York

Folmer-Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak

1907 - 1945
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1865-2002, communications technology and electrical design/ manufacture, British

Siemens Brothers and Company Limited

1865 - 2002
Friese-Greene, William

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921
1857-1930, general practitioner in Reading; author, British

Hurry, Dr. Jamieson Boyd

1857 - 1930
1854-1976, manufacturer of chemicals, Grimsby, England

Osmond and Sons Limited

1854 - 1976
active 1908-1997, manufacturer of bras, American

S H Camp and Company

1908 - 1997
1823-1960, lithographer; poster printer; printer; publisher, London

Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited

1862 - 1960
1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952
Bonavia, Michael

Bonavia, Michael

1909 - 1999