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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1752 or 1754-1811, medallist, die-engraver, German; Prussian

Abramson, Abraham

1752 - 1811
1835-1911, railway manager, British; English

Scotter, Sir Charles

1835 - 1911

Baumann, Karl

1884 - 1971

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
source; model railway maker

Richards, J P

1902 - 1999
1909-1975, communications research, England

Post Office Engineering Research Station

1909 - 1975
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1802 - 1877

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1899-1955, poster artist

Howard, Norman

1899 - 1955
1831-1915, arctic explorer; surveyor; researcher; conservationist, British

Nares, Sir George Strong

1831 - 1915
1800-present, manufacturer, Hanley

Dudson Bros

1800
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009
1779-1843, designer; steam locomotive maker, British

Hedley, William

1779 - 1843
active 1901-1980s, microscope & accessory manufacturer, Manchester, England

Flatters and Garnett Limited

1901 - 1967

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Dare, Leona

1855 - 1922
active 1908-1997, manufacturer of bras, American

S H Camp and Company

1908 - 1997