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active 1734-1795, either Adams, George, 1709-1772 or Adams, George, 1750-1795, sci. instrument maker

Adams, George

1734 - 1795
1746-1815, active 1774-1803, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Scottish

Miller, John

1746 - 1815
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Ramsden, Jesse

1735 - 1800
c. 1760-1962, medallists; die-engravers, originally German; British

Wyon family

1760 - 1962

Smalley, John

1728 - 1782

Strutt, Jedediah

1729 - 1797

Parry, Joseph

1744 - 1826

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

1752 - 1834
1743-1822, mezzotint engraver, English; British

Earlom, Richard

1743 - 1822
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1739-1813, engraver, London, England, English, British

Green, Valentine

1739 - 1813

Brameld, John

1741
1734-current (2011), university, German

University of Gottingen

1734
founded 1744 [ongoing 2006], academic institution, French

Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen

1744
c. 1742-1814?, engraver; printseller, British

Humphrey, William

1742
1749 - 1829, police force, British

Bow Street Runners

1749
active 1735-current, jeweller; goldsmith; silversmith, clock-maker; watchmaker, English

Garrard and Company Limited

1735
1750-, musical instrument maker, London, England

C Wheatstone and Company

1750
1760-, pharmacy; dispensing chemist; Buckinghamshire, England

Cox & Robinson (Chemists) Limited

1760
1741-1980s?, manufacturing chemist, London England

Burgoyne, Burbidges and Company Limited

1741
b. 1741, author of apothecary's memo book, listing drugs, ailments, cures (etc.), British

Brameld, John

1741
1740-current (2013), medical school, Whitechapel, London, England

London Hospital Medical College

1740
1751-1888?, manufacturing chemist; druggist, London, England

Burgess, Willows and Company

1751
active 1720-?, surgical instrument maker, English?

Savigny and Company

1720
active 1750-current (2009), publishers and printers, London, England, English

Shaw & Sons Limited

1750
lender

Royal College of Surgeons of England

1745
1735-current (2010), manufacturer of ceramics, Florence, Italy

Ginori

1735
active 1751-2009, manufacturers of porcelain, English

Worcester Royal Porcelain Company Limited

1751
active 1725-current (2009), hospital, English; British

Guy's Hospital

1725
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740
1756-1965, optical company, manufacturer of optical instruments & photographic lenses, Vienna

Voigtlander

1756
1731-1803, medical professor and physician, Austrian

Störck, Anton

1731
1737-current, hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

1737
1759- current (2013), iron founder, manufacturer, Falkirk, Scotland

Carron Phoenix Limited

1759
1758-present, railway company and heritage railway, Leeds

Middleton Railway

1758
1751-current (2008), hospital, London, England

St Luke's Hospital

1751
active 1740 - current (2009), hospital, London

London Hospital

1740
b. 1728-fl. 1786, artist; engraver; printmaker, English

Godfrey, Richard Bernard

1728
1758-?, copper works, Macclesfield

Charles Roe and Company

1758
c. 1750-?, Royal Navy 'bomb vessel' (ship), British

HMS Racehorse

1750
Hospitality company. Established in 1742.

Whitbread Beer Company

1742
established 1758, Paris, France?

Academie de Saint Luc

1758
1759-2009?, manufacturing potter; manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Limited

1759