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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
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
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

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
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
1835-1911, railway manager, British; English

Scotter, Sir Charles

1835 - 1911
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
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
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
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Dare, Leona

1855 - 1922
1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

1878
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1864-, manufacturer of electrical machinery, instruments, cables, wire and rubber goods, London

India Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Telegraph Works Company Limited

1864
b. 1884, active ca. 1910-1936, poster artist, British

Black, Montague Birrell

1884
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1852-1959, manufacturer of agricultural chemicals (poisons and sheep dip), Berkhamsted, England

Cooper, McDougall and Robertson Limited

1852
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
1865-1935, physicist, French

Féry, Charles

1865 - 1935
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1819-1889, photographer; inventor, French

Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène

1819 - 1889
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864