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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
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
1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1874-1966, steelmakers; munitions makers, English; British

John Baker and Company Limited

1874 - 1966
1887-present, camera manufacturer, Munich

Linhof

1887
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Constantinesco, George

1881 - 1965
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1886-1924, lens manufacturer, Leicester, England

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Limited

1886 - 1924
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
1887-1948(?), haulage firm, British

Carter, Paterson and Company Limited

1887 - 1948
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1797-1880, physician; modelmaker, French

Auzoux, Louis Thomas Jerome

1797 - 1880
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1900-1907, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Glasgow, Scotland

Kelvin and White

1900 - 1907
1900-1992, poster artist, British

Mayes, Reginald

1900 - 1992
1884-1945, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products; manufacturer of dyestuffs, Basle, Switzerland

Society of Chemical Industry in Basel

1884 - 1945
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
1858-1921, British navy steam/sail ship, used 1872-1876 oceanagraphic expedition, British

HMS Challenger

1858 - 1921
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
active 1924-1937, Asst Keeper Science Museum, London, British

Laird Clowes, Geoffrey Swinford

1883 - 1937

Dancer, John Benjamin

1812 - 1887