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1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859

Science and Art Department

1853 - 1899
1888-1959, graphic designer; poster artist, British; English

Purvis, Tom

1888 - 1959
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
1832-1914, artist, British

Ascroft, William

1832 - 1914
1850-1991, pressure gauge manufacturer, German

Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd.

1850 - 1991
1816-1892, astronomer and photographer, American

Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris

1816 - 1892
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
active 1902-1990, surgical and medical equipment maker, Leeds, England

Charles F Thackray Limited

1902 - 1990
1897-1987, electrical instrument maker, Orpington, Kent, England

H W Sullivan Limited

1897 - 1987
1835-1992, lithographer; engraver; printer, Glasgow

MacLure and MacDonald

1835 - 1992
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
c.1826 - 1989, map maker, Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Geographical Institute

1826 - 1989
1846-1959, coachbuilder, London

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1835-1948, railway company, British

Great Western Railway

1835 - 1948
1899-current (2021), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1895-1990s, poster printer; printer, London; St Albans, Hertfordshire

Dangerfield Printing Company Limited

1895
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1903-1940s , camera manufacturer, retailer, Westminster, London, England

Westminster Photographic Exchange Limited

1903
1903-current (2021), electronics and communications manufacturer, Berlin

Telefunken

1903
1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879
1874- current (2009), research laboratory; university department, Cambridge, England

Cavendish Laboratory

1874
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
1824-1914, science writer; aeronaut, French

Fonvielle, Wilfrid de

1824 - 1914
c. 1828-1889?, apprenticed 1844 to Brumby & Middleton, merchants & factors of Sheffield, British

Sawyer, John Robert Mather

1828 - 1889
1870-1955, wildlife photographer and artist, Ireland

Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe

1870 - 1955
1916-1998, photographer, British

Hinde, John

1916 - 1998
1890-1948, railway company, Indian; India

Morvi Railway

1890 - 1948
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1913-1936, aeroplane propeller design and manufacture, Weybridge, England, British

Lang Propeller Company Limited

1913 - 1936
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
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