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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
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
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Penn-Gaskell, Winifred Ethel

1874 - 1949
1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

Morton, James

1867 - 1943
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
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 1849-1886, optician, optical designer & optical instrument maker, French

Duboscq, Jules

1817 - 1886
active 1879-1986, pharmacist and surgical instrument makers, English

Brady and Martin Limited

1886 - 1986
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
active 1859-1995, hospital, Brighton

St Francis Hospital

1859 - 1995
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Proszynski, Kazimierz

1875 - 1945
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Kadoorie, Elly (KBE)

1867 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946

Cross, Charles Frederick

1855 - 1935
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1875-1976, manufacturer, Tunstall, British

Alfred Meakin

1875 - 1976
1819-1905, civil engineer, English; British

Stephenson, George Robert

1819 - 1905
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
1893-1930, manufacturer of electrostatic and electrotherapueutic machines, Chicago, United States

Victor X-ray Corporation

1893 - 1930
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1815-1888, artist, British

Dobbin, John

1815 - 1888
1883-1954, artist; painter; assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan police,British

Tripp, Sir Herbert Alker

1883 - 1954
1856-1943, inventor; physicist; mechanical engineer; electrical engineer, Serbian/American

Tesla, Nikola

1856 - 1943
c.1890s-1926, electrical part and telephone manufacturer, Britain

Sterling Telephone and Electric Company Limited

1899 - 1926
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

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

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968