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

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
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
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
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
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
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
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
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
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
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

Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell (1828-1903) 1st Baronet Businessman and MP

1828 - 1903

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Dare, Leona

1855 - 1922
1888-1960, artist; illustrator; pharmacist, British

Wright, Horace

1888 - 1960
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1823-1960, lithographer; poster printer; printer; publisher, London

Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited

1862 - 1960
1867-1964, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Germany

Agfa

1867 - 1964
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842