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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1931-1992, typefounding machinery and typeface design, British

The Monotype Corporation Limited

1931 - 1992
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1901-1987, electrical & electronic engineering equipment manufacturer, England, British

Ferranti Limited

1901 - 1987
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907
1935-2008, electrical equipment designer and manufacturer: uses Panasonic as brand name, Japan

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

1935 - 2008
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1925-current (2022), manufacturer of motion picture cameras and lenses, Switzerland

Paillard-Bolex

1925
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000
1932-1986, radio and television receiver manufacturer, London

Bush Radio Limited

1932 - 1986
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968