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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1952-1974, manufacturer of electronic equipment, Germany

Uher

1953 - 1974
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
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 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
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
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963
1937; railway employee, railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

Russell, David F.

1937
active 1881-1945, pen maker, French

Blanzy-Poure and Company

1881

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1915-2001, electronic test equipment manufacturer, Massachusetts, US

General Radio Company

1915 - 2001
1928-2002, computer artist, USA, American

Fetter, William

1928 - 2002
active 1986-1997, manufacturer of healthcare equipment, Uppsala, Sweden, Swedish

Pharmacia Biotech

1986 - 1997
1907-1996, artist; illustrator, English; British

Cuneo, Terence Tenison

1907 - 1996
1902-1960, active 1950s, poster artist, Irish born, active Scotland

Macfarlane, Alasdair

1902 - 1960
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
1924-c.1965, radio and television manufacturer, Slough; Kent

Kolster Brandes Limited

1924 - 1965
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 1920-1970, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemical manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss co

Geigy (UK) Limited

1920 - 1970
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1979-1998, consumer eelctronics, defence, music electricals company, Britain

Thorn EMI Electronics Ltd.

1979 - 1998
active 1930-1942, camera manufacturer, London, England

Ensign Ltd

1930 - 1942
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1905 - 1964
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999