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

Emil Busch AG

1845
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918
active 1846-current (2005), printers, Merseyside, England

McCorquodale and Company Limited

1846
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1839-current (2020), manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemist; druggist, Brighton & Barnstaple, Eng

Arthur H Cox and Company Limited

1839
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1847-1962, confectioners, Birmingham

Cadbury Brothers Limited

1847
active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846
1845-1978, engineers and machinery manufacturers, Salford and Manchester, England

Mather and Platt Limited

1845 - 1978
active 1863-1918, optician, optical designer, spectacle manufacturer & collector, English; British

Dunscombe, Matthew William

1841 - 1918
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
active 1837-1900, model-maker, Darmstadt, Germany, German

Schroeder, J

1837
about 1845-1907, photographic and magic lantern retailer, Cheapside, London

Benetfink

1845 - 1907
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1841-1903, astronomer; astronomical photographer, English; British

Common, Andrew Anslie

1841 - 1903
1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838
1843-1913, ceramics manufacturer, Lambeth, Surrey, England, British

James Stiff and Sons

1843 - 1913
1839-1913, optical, mathematical & electrical instrument maker, British

Apps, Alfred

1839 - 1913
active 1839-1889, pharmaceutical manufacturer, Dagenham, London, England

May and Baker

1839 - 1889
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911
1846-1922, railway company, London

Great Northern Railway

1846 - 1922

Grover, Charles

1842 - 1902
1842-1909, anatomist; histologist; inventor; French

Malassez, Louis-Charles

1842 - 1909
1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1846-1914, engineer; inventor of a type of air compressor, British

Atkinson, James

1846 - 1914
1845-1918, meteorologist; physician, German

Assmann, Richard

1845 - 1918

Price, John

1846 - 1913
active 1842-1876, Elsecar mine superintendant/ manager, inventor of the anemometer, British

Biram, Benjamin

1842 - 1876
1845-, manufacturer of glass, St Helens, England

Pilkington Glass Limited

1845
1847-1870, manufacturer of cermaics, Belgium

J B Cappellemans, Willems Smith et Cie

1847 - 1870
1845-1899, gynaecological surgeon; British; Scottish

Tait, Robert Lawson

1845 - 1899
1846 -1925, instrument maker, German

Sartorius, Florenz

1846 - 1925
marine engineering and shipbuilding company of Dundee, Scotland. 1846-1908

Brothers, Gourley

1846 - 1908
active 1839-1920, manufacturing chemist, British

Clay and Abraham Limited

1839 - 1920
active 1864-1870/5 & 1900-1915, electrical measuring and scientific instrument maker, French

Ducretet, Eugene

1844 - 1915
1845-1922, railway company, Stoke-on-Trent

North Staffordshire Railway

1845 - 1922
1844-1922, railway company, British

Furness Railway

1844 - 1922
railway facility, 1840

Crewe Works

1840