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1838-1907, chemist, English; British

William Henry Perkin

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

Robert Koch

1843 - 1910
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Charles-Emile Reynaud

1844 - 1918
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967

Otto Lilienthal

1848 - 1896
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
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Hiram Stevens Maxim

1840 - 1916
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
1845-1978, engineers and machinery manufacturers, Salford and Manchester, England

Mather and Platt Limited

1845 - 1978
1848-1928, Inventor, American, America

Lewis Howard Latimer

1848 - 1928
1847-1962, confectioners, Birmingham

Cadbury Brothers Limited

1847
active 1863-1918, optician, optical designer, spectacle manufacturer & collector, English; British

Matthew William Dunscombe

1841 - 1918
1849-2002, joint stock company, British

Railway Passengers Assurance Company

1849 - 2002
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
active 1849-1879, small arms manufacturer, London

J Beattie

1849 - 1879
1839-1913, optical, mathematical & electrical instrument maker, British

Alfred Apps

1839 - 1913
1816-1923, US Navy Officer, American

Lt.-Cdr. Charles Dwight Sigsbee

1845 - 1923
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911

Charles Grover

1842 - 1902
active 1839-1889, pharmaceutical manufacturer, Dagenham, London, England

May and Baker

1839 - 1889
about 1845-1907, photographic and magic lantern retailer, Cheapside, London

Benetfink

1845 - 1907
1841-1903, astronomer; astronomical photographer, English; British

Andrew Anslie Common

1841 - 1903
1843-1913, ceramics manufacturer, Lambeth, Surrey, England, British

James Stiff and Sons

1843 - 1913
1842-1909, anatomist; histologist; inventor; French

Louis-Charles Malassez

1842 - 1909
1846-1914, engineer; inventor of a type of air compressor, British

James Atkinson

1846 - 1914
1846-1922, railway company, London

Great Northern Railway

1846 - 1922
1845-1918, meteorologist; physician, German

Richard Assmann

1845 - 1918
1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Hiram Stevens Maxim

1840 - 1916
1844-1922, railway company, British

Furness Railway

1844 - 1922
active 1846-current (2005), printers, Merseyside, England

McCorquodale and Company Limited

1846

John Price

1846 - 1913
1849-1962, locomotive works, Gorton, Manchester

Gorton Works

1849 - 1962

Robert Banks

1846 - 1927
1846 -1925, instrument maker, German

Florenz Sartorius

1846 - 1925
active 1839-1920, manufacturing chemist, British

Clay and Abraham Limited

1839 - 1920
1847-1870, manufacturer of cermaics, Belgium

J B Cappellemans, Willems Smith et Cie

1847 - 1870
1840-1912, engineer, British; Scottish

Dugald Drummond

1840 - 1912
active 1842-1876, Elsecar mine superintendant/ manager, inventor of the anemometer, British

Benjamin Biram

1842 - 1876
active 1868-1909/14, optical & mathematical instrument maker, Irish; British

Howard Grubb

1844 - 1931
active 1864-1870/5 & 1900-1915, electrical measuring and scientific instrument maker, French

Eugene Ducretet

1844 - 1915
1849-1935, competition cyclist, British

James Moore

1849 - 1935