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1885-1930, soap manufacturer, British

Lever Brothers Limited

1885 - 1930
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
Mr

Florado Helios Muybridge

1873 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Robert Koch

1843 - 1910
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968

Edward Walter Maunder

1851 - 1928
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
Sir

Barnes Neville Wallis

1887 - 1979
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009

Hans Berger

1873 - 1941
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Edouard Branly

1844 - 1940
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Charles-Emile Reynaud

1844 - 1918
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Brother, Thomas Armstrong and

1868 - 1968
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967

Otto Lilienthal

1848 - 1896
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Albert Abrams

1863 - 1924
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Margaret Sanger

1878 - 1966
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Marie Stopes

1880 - 1958
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Henry George Gawthorn

1879 - 1941

George Constantinesco

1881 - 1965