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1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1843-1923, Railway company, Scotland

Caledonian Railway

1843 - 1923

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1852-1916, teacher, physicist; photographer, British

Worthington, Arthur Mason

1852 - 1916
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

Dunham, Jr, Theodore

1897 - 1984

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932
1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968

Grover, Charles

1842 - 1902
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1897-2012, manufacturer of steam turbines, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, British

Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Limited

1897 - 2012

Baring, Rowland Thomas

1877 - 1953

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979
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
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
1874-1937, inventor, Italian

Marconi, Guglielmo

1874 - 1937
1884 - c. 1962, manufacturer of ceramics, Longton, England

British Anchor Pottery

1884 - 1962
1859-1940, painter; artist; poster artist, British

Petrie, Graham

1859 - 1940
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
active 1866-1926, camera manufacturer, Blackheath, London, England

W Butcher and Sons

1866 - 1926
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1898- c 1935, film production company, cinematography and photographic equipment manufacturer, Hove, England (latter London)

Williamson Kinematograph Company Limited

1898
active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846