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

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
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
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991

Maunder, Edward Walter

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

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

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

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927
1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952
active 1846-current (2005), printers, Merseyside, England

McCorquodale and Company Limited

1846
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
1856-1960s?, manufacturer of lifting equipment, pumps and engines, Birmingham, England

Tangyes Limited

1856
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903