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

Emil Busch AG

1845
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
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
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
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
active 1846-current (2005), printers, Merseyside, England

McCorquodale and Company Limited

1846
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
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Lovett, Edward

1852 - 1933
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Treves, Sir Frederick

1853 - 1923
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875
1847-1962, confectioners, Birmingham

Cadbury Brothers Limited

1847
1857-?, manufacturer of mauveine dye, Greenford, London, England

Perkin and Sons

1857 - 1874
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
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
1848-1928, Inventor, American, America

Latimer, Lewis Howard

1848 - 1928
1849-2002, joint stock company, British

Railway Passengers Assurance Company

1849 - 2002
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921
Detroit-based portrait photographer, active late 19th-early 20th century

Arthur, James

1855 - 1912
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
1857-1933, railway engineer, British

Churchward, George Jackson

1857 - 1933
1857-1950s?, manufacturing chemists, London, England

Alfred Bishop Limited

1857

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921
active 1849-1879, small arms manufacturer, London

Beattie, J

1849 - 1879

Lodge, Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1851-1966, pharmaceutical chemist; medicinal pastille manufacturer, British

Warrick Brothers Limited

1851 - 1966
1851-1912, conjoined twins known as The Two-Headed Nightingale, American

McKoy, Millie and Christine

1851 - 1912
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
1854-1915, scientist (hematology, immunology and chemotherapy), German

Ehrlich, Paul

1854 - 1915