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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
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
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
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
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
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
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
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1864 - present, Wales, manufacturer

Powell Duffryn Engineering Company Limited

1864
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924
1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
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
1875-1961, manufacturer of electronic equipment, London

A C Cossor Limited

1859 - 1961
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
1862-., ammunitions manufacturer, Witton, Birmingham

Kynoch Ltd

1862
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
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1860-1984, Milton Bradley Company; taken over by Hasbro, Inc. 1984-, American

Milton Bradley Company

1860 - 1984
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851