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1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
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
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Constantinesco, George

1881 - 1965
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1887-1948(?), haulage firm, British

Carter, Paterson and Company Limited

1887 - 1948
active 1868-1982, adhesive products manufacturer, London

Samuel Jones and Company Limited

1868 - 1982
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998

Kadoorie, Elly (KBE)

1867 - 1944
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
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
1875-1941, physician; anaesthetist, British

Boyle, Henry Edmund Gaskin

1875 - 1941
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1893-1930, manufacturer of electrostatic and electrotherapueutic machines, Chicago, United States

Victor X-ray Corporation

1893 - 1930
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1897-1987, electrical instrument maker, Orpington, Kent, England

H W Sullivan Limited

1897 - 1987
1891-1941, railway company, India

Bengal Dooars Railway

1891 - 1941
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006
1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927
b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866
1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

1878
1852 - current (2009), manufacturer of ceramics, Chodziez, Poland

Chodziez

1897

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Brewer, Griffith

1867 - 1948

Silberrad, Oswald John

1878 - 1960

Barrow Ship Building Company Limited

1871 - 1897

Sempill, William Francis Forbes

1893 - 1965

Sarkisov, Semion Alexandrovich

1895 - 1971

Groves, Robert M.

1880 - 1920

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968

Dunham, Jr, Theodore

1897 - 1984

Hackworth, Esther Ann

1862 - 1917