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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1896-present, transport service, Glasgow

Glasgow Underground

1896
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1884-1976, Locomotive engineer, British

Hawksworth, Frederick W

1884 - 1976
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960
1888-1959, graphic designer; poster artist, British; English

Purvis, Tom

1888 - 1959
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
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
1897-1987, electrical instrument maker, Orpington, Kent, England

H W Sullivan Limited

1897 - 1987
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1895-1990s, poster printer; printer, London; St Albans, Hertfordshire

Dangerfield Printing Company Limited

1895
1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879
1874- current (2009), research laboratory; university department, Cambridge, England

Cavendish Laboratory

1874
1870-1955, wildlife photographer and artist, Ireland

Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe

1870 - 1955
1890-1948, railway company, Indian; India

Morvi Railway

1890 - 1948
1865-1935, physicist, French

Féry, Charles

1865 - 1935
1873-1878, photographer, British

Maull and Company

1873 - 1878
1867-1942, cinematographer; film producer, active England from about 1915, American

Urban, Charles

1867 - 1942
1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1871-1913, trade union, British

Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

1871 - 1913
1881-1963, marine engineer, Scottish; British

Wallace, Sir William

1881 - 1963
1864-1944, geologist; museum director, British; English

Lyons, Sir Henry George

1864 - 1944
1867-1943, aeronautical pioneer; balloonist; meteorologist, British

Alexander, Patrick Young

1867 - 1943
1870-1952, science and technology historian; Science Museum curator, British

Dickinson, Henry Winram

1870 - 1952
1872-1942, astronomer, American

Curtis, Heber Doust

1872 - 1942
1885-1888, shipbuilder, Belfast

Queen's Island Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited

1885 - 1888
1895-1968, vice-chairman and managing director of Newton, Chambers & Co. Ltd.

West, Sir Harold Ernest George

1895 - 1968
1877-1963, farmer; engineer, British; English

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1882-1970, physicist, German/Polish

Born, Max

1882 - 1970
1885-1953, artist, Russian, USSR

Vladimir Tatlin

1885 - 1953
silversmiths, Sheffield

W S Savage and Company

1876 - 1929
1892-1978, locomotive designer, French

Chapelon, Andre

1892 - 1978
1873-1953, artist; painter; landscapist; marine painter, English; British

Hughes, Robert Morson

1873 - 1953
1881-1961, model-maker; amateur maritime archaeologist, British?

Naish, Francis Clement Prideaux

1881 - 1961