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

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
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
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

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Penn-Gaskell, Winifred Ethel

1874 - 1949

Schwab, Robert S.

1904 - 1972
1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

Morton, James

1867 - 1943
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1901-1968, painter; printmaker; scenographer; poster artist, French

Cassandre, Adolphe Mouron

1901 - 1968
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
active 1879-1986, pharmacist and surgical instrument makers, English

Brady and Martin Limited

1886 - 1986
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Proszynski, Kazimierz

1875 - 1945

Kadoorie, Elly (KBE)

1867 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1875-1976, manufacturer, Tunstall, British

Alfred Meakin

1875 - 1976
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
1883-1954, artist; painter; assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan police,British

Tripp, Sir Herbert Alker

1883 - 1954
c.1890s-1926, electrical part and telephone manufacturer, Britain

Sterling Telephone and Electric Company Limited

1899 - 1926
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
active 1901-1980s, microscope & accessory manufacturer, Manchester, England

Flatters and Garnett Limited

1901 - 1967
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927

British Vacuum Cleaner Company Limited

1901
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895
1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

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

Chodziez

1897
British engineer and inventor of the fuel cell as used on the Apollo mission Service Modules. The same technology was also used for power and water on NASA's Space Shuttle.

Bacon, Francis Thomas

1904 - 1992
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Porsche, Ferdinand

1875 - 1951
1865-1935, physicist, French

Féry, Charles

1865 - 1935
1873-1878, photographer, British

Maull and Company

1873 - 1878
1909-1915, film company, United Kingdom

Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited

1903 - 1915
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
1906-1971, car manufacturer; aero engine manufacturer, Derby; Bristol, England, British

Rolls-Royce Limited

1904 - 1973
inventor, filmmaker

Waller, Fred

1886 - 1954
1878-1931, photographer, active Sweden from 1904, German; Swedish

Goodwin, Henry Buergel

1878 - 1931