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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1874-1966, steelmakers; munitions makers, English; British

John Baker and Company Limited

1874 - 1966
1887-present, camera manufacturer, Munich

Linhof

1887

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Constantinesco, George

1881 - 1965
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1886-1924, lens manufacturer, Leicester, England

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Limited

1886 - 1924
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1887-1948(?), haulage firm, British

Carter, Paterson and Company Limited

1887 - 1948
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1900-1907, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Glasgow, Scotland

Kelvin and White

1900 - 1907
1900-1992, poster artist, British

Mayes, Reginald

1900 - 1992
1884-1945, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products; manufacturer of dyestuffs, Basle, Switzerland

Society of Chemical Industry in Basel

1884 - 1945
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
active 1924-1937, Asst Keeper Science Museum, London, British

Laird Clowes, Geoffrey Swinford

1883 - 1937

Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979
1888-1960, artist; illustrator; pharmacist, British

Wright, Horace

1888 - 1960
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955
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
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888
1872-?, iron and steel company, Workington

Moss Bay Co.

1872
1852 - current (2009), manufacturer of ceramics, Chodziez, Poland

Chodziez

1897
active 1888-1920s, electrical measuring instruments (light meters etc), New Jersey, United States

Weston Electrical Instrument Company

1888
1900-1931, bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer, English; British

Humber Limited

1887 - 1931
1877-1958, aircraft designer; manufacturer, England, British

Roe, Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon-

1877 - 1958
1870-1955, wildlife photographer and artist, Ireland

Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe

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

Morvi Railway

1890 - 1948
1873-1878, photographer, British

Maull and Company

1873 - 1878
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
1899-1977, cartographer, German

Hoelzel, Fritz

1899 - 1977
1899-1978, sculptor; poster artist

Bradshaw, Laurence

1899 - 1978
1870-1952, science and technology historian; Science Museum curator, British

Dickinson, Henry Winram

1870 - 1952
active 1921-1979, photographer, British

Ashley, Hallam

1900 - 1987