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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

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1937; railway employee, railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

Russell, David F.

1937
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1960-1986, supplier of chemicals, Poole, England

BDH Chemicals Limited

Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Limited

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
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

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806

Museum of British Transport, Clapham

active, 1900s-1968, optical instrument maker, Ealing, London, England

W Ottway and Company Limited

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1927-current (2021), motion picture and stage lighting manufacturer, United States

Mole-Richardson

1927

GEC Alsthom Limited

goddess of Health; mythological daughter of Asclepius/Aesculapius, Greek

Hygeia

1838-?, publisher; printseller, English; British

Messrs Fores

1960s-1990s, photographic equipment manufacturer, Bovingdon, England

John Hadland (PI) Limited

active 1905-1915, inventor; aeronautical engineer, France, French

Seguin, Laurent

General Electric Company plc

1826-1846, learned society, British

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

clockmaker, London, 1830 - c1980s

John Walker

active 1913-current (2008), opticians and optical instrument manufacturer, Britain

Theodore Hamblin Limited

1837-1856, oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship, transatlantic, Crimean War troopship, British

PS Great Western (1837)

Bendix Aviation Corporation

Herbert Morris Ltd

Linotype and Machinery Limited

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865

Gibson, Reginald Oswald

1902 - 1983

Geary, Stephen

1797 - 1854

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944