Industry
Place
Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
1781-1873, instrument maker; artist; optical inventor, English; British

Cornelius Varley

1781 - 1873

1846 -1925, instrument maker, German

Florenz Sartorius

1846 - 1925

1801-1865, optician, instrument maker, Birmingham and London, England, English

George Richards Elkington

1801 - 1865

1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Jan van Musschenbroek

1687 - 1748

1744-1832, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Paris, France

Etienne Lenoir

1744 - 1832

active 1784-1791, optician; instrument maker, London England

William Jones

1762 - 1831

1888-1966, instrument maker, British

Arthur Charles King

1888 - 1966

1750-1831, physicist; instrument maker, French

Jean Nicolas Fortin

1750 - 1831

active 1830s-1850s, clock-maker; instrument maker, British

James Breese

1800 - 1860

1901-1963, instrument maker; inventor, British

Ron Grumble

1901 - 1963

1846-1913, instrument and compass maker, opticians, London, England, British

John Lilley & Son

1846 - 1913

1808-1864, pharmacist, physical, chemical and medical instrument maker, Delft, Holland, Dutch

Petrus Johannes Kipp

1808

active 1885-?, instrument maker, Paris, France

Henry Galante et Fils

active 1831-1858, mathematical/ nautical instrument maker, London, England, British

Janet Taylor

active late nineteenth century, inventor of Biophantascope with W Friese-Green, Bath

John Rudge

active 1890s-1906, instrument maker, Gottingham, Germany

Becker, August

active 1851, instrument maker, Paris, France

Collot Freres

active 1748, instrument maker, British

Thomas Pearce

active 1775, clock & instrument (?) maker, English; British

John Davis

active 1823-1859, hydrometer/ instrument maker, patentee, London, American

How, Andrew Peddie

active 1820, musical transposition calculator maker, England, British?

Wilson, J.

active 1870s, instrument maker, Brusses, Belgium

Charles Tilliere

1800-1838, chemical and philosophical instrument maker, ironmonger, London, England, British

Richard & George Knight

active 1750-1800, instrument maker, Bristol

Rowland, R.

active c.1880-1930, instrument maker, Paris, France, French?

Richard Frères