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1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623
1814-1879, glassblower; scientific instrument maker, German

Geissler, Heinrich

1814 - 1879
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Hartmann, Georg

1489 - 1564
1787-1847, scientific instrument maker, French

Gambey, Henri Prudence

1787 - 1847
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Heiden, Christian

1526 - 1576
1776-1861, scientific instrument maker based in Paris, French

Pixii, Nicolas Constant

1776 - 1861
1756-1821, scientific instrument maker, German

Beringer, David

1756 - 1821
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1833-1908, optician; scientific instrument maker, British

Aronsberg, William

1833 - 1908
1779-1835, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Dancer, Josiah

1779 - 1835
1869-1943, scientific instrument maker; cinematographer, English; British

Paul, Robert William

1868 - 1943
active 1817-1841, optical instrument maker; mathematical instrument maker; scientific instrument maker; manufacturer of waterproof fabrics; manufacturer of chemicals, Italian

Ronchetti, Charles Joshua

1790 - 1850
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Cole, Humfrey

1530 - 1591
1832-1901, scientific instrument maker, Irish

Yeates, Stephen Mitchell

1832 - 1901
active 1884-1899, scientific apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

Harvey and Peak

1884 - 1909
1880-1938, scientific instrument maker; balance maker, Denver, United States

William Ainsworth and Sons

1880 - 1938
active 1832-1859 , optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Charles Louis

1804 - 1859
active 1855-1865, physicist; watchmaker; scientific instrument maker, French

Bréguet, Louis Clement François

1804 - 1883
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
1864-1916, engineer; cientific instrument maker, London, England

R W Munro and Company

1864 - 1916
1839-1912, mechanical engineer; scientific instrument maker, British

Munro, Robert William

1839 - 1912
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1967-1974, electrical scientific instruments manufacturer, London, England, British

Cambridge Scientific Instruments Limited

1967 - 1974
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1798-1860s, philosophical and scientific instrument maker; mechanist, English, British

Reid, William

1798 - 1869
1913-1947, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Scotland & London, England

Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Limited

1913 - 1947
active 1487-1550, astronomer; scientific instrument maker, German

Kratzer, Nicolaus

1486 - 1550
active 1710-1748, scientific instrument maker, English

Deane, William

1690 - 1750
1848-1903, scientific instrument maker, British

Dew-Smith, Albert George

1848 - 1903
1812-1897, scientific instrument maker; British

Casella, Louis Paschal

1812 - 1897
1726-1807, scientific instrument maker

Engelbrecht, Johann

1726 - 1807
1530?-1614, active 1554-1590, clockmaker; scientific instrument maker, Italian

Volpaia, Girolamo della

Unknown - 1614
1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Vopel, Caspar

1511 - 1561
c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

Rowley, John

1668 - 1728
active 1841-1851, optical instrument maker; scientific instrument maker, Manchester, England

John Baptist & Joshua Ronchetti

1841 - 1851
1639-1694, scientific instrument maker, German

Hager, Michael Tobias

1639 - 1694
1808-1835, scientific instrument maker, French

Pixii, Antoine-Hippolyte

1808 - 1835
active 1864-1870/5 & 1900-1915, electrical measuring and scientific instrument maker, French

Ducretet, Eugene

1844 - 1915
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Danfrie, Philippe

1525 - 1608
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
1915-1922, scientific instrument maker, London, England

Troughton and Simms Limited

1915 - 1922
active 1924/6-1967, electrical measuring & scientific instrument maker, London, England, British

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited

1924 - 1967
active 1734-1795, either Adams, George, 1709-1772 or Adams, George, 1750-1795, sci. instrument maker

Adams, George

1734 - 1795
1897-current [2012], clock-maker; watchmaker; scientific instrument maker, London, England

E Dent & Company Limited

1897
active 1802-1850s, philosophical and scientific instrument maker, active London, England

Becker, Christian

Unknown - 1856
active 1830-1869, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, London, England

Potter, John Dennett

1810
active about 1790-1800s, scientific instrument maker, British

Lomas, H

1765
1715-current, pharmaceutical manufacturer, England, British

Allen & Hanburys Limited

1715