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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

Herbert Morris Ltd

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

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Chillingworth, John

1928 - 2025
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1965-1980, ceramic manufacturer, Tunstall

Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Limited

1965 - 1980
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1960-1986, supplier of chemicals, Poole, England

BDH Chemicals Limited

Peter Brotherhood Limited

1925-1978, button and badge makers, medalists, Birmingham

H W Miller Limited

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

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874

GEC Turbine Generators Ltd

English Electric Company Limited

The Burden Neurological Institute

Museum of British Transport, Clapham

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

W Ottway and Company Limited

Garrett AiResearch

J H Steward Limited

1700s-1790s? button makers, Birmingham, England

Smith and Wright Limited

active 1920s, poster artist

Kerr, T D

Collectors Corner

active 1936-1975, electrical measuring instrument manufacturer, England

Sangamo Weston Limited

active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
1752 or 1754-1811, medallist, die-engraver, German; Prussian

Abramson, Abraham

1752 - 1811
1835-1911, railway manager, British; English

Scotter, Sir Charles

1835 - 1911
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

al-Jazari, Ismail ibn al-Razzaz

1136 - 1206
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
source; model railway maker

Richards, J P

1902 - 1999