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1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
1931-1992, typeface & type setting machine maker, British

The Monotype Corporation Limited

1936 - 1999
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
active c1854-1992, glass bottle manufacturer

J L & Co Ltd

c1907 - present (2010), safety lamp manufacturer, Aberdare

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860
Negretti and Zambra

Negretti and Zambra

Collectors Corner

Collectors Corner

1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
active 1956-1978, scientific instruments manufacturer, Cambridge, MA., United States

Baird-Atomic, Inc.

The Emergency Medical Service

The Emergency Medical Service

Smith, Audrey

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981
active 1818-1856, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Watkins & Hill

1818 - 1856
1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
active 1924/6-1967, electrical measuring & scientific instrument maker, London, England, British

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited

1924 - 1967
c1970-current (2009), philatelic bureau and postal administration, Edinburgh

British Philatelic Bureau

Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto

Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto

1929-2004, cosmonaut, Chuvashia

Nikolayev, Andriyan

1929 - 2004
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955
1922-1978?, manufacturer of wireless (radio receiver) components and valves, Blackheath, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Burndept Limited

1922
The Lea Recorder Co. Ltd

The Lea Recorder Co. Ltd

1897-1996, manufacturer; engineer, Birmingham, England

Joseph Lucas Limited

active 1893 - present (2008), manufacturer of scinetific equipment, Scottish

Dobbie-McInnes Ltd.

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

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1868-1999, medallists; die-sinkers; mint; jewellers, Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Newton, Sir Isaac

1642 - 1727
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
Shallcross Stone, Flora

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
1700s-1790s? button makers, Birmingham, England

Smith and Wright Limited

Baxendales & Co Ltd

Baxendales & Co Ltd

1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867
1901-1987, electrical & electronic engineering equipment manufacturer, England, British

Ferranti Limited

1901 - 1987
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
British Timken Ltd

British Timken Ltd

active 1930s-2000s, manufacturer of tools, England

Elliott-Lucas Limited

active 1857-1922/1926, optical instrument maker, London, England, British

E. R. Watts & Son

Mather & Platt Ltd

Mather & Platt Ltd

1920s-1970, Jigsaw puzzle maker, Boscombe

G J Hayter & Co Ltd

1929
British Telecom

British Telecom

S Pearson & Son Ltd

S Pearson & Son Ltd

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

H W Miller Limited