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1864 - present, Wales, manufacturer

Powell Duffryn Engineering Company Limited

1864
active 1824-1963, glass manufacturer, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England, British

Chance Brothers Limited

1824 - 1963
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

1754 - 1814
born 1949, photographer and photojornalist, UK

Knott, Herbie

1949
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
Ward & Goldstone Ltd

Ward & Goldstone Ltd

1892
1906-current (2018), precision measuring equipment designer, manufacturer and supplier, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, British

Moore and Wright (Sheffield) Limited

1906
Allen, John

Allen, John

1921
1700s-1913, mechanical engineer; manufacturer of scales and weighing machines, Liverpool, England

Henry Pooley and Son Limited

Unknown - 1913
active 1763-1790, optical and mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Pyefinch, Henry

Unknown - 1790
active 1890s-1900s, clock movement manufacturer, Birmingham, England

The British United Clock Co. Ltd

active 1888-1950s, printer, London

John Swain and Son Limited

railway employee, railway manager, railway freight manager, railway company director

Paterson, Frank

Cinerama Incorporated

Cinerama Incorporated

1842-1958, electrical and mechanical engineers, Deptford, London, England, English; British

J. Stone and Company Limited

Mitchell Shackleton & Company Ltd

Mitchell Shackleton & Company Ltd

active 1930s, manufacturer of sexual aids, Japanese

Arita Drug and Rubber Goods Company

British Transport Commission

British Transport Commission

active 1947-1982, spectacle frame/ lens manufacturer, Kidwelly, Wales and Watford, Herts, British

British American Optical Company Limited

International Computers Limited

International Computers Limited

Mullard Limited

Mullard Limited

active 1885-1936, mathematical, optical & hydrometer instrument maker, London, England

Long, Joseph

Dick Kerr & Co Works

Dick Kerr & Co Works

active c.1800s, furniture makers, London

Blyth and Sons

1799-1922, printers and biscuit tin manufacturers, Carlisle

Hudson Scott

active 1862-1928, glassblower; maker of X-ray tubes, German

C H F Müller

Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd

Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd

1887-1916, steel making; shipbuilding company, Maryland

Maryland Steel Company

1897 - 1916
Pease, Henry (1807-1881) Quaker Railway Promoter MP

Pease, Henry (1807-1881) Quaker Railway Promoter MP

1807 - 1881
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
Hancock, Walter

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
1774-1969, button makers, Birmingham

William Dowler & Sons Limited

1774 - 1969
1879-1889, manufacturer of electric arc lamps, Lambeth, London, England

Anglo American Brush Electric Light Corporation Limited

1879 - 1889
Porter, Arthur

Porter, Arthur

1910 - 2010
1898-1970, training establishment, London, England

London School of Weaving

1898 - 1970
1905-1963, artist; illustrator; painter; photographer; poster artist, British

Durman, Alan

1905 - 1963
1765-1815, inventor; engineer; artist, American

Fulton, Robert

1765 - 1815
1903-1971, crystallographer & pacificist, British

Lonsdale, Dame Kathleen

1903 - 1971
1898-1968, experimental pathologist; bacteriologist, Australian

Florey, Baron Florey, Howard Walter

1898 - 1968
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
active 1930-1997, pharamcuetical manufacturer, British

Bencard Pharmaceuticals Limited

1930 - 1997
1908-1964, toy manufacturer, Liverpool, England, British

Meccano Limited

1908 - 1964
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
Desvignes, Peter Hubert

Desvignes, Peter Hubert

1808 - 1883
Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co

1821 - 1845
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1854-1976, manufacturer of chemicals, Grimsby, England

Osmond and Sons Limited

1854 - 1976
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
Gimingham, Charles Henry

Gimingham, Charles Henry

1853 - 1890
1871-1940, naturalist, photographer and documentary film maker, British

Kearton, Cherry

1871 - 1940