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Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

1919-1995, multimedia publisher, educational film makers, Chicago

Society for Visual Education Inc.

1919 - 1995

1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978

1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Hahnemann, Samuel

1755 - 1843

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1988

active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986

active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922

active 1900-1990s, opticians, drawing & mathematical instrument maker, London, England, British

W F Stanley and Company Limited

1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991

English Electric Company Limited

active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981

1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890

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

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977

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

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

1875-1963, poster artist; decorator; watercolourist; artist; architectural painter, British

Taylor, Fred

1875 - 1963

Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853

1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895

1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907

1891-active 1940s, silversmith; medalmaker, England

Alexander Clark Manufacturing Company Limited

1912

1886-1980s; pharmacutical preparer, Eastleigh

William R Warner and Company Limited

American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966

1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904

The Burden Neurological Institute

1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877

1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009

1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1944 - 1954

active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969

1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921

active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

active 1910-1947, scientific instrument manufacturer & agent, London, England

C Baker

GEC Alsthom Limited

c 460-c 370 BCE, philosopher; physician, Greek

Hippocrates

460 - 370

c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

1901-1951, optical, lens, camera and cinematographic equipment manufacturer, Birmingham

Aldis Brothers

1901 - 1951

1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

active 1870/5-1901/5, medical instrument manufacturer, London, England

S Maw, Son & Thompson

1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895

1882-1960, plastic surgeon, lecturer, Dunedin, New Zealander

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960

1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

1781-1826, physician; inventor of the monaural stethoscope, French

Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinthe

1781 - 1826

1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969

1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892

1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935

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

The Monotype Corporation Limited

1936 - 1999

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