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active 1790-1940, hydrometer & mathematical instrument maker, optician, London, England

Dring and Fage

1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1816-1968, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited

1816
1848-1930, meteorological & aviation instrument maker & camera maker, Paris, France, French

Richard, Jules

Turner, Edward Raymond

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
c.1826 - 1989, map maker, Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Geographical Institute

1826 - 1989
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1814-1896, artist; printmaker, British

Bourne, John Cooke

1814 - 1896
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
active, 1900s-1968, optical instrument maker, Ealing, London, England

W Ottway and Company Limited

1870-1928, photographic studio, London

Hellis & Sons

1887-1982, china manufacturer, Longton

Hammersley & Co

active 1930s, manufactureres of anglepoise lamps, Redditch, England

Herbert Terry and Sons Limited

Henry Simon Ltd

Henry Simon Ltd

active 1900s-1960s, mining equipment, surveying & scientific instrument maker, Derby, England

John Davis and Son (Derby) Limited

Laporte Industries Ltd.

Laporte Industries Ltd.

1852 - current (2009), manufacturer of ceramics, Chodziez, Poland

Chodziez

1897
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
Bradshaw, George

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
1898-1972, naval architect; boat builder, English; British

Fox, Uffa

1898 - 1972
Stephenson, George

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
Friese-Greene, William

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1847-1922, railway company, England

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1847 - 1922
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
W. Canning & Co. Ltd

W. Canning & Co. Ltd

active 1922-1988, optical instrument maker, London & York, England

Cooke, Troughton and Simms Limited

1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960
active 1950s-1970s, 1919-2008, graphic designer; poster artist; artist, British

Stevens, Harry

1919 - 2008
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
1899-present, manufacturers, London

C. C. Wakefield and Company Limited

1899
active 1986-1997, manufacturer of healthcare equipment, Uppsala, Sweden, Swedish

Pharmacia Biotech

1986 - 1997
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1945 - 1964
active 1908-1997, manufacturer of bras, American

S H Camp and Company

1908 - 1997
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
Smith Meters Ltd.

Smith Meters Ltd.

1902-1940s, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Down Bros Limited

1906-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, American

Philco Corporation

1888-current (2010), medical & scientific instrument manufacturer/ supplier, London, British

G H Zeal Limited

1888