Hoggson & Pettis was more known for their Sweetland patent lathe chuck but Samuel Hoggson started the company in 1848 to make stencils, stamping and cutting dies. When Pettit joined the company in 1878, the chuck was added to the product line. A quick google brings up a number of other products, hole punches, leather marking wheels, a typewriter and this conductor's ticket punch. The company is said to have ben in business till at least 1918.
Modern medicine can't thank Dr. Dumay enough for this device to accurately measure the height (or length) of a baby lying down. The next thing is to consider how to pronounce the word. Is it In-FANT-o-meter or Infan-TOM-a-ter?
This cast iron can opener was supplied with cans of corned beef from Britain, being a play on the nickname of the product "bully beef". It was introduced in the mid 1860s and carried on till the 1930s.
Packard's self leveling suspension, it wasn't enough, they staggered through a year or two more, closed the doors in 1958.
Meanwhile, across the pond, The Citroen DS with hydropneumatic suspension was also introduced in 1955.
