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1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1887-1976, artist, English; British

Laurence Stephen Lowry

1887 - 1976
active 1869, inventor; engineer, American; Northern Irish born;

Alexander Kirk Rider

1820 - 1893
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

1819 - 1905
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
1913-1988, gynaecologist known for his work in the development of IVF and development of laparoscopic surgery techniques, British

Patrick Steptoe

1913 - 1988
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1911-1968, poster printer; printer

Sun Engraving Company Limited

1911 - 1968
1911-2004, biochemist and member of Howard Florey's penicillin team, English; British

Norman Heatley

1911 - 2004
1836-1999, aeronautics, Manchester

Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd.

1836 - 1999
1860-1986, railway builders, Gloucester

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1860 - 1986
active 1930s-1940s, press photographer, Britain

Harold Tomlin

1904 - 1964
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1857-1927, locomotive builders, Whitehaven

Fletcher, Jennings & Co.

1857 - 1927
1846-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

London & North Western Railway

1846 - 1922
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited, C F

1891 - 1987
1743/4-1789, wife of John Arnold, mother of John Roger Arnold, chronometer makers, English

Margaret Arnold

1743 - 1789
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

CHARLES WHEATSTONE

1802 - 1875
1881-1995, manufacturer of electrical equipment, United States

Western Electric Company, Inc

1881 - 1995
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1650-1702, Prince of Orange; King of England, Scotland & Ireland

William III

1650 - 1702
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles

1756 - 1836
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1818-1906, King of Denmark

Christian IX

1818 - 1906
1895-1952, king of the United Kingdom, reigned 1936-1952

VI, George

1895 - 1952
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
1157-1159, monarch, king of England, reigned 1189-1199

Richard I

1157 - 1199
1874-1968, photographic chemist; manufacturer of photographic apparatus; camera manufacturer, Manchester, England

J T Chapman Limited

1907 - 1968
1367-1400, monarch, king of England

Richard II

1367 - 1400
c. 1028-1089, King of England, 1066-1089

William

1028 - 1089
1792-1849, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

William

1792 - 1849
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1845-1951, railway company, India

Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company

1845 - 1951
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
Mrs

Jane Young

1831 - 1914

Paul Hirzel

1831 - 1908
1852-1931, active in field of anaesthesiology

Walter Tyrrell

1852 - 1931
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

William Austin Burt

1792 - 1858
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706