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1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Phineas Pett

1570 - 1608
1662-1726, writer, Dutch

Jan van der Heiden

1662 - 1726
1611-1693, artist; painter; draughtsman, Dutch

Willem van de Velde

1611 - 1693
1637-1712, inventor; artist; Dutch

Jan van der Heyden

1637 - 1712
Active 1650-1707, marine painter, Dutch

Willem Van der Velde

1633 - 1707
1650-1702, Prince of Orange; King of England, Scotland & Ireland

William III

1650 - 1702
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
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
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Franz Antoni Knittl

1671 - 1744
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Sebastien Le

1637 - 1714
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Jean Dassier

1676 - 1763
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Georg Daniel Heumann

1691 - 1759
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

James Bradley

1692 - 1762
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
1683-1744, natural philosopher; engineer, French born, active England

John Theophilus Desaguliers

1683 - 1744
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr

1677 - 1750
active 1728, d. 1775

John Sigismund Tanner

1700 - 1775
1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Johann Rudolf Schmutz

1670 - 1715
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Joseph Fröhlich

1694 - 1757
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Jacques Mesnard

1685 - 1746
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Francesco Redi

1626 - 1697
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Michael Butterfield

1634 - 1724
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Gideon Harvey

1636 - 1702
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Edmé Mariotte

1620 - 1684
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
1678-1752 or 1753, artist; portrait painter, Swedish, active 1700 - London

Hans Hysing

1678 - 1752
1620-1691, engraver, draughtsman, English

William Faithorne

1620 - 1691
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Anthony Van Dyck

1599 - 1641
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1601-1666, Queen consort of France and Navarre, Spanish-born

Anne of Austria

1601 - 1666
1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Nicolaas Tulp

1593 - 1674
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Matthaus Greuter

1566 - 1638