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Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Walker, John

1781 - 1859

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
active 1700-1737, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Culpeper, Edmund

1670 - 1737
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

Marshall, John

1659 - 1723

Roberts, Richard

1789 - 1864

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1820s & 1843, chemist & instrument & natural specimen seller, Leamington & Cambridge, England

Deck, Isaiah

1792 - 1853
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Hahnemann, Samuel

1755 - 1843
1741-1799, physician; inventor of 'Perkins Tractors', American

Perkins, Elisha

1741 - 1799
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

1754 - 1814

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691

Cayley, George

1773 - 1857

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850

Hudson, George

1800 - 1871
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Thomas, Charles Xavier

1785 - 1870

Parry, William Edward

1790 - 1855
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

1690
1756-1965, optical company, manufacturer of optical instruments & photographic lenses, Vienna

Voigtlander

1756
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Scoresby, William

1789 - 1857

Martin, Kennett Beacham

1788 - 1859

Rennie, John

1794 - 1863

Ewart, Peter

1767 - 1843