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

Robert Hooke

1635 - 1703
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

1632 - 1723
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Thomas Tompion

1639 - 1713
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Isaac Newton

1642 - 1727

Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

1659 - 1723
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Thomas Tuttell

1674 - 1702
c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

John Rowley

1668 - 1728
1656-1742, astronomer, English

Edmond Halley

1656 - 1742
active 1700-1737, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Edmund Culpeper

1670 - 1737
1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

1660 - 1742
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Thomas Newcomen

1663 - 1729
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Francis Hauksbee

1660 - 1713
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Robert Bissaker

1620 - 1685
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Acquapendente

1537 - 1619
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1652-1733, active 1700-1733, mathematical instrument and sundial maker, Paris, France, French

Nicolas Bion

1652 - 1733
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723
1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741

Sheerness Dockyard

1665 - 1957
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Michael Butterfield

1634 - 1724
1674-1731, 4th Earl of Orrery, nobleman; statesman; patron of the sciences, Irish

Charles Boyle

1674 - 1731
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647
1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

1658 - 1738
1610-1676, clock maker, English

John Holloway

1610 - 1676
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653