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1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642
1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

1548 - 1616

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Jenner, Edward (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1823

Withering, William (MD, FRS)

1741 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Short, James

1710 - 1768

Perry, John

1670 - 1702

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

Fortin, Nicolas

1750 - 1831

Faden, William

1749 - 1836

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Priestley, Joseph (FRS, LLD)

1733 - 1804

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799

Jackson, Cyril

1746 - 1819

Banks, Joseph (Bt)

1743 - 1820

Reynolds, Richard

1735 - 1816

Coke, Thomas William (first earl of Leicester of Holkham)

1745 - 1842
active 1772, artist; painter, Netherlands

Brandt, David Menso

1606 - 1669
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
1684-1734

Chadwicke, John

1684 - 1734
1738-1819, physician, Belgian

Hende, Jean-François-Laurent van

1738 - 1819
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Le Clerc, Sebastien

1637 - 1714
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

Hodgson, James

1672 - 1755
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
1748-1832, philosopher; jurist; reformer, English

Bentham, Jeremy

1748 - 1832
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Dassier, Jean

1676 - 1763