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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
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761

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
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751
Baron Anson

George Anson

1697 - 1762
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

William Smellie

1697 - 1763
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Carlisle Spedding

1696 - 1755
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
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Richard Glynne

1681 - 1755
1656-1742, astronomer, English

Edmond Halley

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

Edmund Culpeper

1670 - 1737
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Gerard Van Swieten

1700 - 1772
1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

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

Thomas Dover

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

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jonathan Sisson

1690 - 1747
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole

1695 - 1766
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
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
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723