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active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Branly, Edouard

1844 - 1940
1777-1804, geologist, mineralogist, British

Watt, Gregory

1777 - 1804
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1799-1869, inventor of agricultural machinery; minister, Scottish

Bell, Patrick

1799 - 1869
active 1869, inventor; engineer, American; Northern Irish born;

Rider, Alexander Kirk

1820 - 1893
1823-1914, railway administrator, England, British

Oakley, Sir Henry

1811 - 1914
1836-1922, railway company, Wales

Taff Vale Railway

1836 - 1922
1836-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Arbroath & Forfar Railway

1836 - 1922
1826-1922, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee & Newtyle Railway

1826 - 1922
1845 - 1923, railway company, Scotland

Great North of Scotland Railway

1845 - 1923
1838-1862, railway company, Scottish

Dundee & Arbroath Railway

1838 - 1880
1860-1903, railway company, Northern Ireland

Belfast & Northern Counties Railway

1805 - 1903
1835-1845, railway company, United Kingdom

Newtyle & Coupar Angus Railway

1835 - 1845
1846-1948, railway company, United Kingdom

Belfast & County Down Railway

1846 - 1909
1845-1860, railway company, United Kingdom

Belfast & Ballymena Railway

1845 - 1860
1828-1889, railway company, United Kingdom

Llanelli Railway & Dock Company

1828 - 1889
1811-1838, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Berwick & Kelso Railway

1811 - 1838
1833-1888, engineer; shipbuilder, English; British

Pearce, Sir William

1833 - 1888
1878-1924, railway company, United Kingdom

Ballycastle Railway

1812 - 1924
1845-1856, railway company, United Kingdom

Aberdeen Railway

1845 - 1856
1846-1880, railway company, United Kingdom

Morayshire Railway

1846 - 1880
1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British

Lowne, Robert Mann

1844 - 1929
1824-1893, brewer, benefactor, Scottish, British

Walker, Sir Andrew Barclay

1824 - 1893
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1856, sculptor, French

Cavelier, Pierre-Jules

1814 - 1894
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
active 1850-1869, chartered civil engineer, England, British

Metford, William Ellis

1824 - 1899
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1850-1923, surgeon, British; English

Harrison Cripps, William

1850 - 1923
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Begas, Carl Joseph

1794 - 1854
1816-1896, textile merchant; telegraph entrepreneur; submarine communications cable pioneer, British; Scottish

Pender, Sir John

1816 - 1896
1821?-1897, active 1830-1853, etcher; draughtsman, British

Ashley, Alfred

1821 - 1897
1807-1868, active 1837-1868, optician, optical instrument maker (telescopes), English; British

Cooke, Thomas

1807 - 1868
c1840-1882, photographer, United States, Irish; American

O'Sullivan, Timothy H

1840 - 1882
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1798-1873, architect, English, British

Tite, Sir William

1798 - 1873