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1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1887-1976, artist, English; British

Laurence Stephen Lowry

1887 - 1976
active 1869, inventor; engineer, American; Northern Irish born;

Alexander Kirk Rider

1820 - 1893
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

1819 - 1905
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1836-1999, aeronautics, Manchester

Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd.

1836 - 1999
1860-1986, railway builders, Gloucester

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1860 - 1986
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1857-1927, locomotive builders, Whitehaven

Fletcher, Jennings & Co.

1857 - 1927
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited, C F

1891 - 1987
1743/4-1789, wife of John Arnold, mother of John Roger Arnold, chronometer makers, English

Margaret Arnold

1743 - 1789
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

CHARLES WHEATSTONE

1802 - 1875
1881-1995, manufacturer of electrical equipment, United States

Western Electric Company, Inc

1881 - 1995
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1650-1702, Prince of Orange; King of England, Scotland & Ireland

William III

1650 - 1702
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles

1756 - 1836
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1818-1906, King of Denmark

Christian IX

1818 - 1906
1895-1952, king of the United Kingdom, reigned 1936-1952

VI, George

1895 - 1952
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
1792-1849, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

William

1792 - 1849
1845-1951, railway company, India

Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company

1845 - 1951
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
Mrs

Jane Young

1831 - 1914

Paul Hirzel

1831 - 1908
1852-1931, active in field of anaesthesiology

Walter Tyrrell

1852 - 1931
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

William Austin Burt

1792 - 1858
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706
1883-1965, artist; painter; poster artist, British

C. E. Turner

1883 - 1965
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Denis Diderot

1713 - 1784
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Franz Antoni Knittl

1671 - 1744
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951
1795-1846, inventor of lawn mower, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, British

Edwin Budding

1795 - 1846
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Francis Ronalds

1788 - 1873
active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Benjamin Vulliamy

1747 - 1811
1848-1863, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee, Perth & Aberdeen Railway Junction

1848 - 1863
1802-1879, mechanical engineer, British

Benjamin Fothergill

1802 - 1879