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

Robert Hooke

1635 - 1703
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
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
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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
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
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715
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
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703
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
1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

1658 - 1738
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
1654-1730, physician; military surgeon; French

Augustin Belloste

1654 - 1730
1633-1701, Secretary of State, English; British

Joseph Williamson

1633 - 1701
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Jacob Leupold

1674 - 1727
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Harumi Shibukawa

1639 - 1715
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

James Gregory

1638 - 1675
1627-1691, natural philosopher, Irish

Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691

Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761
bap. 1678, d. 1740, publisher; map maker; globe maker, English

John Senex

1678 - 1740
1661-1739, medallist, German

Christian Wermuth

1661 - 1739
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1630-1685, reigned 1660-1685, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles

1630 - 1685
1646-1719, astronomer, English; British

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719