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1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Tuttell, Thomas

1674 - 1702
1682-1742, engraver; printmaker; woodcutter, English

Kirkhall, Elisha

1682 - 1742
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Zahn, Johann

1641 - 1707
1668-1744, philosopher; historian; jurist; rhetorician, Italian

Vico, Giovanni Battista

1668 - 1744
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Glynne, Richard

1681 - 1755
1665-1727, engraver; medallist, Flemish

Roettiers, Norbert

1665 - 1727
1674-1755, Jesuit priest; physician?, French

Belsunce, Henri Francois Xavier

1674 - 1755
1662-1726, writer, Dutch

Heiden, Jan van der

1662 - 1726
1660-current (2014), scientific learned society, English; British

The Royal Society

1660
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
active 1656-current (2009), hospital, Paris, France

Salpetriere Hospital

1656
founded 1666, Paris [ongoing 2006], academic institution, French

Academie des sciences

1666
1666-current (2011), scientific society, French

Academie Des Sciences

1666
1631-current (2011), city guild, English; British

Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

1631
1685-present, British army regiment, British

King's Regiment

1685
founded 1640 [ongoing 2006], academic institution, French

Academie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse

1640
1666-current (2012), coin dealer; engraver; die-sinker; jeweller; London, England

Spink and Son Limited

1666
1660-1741, chemist, German

Godfrey, Ambrose

1660
active 1681 - present (2010), cutlers and electroplaters, Sheffield

George Butler & Co

1681
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

1690