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1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
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
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
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
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
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741
1674-1731, 4th Earl of Orrery, nobleman; statesman; patron of the sciences, Irish

Charles Boyle

1674 - 1731
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Ralph Allen

1693 - 1764
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Jan van Musschenbroek

1687 - 1748

Sheerness Dockyard

1665 - 1957
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Jean-Baptiste Falcon

1690
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Matthew Loft

1697 - 1747
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
bap. 1678, d. 1740, publisher; map maker; globe maker, English

John Senex

1678 - 1740
1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Thomas Phelps

1694 - 1776
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Jacob Leupold

1674 - 1727
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749

Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761
1688-1742, scientist; professor at the University of Leiden, Dutch

Willem Jacob 's Gravesande

1688 - 1742
1682-1745, garden designer; writer, English

Stephen Switzer

1682 - 1745

Gottfried Rothe

1679 - 1710
1661-1739, medallist, German

Christian Wermuth

1661 - 1739
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Georg Wilhelm Vestner

1677 - 1740
1686-1743, astronomer, Indian

Jai Singh

1686 - 1743
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Jean Godinot

1661 - 1749
active 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Benjamin Scott

1690 - 1751
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Georg Daniel Heumann

1691 - 1759
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Jacques Mesnard

1685 - 1746