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1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
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
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
1836-1999, aeronautics, Manchester

Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd.

1836 - 1999
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

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

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1743/4-1789, wife of John Arnold, mother of John Roger Arnold, chronometer makers, English

Margaret Arnold

1743 - 1789
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
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles

1756 - 1836
1818-1906, King of Denmark

Christian IX

1818 - 1906
1792-1849, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

William

1792 - 1849
Mrs

Jane Young

1831 - 1914

Paul Hirzel

1831 - 1908
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

William Austin Burt

1792 - 1858
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Denis Diderot

1713 - 1784
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
1802-1879, mechanical engineer, British

Benjamin Fothergill

1802 - 1879
Collector of prints and drawings.

Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt

1840 - 1914
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1820-1889; engineer; geographer; India; Scottish

Henry Yule

1820 - 1889
1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Peter Nicholson

1765 - 1844
1794-1878, mycologist; botanist, Swedish

Elias Magnus Fries

1794 - 1878
1810-1867, sculptor; medallist, Swedish

Carl Gustav Quarnstrom

1810 - 1867
1788-1856, sculptor; medallist, French

David D'Angers

1788 - 1856
1807-1866, gem engraver; medallist, Swedish born; French

Jean Baptiste Salmson

1807 - 1866
British; sculptor; 1813–1862

John Thomas

1813 - 1862
1816-1903, engraver, British, United Kingdom

Henry Papprill

1816 - 1903
1801-1875, painter, British, United Kingdom

William Adolphus Knell

1801 - 1875
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Henri Victor Regnault

1810 - 1878
1801-1853, compiler of railway guides, British

George Bradshaw

1801 - 1853
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

George James Symons

1838 - 1900
1816-1889, railway engineer; executive, British

Daniel Gooch

1816 - 1889
1814-1879, glassblower; scientific instrument maker, German

Heinrich Geissler

1814 - 1879
1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Charles Hatchett

1765 - 1847
1756-1823, colliery manager, English; British

John Curr

1756 - 1823
1834-1839, railway company, United Kingdom

London & Southampton Railway

1834 - 1839
1781-1841, sculptor, British; English

Francis Legatt Chantrey

1781 - 1841
1816-1888, railway engineer; civil engineer, British

Thomas Russell Crampton

1816 - 1888
1832-1907, surgeon, British; Scottish

Patrick Heron Watson

1832 - 1907
1762-1836, physician; founder of macrobiotics; professor at Berlin University, German

Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

1762 - 1836
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Clemente Susini

1754 - 1814
1837-1936, physician; pathologist; hygienist, French

Paul Camille Hippolyte Brouardel

1837 - 1906