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

James Watt

1736 - 1819
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

William Herschel

1738 - 1822
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

John Hunter

1728 - 1793
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger

1722 - 1809
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

James Six

1731 - 1793
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Johann Christoph Voigtlander

1732 - 1797

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Francis Watkins

1723 - 1791
1735-1819, medallist, German

Daniel Friedrich Loos

1735 - 1819
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

John Smeaton

1724 - 1792

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George

1738 - 1820
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Joseph Roux

1725 - 1793
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1740 - 1812
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Jesse Ramsden

1735 - 1800
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

1723 - 1777
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Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

James Hargreaves

1720 - 1778
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Thomas Paine

1737 - 1809

William Bayly

1737 - 1810
1740-1814, medallist, German

Johann Christian Reich

1740 - 1814
1721-1793, physician; surgeon, English; British

John Mudge

1710 - 1793
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

John Wilkinson

1728 - 1808
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

1722 - 1765
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Alexander Cumming

1731 - 1814
active 1770s-1780s, marine chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Josiah Emery

1725 - 1794
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Peter Dollond

1731 - 1820
1734-1797, artist; painter, English

Joseph Wright of

1734 - 1797
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Charles Augustin Coulomb

1736 - 1806
active 1749-1783, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jeremiah Sisson

1720 - 1783
1721-1788, artist; painter, British

Benjamin Wilson

1721 - 1788
c. 1739-1807, active 1768-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

John Troughton

1739 - 1807
1740-1800, ironmaster, British

Henry Cort

1740 - 1800
active 1734-1795, either Adams, George, 1709-1772 or Adams, George, 1750-1795, sci. instrument maker

George Adams

1734 - 1795
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
c. 1735-1793, portrait painter; draughtsman, British

Robert Davy

1735 - 1793
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740
1727-1817, chemist; botanist, Dutch-born; Austrian

Nicolas Joseph Jacquin

1727 - 1817
1734-1815, physician; astrologist, German

Franz Anton Mesmer

1734 - 1815

Joseph Black

1728 - 1799