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

Watt, James

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

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

1732 - 1797
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
active 1725-current (2009), hospital, English; British

Guy's Hospital

1725
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Ramsden, Jesse

1735 - 1800
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls

1723 - 1777
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Roux, Joseph

1725 - 1793
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Woulfe, Peter

1727 - 1805
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George III

1738 - 1820
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1740-1814, medallist, German

Reich, Johann Christian

1740 - 1814

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809
active 1735-current, jeweller; goldsmith; silversmith, clock-maker; watchmaker, English

Garrard and Company Limited

1735

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Bayly, William

1737 - 1810
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Paine, Thomas

1737 - 1809
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Cumming, Alexander

1731 - 1814

Hedges, Nick

194
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

1728 - 1808
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765
1734-1797, artist; painter, English

Wright of Derby, Joseph

1734 - 1797
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1740-1800, ironmaster, British

Cort, Henry

1740 - 1800
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

Arnold, John

1735 - 1799
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

1736 - 1806
c. 1739-1807, active 1768-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1739 - 1807

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Dollond, Peter

1731 - 1820
c. 1735-1793, portrait painter; draughtsman, British

Davy, Robert

1735 - 1793
active 1770s-1780s, marine chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Emery, Josiah

1725 - 1794

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Donne, Benjamin

1729 - 1798
1736-1812, physician; amateur scientist, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1736 - 1812
1728-1799, chemist; physician, French-born; Irish/British

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799