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

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
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
1735-1819, medallist, German

Daniel Friedrich Loos

1735 - 1819
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810
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Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792

Henry Cavendish

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

Jesse Ramsden

1735 - 1800
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
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Alexander Cumming

1731 - 1814
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 1734-1795, either Adams, George, 1709-1772 or Adams, George, 1750-1795, sci. instrument maker

George Adams

1734 - 1795
c. 1735-1793, portrait painter; draughtsman, British

Robert Davy

1735 - 1793
1734-1815, physician; astrologist, German

Franz Anton Mesmer

1734 - 1815
1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Luigi Galvani

1737 - 1798
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Dr John Mervyn Nooth

1737 - 1828
1736-1812, physician; amateur scientist, Scottish; British

James Lind

1736 - 1812

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803
1730-1819, artist; medallist, French

Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier

1730 - 1819
1735-1816, ironmaster; philanthropist, British; English

Richard Reynolds

1735 - 1816
1785-1867, surgeon; astronomer, British

James South

1710 - 1867
1730-1799, physician; natural philosopher, Dutch

Jan Ingenhousz

1730 - 1799
1737-1813, physician, English; British

Fothergill, Anthony

1737 - 1813
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Patrick Miller

1731 - 1815
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Patrick Brydone

1736 - 1818
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau

1737 - 1816
1730-1813, dentist; born Italy; naturalised British

Bartholomew Ruspini

1730 - 1813

Josiah Wedgwood

1730 - 1795
1733-1804, theologian; natural philosopher, English

Joseph Priestley

1733 - 1804
1730-1805, merchant; amateur astronomer, English; British

Alexander Aubert

1730 - 1805
1782-1826, Philological Society magazine, London, England, British

European Magazine

1701 - 1806
1736-1812, radical politician; philologist, British

John Horne Tooke

1736 - 1812
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

John Opie

1705 - 1807
1734-1787, active 1765-1801, medallist, Swedish

Gustav Ljungberger

1734 - 1787
1737-1813, agronomist; chemist, French

Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

1737 - 1813
1730-1805; artist; engraver, portrait painter; French

Huquier, Jacques-Gabriel

1730 - 1805
1733-1811, architect; engineer, British; Scottish

Robert Mylne

1733 - 1811
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Josiah Wedgwood

1730 - 1795
1732-1800, army general, constructed first balloon in India, French

Claude Martin

1732 - 1800
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Reinhard Woltman

1712 - 1837
1732-1799, army officer; statesman; president of the United States, American

George Washington

1732 - 1799