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1743-1792, mechanical engineer; blacksmith; millwright, American

Rumsey, James

1743 - 1791
1740-1800, ironmaster, British

Cort, Henry

1740 - 1800
1732-1811, astronomer; mathematician, English

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811
1745-1799, balloon pioneer, French

Montgolfier, Jacques-Étienne

1745 - 1799
1744-1832, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Paris, France

Lenoir, Etienne

1744 - 1832
1748-1819, mathematician; geologist, British; Scottish

Playfair, John

1748 - 1819
1747-1792, Holy Roman Emperor from 1790-1792

Leopold II

1747 - 1792
1746-c. 1807, artist; painter; engraver, British

Townley, Charles

1746 - 1807
1749-1819, physician; chemist, Scottish, British

Rutherford, Daniel

1749 - 1819
1750-1789, ironmaster, British; English

Darby, Abraham

1750 - 1789
1749-1824, engraver, English

Sharp, William

1749 - 1824
1744-1829, biologist, French

Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de

1744 - 1829
1742-1806, chemist; physician, French

Leblanc, Nicolas

1742 - 1806
1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Galvani, Luigi

1737 - 1798
1732-1800, army general, constructed first balloon in India, French

Martin, Claude

1732 - 1800
1742-1823, writer, British

Combe, William

1742 - 1823
1743-1823, cleric; inventor of the power loom, English; British

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
1744-1829, naturalist, French

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste

1744 - 1829
1740-1824, physician, Danish/German

Callisen, Henry

1740 - 1824
1742-1823, Roman Catholic Pope, reigned 1800-1823, Italian

Pius VII

1742 - 1823
1736-1812, radical politician; philologist, British

Tooke, John Horne

1736 - 1812
1750-1812, physician; surgeon; military physician, French

Heurteloup, Nicolas

1750 - 1812
1733-1804, theologian; natural philosopher, English

Priestley, Joseph

1733 - 1804
1742-1806, naturalist; mineralogist, French

Carangeot, Arnould

1742 - 1806
1741-1807, artist; musician, Swiss

Kauffmann, Angelica

1741 - 1807
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Paine, Thomas

1737 - 1809
1740-1799, naturalist, inventor, Swiss

Saussure, Horace Bénédict de

1740 - 1799
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

1732 - 1797
1745-1806, portrait painter; astronomer; artist, English; British

Russell, John

1745 - 1806
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
1733-1799, mathematician, French

Borda, Jean Charles de

1733 - 1799
active 1775-1820, engraver; medallist, Italian

Tadolini, Petronio

1750 - 1820
1749-1814, engineer; inventor of locks, English; British

Bramah, Joseph

1749 - 1814
1749-1827, mathematician & physicist, French

Laplace, Pierre Simon

1749 - 1827
1749-1826, astronomer; mathematician; priest; Italian

Piazzi, Giuseppe

1749 - 1826
1749-1832, civil engineer, British

Chapman, William

1749 - 1832
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Cumming, Alexander

1731 - 1814
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794
1734-1787, active 1765-1801, medallist, Swedish

Ljungberger, Gustav

1734 - 1787
active 1765-1805, optical instrument maker, English; British

Lincoln, Charles

1744 - 1807
1750-1806, active 1790s-1806, engraver; medallist, French

Dumarest, Rambert

1750 - 1806
1785-1867, surgeon; astronomer, British

South, Sir James

1710 - 1867
1739-1939, hospital; orphanage, English; British

Foundling Hospital

1739 - 1939
1745-1816, physician, German

Bremer, , Johann Emanuel

1745 - 1816
active 1770s-1790s, shoemaker; bookseller; publisher, English; British

Lackington, James

1746 - 1815
1746-1823, physicist; aeronaut; balloonist , French

Charles, Jacques

1746 - 1823
1739-1806, inventor of the panorama, Irish

Barker, Robert

1739 - 1806
1746-1823, medallist; mechanical engineer, Swiss

Droz, Jean Pierre

1746 - 1823