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1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
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
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1836-1999, aeronautics, Manchester

Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd.

1836 - 1999
1860-1986, railway builders, Gloucester

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1860 - 1986
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1857-1927, locomotive builders, Whitehaven

Fletcher, Jennings & Co.

1857 - 1927
1846-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

London & North Western Railway

1846 - 1922
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

CHARLES WHEATSTONE

1802 - 1875
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1818-1906, King of Denmark

Christian IX

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

William

1792 - 1849
1845-1951, railway company, India

Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company

1845 - 1951
Mrs

Jane Young

1831 - 1914

Paul Hirzel

1831 - 1908
1852-1931, active in field of anaesthesiology

Walter Tyrrell

1852 - 1931
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

William Austin Burt

1792 - 1858
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951
1795-1846, inventor of lawn mower, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, British

Edwin Budding

1795 - 1846
1848-1863, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee, Perth & Aberdeen Railway Junction

1848 - 1863
1802-1879, mechanical engineer, British

Benjamin Fothergill

1802 - 1879
1878-1944, Electrical engineer and inventor

William Hamilton Wilson

1878 - 1944
Collector of prints and drawings.

Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt

1840 - 1914
1880-1963, broadcast researcher, Russia, Britain

Isaac Shoenberg

1880 - 1963
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1864-1948, charity worker, England

Towes Beachcroft

1864 - 1948
1820-1889; engineer; geographer; India; Scottish

Henry Yule

1820 - 1889
1859 machine tools maker, Salford, Yorkshire, England, British

Smith and Coventry Limited

1859 - 1929
1794-1878, mycologist; botanist, Swedish

Elias Magnus Fries

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

Carl Gustav Quarnstrom

1810 - 1867
?1871-1938, medallist, German

Rudolf Bosselt

1871 - 1938
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
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Edgar Tarry Adams

1852 - 1926
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
1861-1932, missionary, British

John Roscoe

1861 - 1932
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Henri Victor Regnault

1810 - 1878
1862-1982, manufacturer, Chicago

Pullman Car Company

1862 - 1982
1801-1853, compiler of railway guides, British

George Bradshaw

1801 - 1853
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

George James Symons

1838 - 1900
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
1816-1889, railway engineer; executive, British

Daniel Gooch

1816 - 1889