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Jessop, Friend

1832 - 1882

Smith, Walter

1836 - 1886

Wallis, George

1811 - 1891

Preece, William Henry

1834 - 1913

Tanner, Henry

1826 - 1897

Rossi, Alessandro

1819 - 1898

Peace, Maskell William

1834 - 1892

Lang, Viktor von

1838 - 1921

Marenholtz-Bülow, Bertha von

1810 - 1893

Berndt, Rudolph

1838 - 1919

Hirzel, Paul

1831 - 1908

Woodall, William

1832 - 1901

Moss, John F.

1905 - 1906

Denton, John Bailey

1814 - 1893

Eardley-Wilmot, John Eardley

1810 - 1892

Weinhold, Adolf Ferdinand

1841 - 1917

Watherston, Edward James

1839 - 1904

Shand, Alexander

1828 - 1904

Sephton, John

1836 - 1915

Codazza, Giovanni

1816 - 1877

Smith, Watson

1845 - 1920

k. k. Universität zu Wien

1872 - 1975

Bombicci, Luigi

1833 - 1903

Horner, Johann Friedrich

1831 - 1886
active 1868-1909/14, optical & mathematical instrument maker, Irish; British

Grubb, Sir Howard

1844 - 1931
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

Joule, James Prescott

1818 - 1889
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Diderot, Denis

1713 - 1784
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Knittl, Franz Antoni

1671 - 1744
1900-1931, bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer, English; British

Humber Limited

1887 - 1931
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1918-1985, artist; cartoonist; illustrator, English; British

Hampson, Frank

1918 - 1985
1925-1988, electronic component manufacturer, England

Mullard Limited

1925 - 1988
1877-1958, aircraft designer; manufacturer, England, British

Roe, Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon-

1877 - 1958
1851-1940, physicist, English; British

Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940
1844-1846, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Brighton & Chichester Railway

1844 - 1846
1917-1997, molecular biologist, British; English

Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery

1917 - 1997
active 1818-1856, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Watkins & Hill

1818 - 1856
1883-1958, GWR general manager, London, Irish

Milne, Sir James

1883 - 1958
1814-1890, mathematician, phonetician, pioneer photographer, British

Ellis, Alexander John

1814 - 1890
1914-2002, chemist; molecular biologist, Austrian-born; British

Perutz, Max Ferdinand

1914 - 2002
1768-1852, maker of clocks, watches, and nautical instruments, London, England

Massey, Edward

1768 - 1852
1869-1949, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, British

Pye, William George

1869 - 1949
active 1967-1974, electrical scientific instruments manufacturer, London, England, British

Cambridge Scientific Instruments Limited

1967 - 1974
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

1754 - 1814
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626
British engineer and inventor of the fuel cell as used on the Apollo mission Service Modules. The same technology was also used for power and water on NASA's Space Shuttle.

Bacon, Francis Thomas

1904 - 1992
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Porsche, Ferdinand

1875 - 1951
1845-1860, railway company, United Kingdom

Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway

1845 - 1860

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790