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

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

Ismail ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari

1136 - 1206
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Walter Hancock

1799 - 1852
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Henrietta Vansittart

1833 - 1883
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958
1897-1996, manufacturer; engineer, Birmingham, England

Joseph Lucas Limited

1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Jules Carpentier

1851 - 1921
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

William Cubitt

1785 - 1861
1788-1872, engineer, Prussian

Augustus Siebe

1788 - 1872
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci

1452 - 1519
1914-2004, engineer and inventor of computerised tomography, British

Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold

1919 - 2004
1846-1914, engineer; inventor of a type of air compressor, British

James Atkinson

1846 - 1914
1906-1982, engineer and research engineer, England

Douglas Crosbie Birkenshaw

1906 - 1982
1793-1875, surgeon; engineer, British; English

Goldsworthy Gurney

1793 - 1875
1854-1931, engineer; scientist, British; English

Charles Algernon Parsons

1854 - 1931
1876-1965, locomotive engineer and railway administrator, British

William Arthur Stanier

1876 - 1965
1754-1839, engineer; inventor, British; Scottish

William Murdock

1754 - 1839
c.1859-1981, engineers, merchants, quarry owners, Sheffield

Thomas W Ward Limited

1859 - 1981
1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Hiram Stevens Maxim

1840 - 1916
1797-1870, engineer; inventor, British

John Braithwaite

1797 - 1870
1790-1869, shipbuilder; engineer, Scottish; British

David Napier

1790 - 1869
1840-1912, engineer, British; Scottish

Dugald Drummond

1840 - 1912
1880-1959, engineer; , British

Alexander Pringle

1880 - 1959
1803-1879, engineer; Patent Office administrator, English; British

Bennet Woodcroft

1803 - 1879
1810-1879, engineer; naval architect, English; British

William Froude

1810 - 1879
1765-1815, inventor; engineer; artist, American

Fulton, Robert

1765 - 1815
1804-1854, engineer; inventor, British

Richard Prosser

1804 - 1854
1862-1931, engineer, British

Alfred Darling

1862 - 1931
1856-1937, pioneer motorist; engineer; scientist, British

Henry Capel Lofft Holden

1856 - 1937
1794-1858, engineer; ironfounder; manufacturer of locomotives, British

Edward Bury

1794 - 1858
1852-1943, engineer; inventor; industrialist, Anglo-Swiss

Hans Renold

1852 - 1943
1889-1954, aviation engineer and aircraft designer, British

Henry Phillip Folland

1889 - 1954
1820-1901, engineer, Belgium, Belgian

Egide Walschaerts

1820 - 1901
1864-1916, engineer; cientific instrument maker, London, England

R W Munro and Company

1864 - 1916
1845-1913, engineer; inventor, Swedish

Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval

1845 - 1913
1922-2008, oceanographer; engineer; deep sea explorer; hydronaut, Swiss

Jacques Piccard

1922 - 2008
1844-1932 typefounding inventor and engineer, United States

Linn Boyd Benton

1844 - 1932
active 1834-1851, optician, magnetician, mathematical instrument maker; philosophical instrument maker; engineer, Irish

Edward Marmaduke Clarke

1806 - 1859
1871-1952, engineer, British

Charles B Collett

1871 - 1952
1843-1920, civil servant; engineer; inventor; photographic scientist, English; British

William de Wiveleslie Abney

1843 - 1920
1850-1915, aviation pioneer; engineer; explorer; astronomer; inventor, English-born; Australian

Lawrence Hargrave

1850 - 1915
1850-1914, active 1870s-1914, engineer, inventor and amateur astronomer, English; British

Thomas Thorp

1850 - 1914
1840-1905, engineer, British

William Dean

1840 - 1905
1833-1888, engineer; shipbuilder, English; British

William Pearce

1833 - 1888
1842-1908, inventor; engineer, British, English.

Josiah Wade

1842 - 1908
1916-2005, engineer, British

Robert Alfred Lampitt

1916 - 2005
1794-1875, engineer, French

Francois Cave

1794 - 1875
1823-1865, engineer; architect, British

Francis Fowke

1823 - 1865
1903-1990, scientist, engineer and high-speed photographer, American

Harold Eugene Edgerton

1903 - 1990