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1870-1938, film maker, inventor, British

Brown, Theodore

1870 - 1938
1710-1776, lecturer; inventor; astronomer, Scottish; British

Ferguson, James

1710 - 1776
1800-1884, co-inventor of diving equipment; submarine engineer, British; English

Deane, John

1800 - 1884
1901-1985, civil engineer; inventor (of the bailey bridge), British

Bailey, Sir Donald Coleman

1901 - 1985
1829-1908, inventor; engineer, American

Pelton, Lester Allan

1829 - 1908
1754-1839, engineer; inventor, British; Scottish

Murdock, William

1754 - 1839
active 1879, cycle manufacturer; inventor, British

Singer, George

1847 - 1909
1858-1913, inventor; mechanical engineer, German

Diesel, Rudolf

1858 - 1913
1850-1945, electrical engineer; inventor of a type of bicycle, British

Hedges, Killingworth William

1850 - 1945
engineer; inventor, Swedish

Niell, Magnus

1872 - 1962
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1765-1815, inventor; engineer; artist, American

Fulton, Robert

1765 - 1815
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

1832 - 1891
1838-1917, inventor of 1900s airship; aircraft manufacturer, German

Zeppelin, Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich von

1838 - 1917
1834-1874, physicist; educator; inventor, German

Reis, Philipp

1834 - 1874
1843-1900, surgeon; inventor of a type of obstetrical forceps, British

Anderson, C L

1843 - 1900
1834-1877, lawyer; inventor of the typewriter, American

Glidden, Carlos

1834 - 1877
1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Thomas, Charles Xavier

1785 - 1870
1741-1799, physician; inventor of 'Perkins Tractors', American

Perkins, Elisha

1741 - 1799
1768-1855, inventor; engineer, British; English

Donkin, Bryan

1768 - 1855
1825-1882, engineer; inventor, French

Giffard, Henri

1825 - 1882
1816-1892, electrical engineer; inventor; industrialist, German

Siemens, Ernst Werner von

1816 - 1892
1833-1896, scientist; inventor; entrepreneur; author; pacifist; manufacturer of armaments, Swedish

Nobel, Alfred Bernhard

1833 - 1896
1845-1913, engineer; inventor, Swedish

Laval, Karl Gustaf Patrik de

1845 - 1913
1907-1997, physicist; researcher; inventor, German

Ardenne, Manfred von

1907 - 1997
ca. 1797-1866, coachbuilder; inventor, English; British

Shillibeer, George

1797 - 1866
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834
1834-1885, photographer; inventor of the woodburytype press, British

Woodbury, Walter Bentley

1834 - 1885
1829-1895, photographer, British

Melhuish, Arthur James

1829 - 1895
1811-1875, inventor; entrepreneur, American

Singer, Isaac Merritt

1811 - 1875
1863-1930, inventor; electrical engineer; photographer, British; Scottish

Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell

1863 - 1930
1821-1909, musician;inventor, Swedish

Byström, Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte

1821 - 1909
1880-1959, engineer; , British

Pringle, Alexander

1880 - 1959
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1916-1987, surgeon; inventor; British

Drew, Charles Edwin

1916 - 1987
1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854
1781-1826, physician; inventor of the monaural stethoscope, French

Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinthe

1781 - 1826
1836-1922, inventor; tool manufacturer, American

Starrett, Leroy S.

1836 - 1922
1889-1982, electrical engineer; inventor, Russian; American

Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

1889 - 1982
1850-1933, inventor, attorney, American

Spiro, Charles

1850 - 1933
1777-1851, engineer; railway engineer; inventor, Scottish; British

Brunton, Willliam

1777 - 1851
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
1800-1877, surgeon; inventor of the respirator, British; English

Jeffreys, Julius

1800 - 1877
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1794-1853, physicist; engineer; inventor, Belgian

Nollet, Floris

1794 - 1853
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Gaulard, Lucien

1850 - 1888
1856-1932, manufacturer; inventor, British

Beard, Robert Royou

1856 - 1932