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1808-1890, mechanical engineer; amateur astronomer, Scottish; British

James Hall Nasmyth

1808 - 1890
1864-1927, mechanical engineer; inventor, British; English

Herbert Akroyd Stuart

1864 - 1927
1700s-1913, mechanical engineer; manufacturer of scales and weighing machines, Liverpool, England

Henry Pooley and Son Limited

Unknown - 1913
1803-1887, mechanical engineer; machine tool manufacturer, British; English

Joseph Whitworth

1803 - 1887
1821-1912, shipbuilders; marine engineers; mechanical engineers, Greenwich & Southwark, London, England, British

J and G Rennie

1821 - 1912
1856-1943, inventor; physicist; mechanical engineer; electrical engineer, Serbian/American

Nikola Tesla

1856 - 1943
1915-2006, mechanical engineer, inventor; futurologist, Australian-born; British

Meredith Wooldridge Thring

1915 - 2006
William Howe was a railway and mechanical engineer

William Howe

1814 - 1879
1862-1899, mechanical engineer; manufacturer of oil and stationary engines, Birmingham

G E Belliss and Company

1862 - 1899
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

1813 - 1901
1819-1893, mechanical engineer, British

Edward Alfred Cowper

1819 - 1893
1798-1866, mechanical engineer, patentee for screw-propeller, Southwark, London, England, British; English

James Lowe

1798 - 1866
1824-1918, mechanical engineer, British

Henry Prevost Babbage

1824 - 1918
1782-1868, mechanical engineer, Scottish; British

John Robertson

1782 - 1868
1746-1823, medallist; mechanical engineer, Swiss

Jean Pierre Droz

1746 - 1823
1852-1932, mechanical engineer, Irish born

Louis Brennan

1852 - 1932
1790-1842, mechanical engineer, Bolton, English; British

Benjamin Hick

1790 - 1842
1801-61, mechanical engineer, inventor, English; British

Joseph Maudslay

1801 - 1861
1765-1826, mechanical engineer; inventor, steam engine designer, Yorkshire, England, British

Matthew Murray

1765 - 1826
1847-1918, civil engineer; mechanical engineer; model maker, English; British

Thomas Coates

1847 - 1918
1910-1994, mechanical engineer, model engineer and model maker, British; Scottish

Bert Martin

1910 - 1994
1838-1903, mechanical and chemical engineer, British

Samson Fox

1838 - 1903
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Charles Augustin Coulomb

1736 - 1806
1805-1883, mechanical engineer; inventor of a screw propeller, British; Welsh

Robert Griffiths

1805 - 1883
1766-1849, mechanical engineer; inventor; physicist, American

Jacob Perkins

1766 - 1849
1858-1913, inventor; mechanical engineer, German

Rudolf Diesel

1858 - 1913
1882-1970, mechanical engineer, New Zealander; active Britain

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid

1882 - 1970
1829-1905, mechanical engineer, German

Franz Reuleaux

1829 - 1905
1806-1847, mechanical engineer, British

Charles Holtzapffel

1806 - 1847
1838-1909, mechanical engineer, British

Belliss, George Edward

1838 - 1909
1789-1864, mechanical engineer; inventor, Welsh; British

Richard Roberts

1789 - 1864
1854-1941, mechanical engineer; automobile engineer, British

Henry Selby Hele-Shaw

1854 - 1941
1803-1889, marine engineer; inventor, Swedish; American

John Ericsson

1803 - 1889
1836-1897, mechanical engineer; tool maker, British

John Jacob Holtzapffel

1836 - 1897
1910-1999, electrical engineer; mechanical engineer; inventor, British; English

Christopher Sydney Cockerell

1910 - 1999
1815-1894, mechanical engineer, British

John Hick

1815 - 1894
1870-1959, mechanical engineer, English; British

Anthony George Maldon Michell

1870 - 1959
1835-1902, mechanical engineer, English; British

Bryan Donkin

1835 - 1902
1864-1927, mechanical engineer, British

Herbert Akroyd-Stuart

1864 - 1927
1759-1842, mechanical engineer, English; British

Andrew Vivian

1759 - 1842
1802-1879, mechanical engineer, British

Benjamin Fothergill

1802 - 1879
1769-1816, mechanical engineer, millwright, civil engineer, Glasgow, Scottish; British

Robertson Buchanan

1769 - 1816
1785-1846, naval officer; mechanical engineer, Canadian-born? British

William Pringle Green

1785 - 1846
1844-1929, mechanical engineer, German

Carl Benz

1844 - 1929
1822-1892, mechanical engineer, Scots-Irish

James Thomson

1822 - 1892
1875-1948, Mechanical Engineer, Crewe

Hewitt Pearson Montague Beames

1875 - 1948
1830-1893, mechanical engineer, American

Stephen Wilcox

1830 - 1893
1768-1835/6, tool maker; French? German?

John Jacob Holtzapffel

1768
1814-1879, mechanical engineer, British

William Howe

1814 - 1879
1834-1905, active 1880s, inventor of types of typewriter and sewing machine, British

Frederick Nesfield Cookson

1834 - 1905