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Born January 10, 1747 • Neuchâtel • Switzerland
Died September 17, 1823 (aged 76) • Paris • France
Bracket clock with oak case, ebony veneer, and gilt bronze mounts by Thomas Tompion, c. 1690; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Thomas Tompion
English clockmaker
Mudge, Thomas
Thomas Mudge
British watchmaker
Graham, George
George Graham
English watchmaker
Quare, Daniel: Queen Ann clock
Daniel Quare
English clockmaker and inventor
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Thomas Earnshaw
English watchmaker
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Auguste Lumière
French inventor
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Louis Lumière
French inventor
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-born engineer and inventor
Louis BlĂŠriot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.
Louis BlĂŠriot
French aviator
Farman, Henri
Henri Farman
French aircraft manufacturer
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Louis-Charles BrĂŠguet
French aircraft builder
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Ferdinand Berthoud
horologist and author
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Wilbur Wright
American aviator
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Orville Wright
American aviator
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
American industrialist
American industrialist and inventor of the Pullman sleeping car George M. Pullman
George M. Pullman
American industrialist and inventor
James Watt
James Watt
Scottish instrument maker and inventor
A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.
Igor Sikorsky
American engineer
James B. Eads
James B. Eads
American engineer
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney
American inventor and manufacturer