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Born March 15, 1855 • England
Died March 30, 1944 (aged 89) • Andover • England
Subjects Of Study Cavendish experiment • force • measurement
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Guillaume Amontons
French physicist
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H.L. Callendar
British scientist
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
Francis William Aston.
Francis William Aston
British physicist
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge.
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
British physicist
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Henry Maudslay
British engineer and inventor
Powell, Cecil Frank
Cecil Frank Powell
British physicist
Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone
British physicist
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George Dollond
British optician
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Indian plant physiologist and physicist
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish
British physicist
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Norman Robert Campbell
British physicist and philosopher
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Charles Kao
British-American physicist
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Patrick Blackett
British physicist
Denis Papin
Denis Papin
British physicist
William Crookes
Sir William Crookes
British chemist
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Sir William Robert Grove
British physicist
James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British chemist and physicist

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