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Born August 22, 1647 • Blois • France
Died c.1712 • London • England
Subjects Of Study steam engine

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Pierre Curie
French chemist
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Lord Rayleigh
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Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
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George Stephenson
English engineer and inventor
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Augustin-Jean Fresnel
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Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
Francis William Aston.
Francis William Aston
British physicist
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Gabriel Lippmann
French physicist
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British physicist
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Sir William Crookes
British chemist
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British physicist
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Robert Stephenson
British engineer
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge.
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
British physicist
James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British chemist and physicist
Cockcroft
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
British physicist
Powell, Cecil Frank
Cecil Frank Powell
British physicist
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British engineer

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