Jesse Ramsden: Quick Facts


Facts

Born October 6, 1735 • Halifax • England
Died November 5, 1800 (aged 65) • Brighton • England

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Edward John Dent
British clockmaker
Edward Weston
Edward Weston
British-born American engineer and industrialist
Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright
Sir Richard Arkwright
British industrialist and inventor
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Henry Maudslay
British engineer and inventor
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William Greener
gunmaker and inventor
William George Armstrong, c. 1870
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
British industrialist and engineer
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George Dollond
British optician
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Peter Dollond
British optician
Oliver Evans.
Oliver Evans
American inventor
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-born engineer and inventor
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
American inventor
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Vincent Bendix
American inventor and industrialist
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Robert Bosch
German engineer
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
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
English engineer and inventor
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Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
English lawyer and horologist
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Bryan Donkin
British industrialist
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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
British aircraft designer
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James Starley
British inventor