💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "John harrison"
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| thomas earnshaw | (4 February 1749 – 1 March 1829) an English watchmaker who, following John Arnold's earlier work, further simplified the process of marine chronometer production, making them available to the general public. |
| david rittenhouse | (April 8, 1732 – June 26, 1796) an American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman, and public official. |
| john washington | an English-born merchant, planter, politician and military officer. |
| samuel wallis | (23 April 1728 – 21 January 1795 in London) a British naval officer and explorer of the Pacific Ocean who made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti. |
| henry maudslay | (pronunciation and spelling) (22 August 1771 – 14 February 1831) an English machine tool innovator, tool and die maker, and inventor. |
| john wood | — |
| thomas newcomen | Thomas Newcomen (February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor who created the atmospheric engine, the first practical fuel-burning engine in 1712. |
| daniel gabriel fahrenheit | Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS (24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker, born in Poland to a family of German extraction. |
| robert fulton | (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the (also known as Clermont). |
| matthew fontaine maury | (January 14, 1806February 1, 1873) an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War. |
| john smeaton | John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. |
| alexander graham bell | (born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. |
| bartholomew gosnold | an English barrister, explorer and privateer who was instrumental in founding the Virginia Company in London and Jamestown in colonial America. |
| john paul jones | (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) a Scottish-born American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. |
| matthew flinders | Captain (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) a Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. |
| james rennell | Major James Rennell (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography. |
| john michell | (25 December 1724 – 21 April 1793) an English natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insights into a wide range of scientific fields including astronomy, geology, optics, and gravitation. |
| francis beaufort | Sir Francis Beaufort (27 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer, the creator of the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale, and a naval officer. |
| charles wilkes | (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. |
| joseph raphson | (c. 1668 – c. 1715) an English mathematician and intellectual known best for the Newton–Raphson method. |
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