- male, deceased (1819)
- James Watt (19 January 1736 - 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the...
- male, 362 years old
- Denis Papin (22 August 1647 - c. 1712) was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam...
- male, deceased (1798)
- John Fitch (January 21, 1743-July 2, 1798) was an American inventor, clockmaker, and metalsmith who built the first recorded steam powered ship in...
- male, deceased (1816)
- Jonathan Carter Hornblower (July 5, 1753 - February 23, 1815) was an English pioneer of steam power, the son of Jonathan Hornblower ("sic") and...
- male, deceased (1780)
- Jonathan Hornblower (October 30, 1717 - December 7, 1780) was an English pioneer of steam power, the son of Joseph Hornblower and brother of Josiah...
- male, 73 years old
- The Rev. Dr Richard Leslie Hills (b. 1936) is an English historian who has written extensively on the history of technology, particularly steam...
- male
- Auguste Mouchout was a 19th century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power....
- male, deceased (1834)
- Samuel Greg (March 26, 1758 - June 4, 1834) was a British entrepreneur and pioneer of the factory system at Quarry Bank Mill. He was born in...
- male, deceased (1762)
- Joseph Hornblower was an English engineer, a pioneer of steam power. In 1725 he was engaged to install a Newcomen engine at Wheal Rose, near Truro....
- male, deceased (1866)
- John Sutton Nettlefold was a British industrialist and entrepreneur. In 1823, Nettlefold opened a hardware store at 54 High Holborn, London. This...
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