BRITISH SCIENTISTS

WILLIAM HARVEY ( ) PHYSICIAN Discovered: CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD

Sir ISAAC NEWTON ( ) MATHEMATICIAN PHYSICIST ASTRONOMER PHILOSOPHER Discovered: THE METHOD OF FLUXIONS; THE LAW OF GRAVITATION Invented: THE REFLECTING TELESCOPE

JAMES WATT ( ) ENGINEER Invented: UNIVERSAL STEAM ENGINE; COPYING MACHINE

WILLIAM HERSCHEL ( ) ASTRONOMER Discovered: THE PLANET URANUS; BINARY STARS; TWO SATELLITES OF SATURN; INFRA-RED RAYS FROM THE SUN

EDWARD JENNER ( ) PHYSICIAN Introduced: VACCINATION

DANIEL RUTHERFORD ( ) PHYSICIAN CHEMIST BOTANIST Discovered: NITROGEN

Sir HUMPHRY DAVY ( ) CHEMIST PHYSICIST Prepared: NITROUS OXIDE (LAUGHING GAS) Invented: SAFETY LAMP (DAVY LAMP)

GEORGE STEPHENSON ( ) ENGINEER FATHER OF THE RAILWAYS Designed: LOCOMOTIVE

MICHAEL FARADAY ( ) PHYSICIST, CHEMIST FATHER OF THE ELECTRIC MOTOR Discovered: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; DIAMAGNETISM; ELECTROLYSIS

HENRY BESSEMER ( ) ENGINEER INVENTOR BUSINESSMAN Invented: BESSEMER PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL

CHARLES DARWIN ( ) NATURALIST Created: THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

Sir JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON ( ) DOCTOR Discovered: THE ANAESTHETIC PROPERTIES OF CHLOROFORM

WILLIAM THOMPSON KELVIN ( ) PHYSICIST ENGINEER Founded: PRESENT-DAY THERMODYNAMICS

Sir JOSEPH LISTER ( ) SURGEON Introduced: ANTISEPTIC SURGERY STERILISING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

JAMES CLERK MAXWELL ( ) PHYSICIST Introduced: KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; THEORY OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELD

JAMES DEWAR ( ) CHEMIST PHYSICIST Invented: VACUUM FLASK

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ( ) ENGINEER Invented: TELEPHONE

ERNEST RUTHERFORD ( ) PHYSICIST Distinguished: TWO TYPES OF RADIATION (ALPHA AND BETA) Investigated: THE DECAY OF THE ELEMENTS; THE CHEMISTRY OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES