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    John Whitehurst FRS (10 April 1713 – 18 February 1788), born in Cheshire, England, was a clockmaker and scientist, and made significant early contributions...
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    Charles David Whitehurst Jr. (born August 6, 1982), is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League...
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    The Whitehurst & Son sundial was produced in Derby in 1812 by the nephew of John Whitehurst. It is a fine example of a precision sundial telling local...
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  • Whitehurst may refer to: People: Albert Whitehurst, English footballer Andrew Whitehurst, British visual effects artist Billy Whitehurst, English professional...
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    Priestley, William Small, Jonathan Stokes, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, John Whitehurst and William Withering. While the society's meetings provided its name...
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    James Moon Whitehurst (born October 13, 1967) is an American business executive. He has been interim chief executive officer and president of Unity Technologies...
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    astronomer and probable acquaintance of Joseph Wright (both were friends of John Whitehurst). Ferguson noted that a "lungs-glass" with a small air-filled bladder...
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    whilst most water drained into a second, slightly larger pipe. In 1772, John Whitehurst of Cheshire, England, invented a manually controlled precursor of the...
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    Orrery. A biographer of Wright, Benedict Nicolson, argued in 1968 that John Whitehurst was the model for the lecturer, while another commentator points out...
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  • Frederic "Fred" Whitehurst is an American chemist and attorney who served as a Supervisory Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory...
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    architect; designed Lombe's Mill John Lombe (1693–1722), silk spinner in 18th-century Derby; created Lombe's Mill John Whitehurst (1713–1788), clockmaker and...
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    Kingdom John Harrison, United Kingdom John Tolson, United Kingdom John Whitehurst, United Kingdom Joost Bürgi, Switzerland Joseph Knibb, United Kingdom...
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    water for his paper mill at Voiron. In 1772, the British clockmaker John Whitehurst had invented its precursor, the "pulsation engine". In 1797, Montgolfier's...
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  • Albert John Whitehurst (22 June 1898 – 1976) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Liverpool, Rochdale, Stoke...
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    water drained into a second, slightly larger pipe. In 1772, Englishman John Whitehurst built a hydraulic ram for a home in Cheshire, England. In 1796, French...
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    by John Whitehurst at various times between 1745 and 1762, and then by John Smith in 1873. There is documentary evidence to show that John Whitehurst was...
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    were available from John Whitehurst, Wright's close neighbour, a clockmaker and a scientist. Wright could have drawn on Whitehurst's practical knowledge...
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    of Derby Geology Ashford Black Marble John Farey William Martin Matlockite John Mawe White Watson John Whitehurst Decorative arts Bonnie Prince Charlie...
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  • five generations of the Smith family. John Smith (21 December 1813 - 1886) became an apprentice to John Whitehurst in 1827. He went on to be the founder...
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    Erasmus Darwin (category Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge)
    Before 1765: Matthew Boulton, originally a buckle maker in Birmingham John Whitehurst of Derby, maker of clocks and scientific instruments, pioneer of geology...
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  • pendulum clock. Leopold Hoys (1713–1797), German clockmaker, Bamberg, John Whitehurst (1713–1788), English clockmaker, Derby. Jean Romilly (1714–1796), Swiss...
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  • Michel Corrette, French organist, composer, and author (d. 1795) 1713 – John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (d. 1788) 1755 – Samuel Hahnemann...
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  • Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714) 1788 – John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713) 1803 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig...
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    His interest brought him into contact with other enthusiasts such as John Whitehurst, who also became a member of the Lunar Society. In 1758 the Pennsylvania...
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    (1886). "Bradshaw, John (1602-1659)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 06. p. 178-181. Carlyle, E.I. (1900). "Whitehurst, John" . Dictionary of National...
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    was proposed by Jean-Hyacinthe Magellan and seconded by horologist John Whitehurst. Nicholson communicated to the Royal Society in 1789 two papers on...
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    Quentin de La Tour, French portrait painter (b. 1704) February 18 – John Whitehurst, English clockmaker, scientist (b. 1713) February 21 – Johann Georg...
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    John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy...
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    Whitehurst Hall is an administrative building at Oklahoma State University. It was built in 1926 and named after John A. Whitehurst, president of the...
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    Classical style and completed in 1730. A turret clock designed by John Whitehurst was installed within the pediment above the main entrance in 1737....
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