* 1844 – James Henry Greathead, English engineer ( d. 1896 )

James Clerk Maxwell, the founder of the modern theory of electromagnetism, was born here and educated at the Edinburgh Academy and University of Edinburgh, as was the engineer and telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell.

The term was adopted in the late 18th century by Scottish engineer James Watt to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses.

In 1848 James B. Francis, while working as head engineer of Lowell's Locks and Canals company, improved on these designs to create a turbine with 90 % efficiency.

James Watt, FRS, FRSE ( 19 January 173625 August 1819 ) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.

* James Henry Greathead, who helped with the Tower Subway, and became resident engineer on the Hammersmith extension railway and the Richmond extension of the Metropolitan District Railway, a post which he held for four years.

* 1820 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor, designed and built the Eads Bridge ( d. 1887 )

James Gunn described Gold's focus as being " not on the adventurer, the inventor, the engineer, or the scientist, but on the average citizen ," and according to SF historian David Kyle, Gold's work was to lead inevitably to the New Wave.

Under the SDIO's Innovative Sciences and Technology Office, headed by physicist and engineer Dr. James Ionson, the investment was predominantly made in basic research at national laboratories, universities, and in industry, and these programs have continued to be key sources of funding for top research scientists in the fields of high-energy physics, supercomputing / computation, advanced materials, and many other critical science and engineering disciplines: funding which indirectly supports other research work by top scientists, and which would be politically impossible to fund outside of the defense budget environment.

In March 1979, NASA engineer and author James Oberg organized the First Terraforming Colloquium, a special session at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston.

* October 21 – James Henry Greathead, British engineer and inventor ( b. 1844 )

** James Gosling, Canadian software engineer

* date unknown – James Dadford, English canal engineer

Born in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, Watson-Watt was a descendant of James Watt, the famous engineer and inventor of the practical steam engine.

The line was designed by civil engineer W. R. Galbraith and by James Henry Greathead, inventor of the tunnelling shield that bears his name.

The idea was originally developed by Kelly James, a Canadian engineer, at the University of Alberta.

On Earth McCoy was paired with engineer Montgomery Scott ( James Doohan ), as producer Harve Bennett felt that Kelley worked well with " old vaudeville comic ".

* James Watt ( 1736 – 1819 ) student of Joseph Black ; engineer, inventor ( see Watt steam engine )

One of his counselors was James Malone, a construction engineer for E. H. Dyer, who was not a Mormon.

In 1849, civil engineer James Fry, was commissioned to lay out the original town of Catlettsburg ( the area from 24th to 26th streets, and from the former Front to present-day Walnut Streets ).

An " endless railway wheel " had been patented by the British engineer James Boydell 1846.

* James L. Flanagan, electrical engineer.

The town is named after James P. Kirkwood, who was an engineer responsible for constructing the local railroad.

The name originates from 1798 when engineer and politician James Geddes built his estate, called " Fair Mount " at the intersection of Genesee Road ( now West Genesee Street ) and Onondaga Road.

The building was laid out by surveyor and engineer James Geddes ( see Town of Geddes ).

The plan of a canal connection from the Mersey to the Trent (" The Grand Trunk ") came from canal engineer James Brindley.

James Brindley, the engineer behind many of the canals in England, did his first canal work on the Trent and Mersey, though his first job in charge of construction was on the Bridgewater Canal.

James Brindley was employed as engineer and work got under way .” ( A quote from Canals, Routes and Roots, The Trent and Mersey Canal, by Peter Hardcastle )

James Brindley was the chief engineer of the canal, which was part of his Grand Cross plan for waterways connecting Hull, Liverpool and Bristol.

Yeoman had a high standing as a civil engineer, and the opponents to the scheme tried to engage a suitable engineer to counter the proposal, but many of the obvious choices, including James Brindley, declined because they were too busy.

Leek was the home of James Brindley, the 18th century canal engineer.

James Brindley ( 1716 – 27 September 1772 ) was an English engineer.

Brindley was commissioned as the consulting engineer and, although he has often been credited as the genius behind the construction of the canal, it is now thought that the main designers were Sir Thomas Egerton himself, who had some engineering training, and the resident engineer John Gilbert.

Surveying of the route and initial construction were originally supervised by the celebrated engineer James Brindley, assisted by Samuel Simcock who was also Brindley's brother-in-law.

He commissioned the engineer James Brindley to build a canal to do just that.

James Brindley was the engineer charged with building the canal, a man who gives his name to the busy district in the centre of Birmingham near the International Convention Centre, National Indoor Arena and Broad Street.

Construction began in August 1790, when Thomas Dadford, a pupil of the canal engineer James Brindley, arrived on site, with Thomas Sheasby, his son Thomas Dadford, Jr., and a team of workmen.

* James Brindley, English engineer ( died 1772 )

It is often written erroneously as Brindley Place, the name of the street ( in turn named after the 18th century canal engineer James Brindley ) around which it is built.

The construction of Bridgewater's canal, with its famous aqueduct across the Irwell, was carried out by James Brindley, the celebrated engineer.

But the genius of Brindley, his engineer, proved superior to all obstacles, and though at one period of the undertaking the financial resources of the Duke were almost exhausted, the work was carried to a triumphant conclusion.

A statue of James Brindley, the engineer for the Trent & Mersey main line, stands near the junction.

With salt production increasing, Droitwich Council asked James Brindley the canal engineer responsible for the Bridgewater Canal to survey a route from the town to the River Severn.

Although Brindley was officially " Inspector of the Works ", he was busy building the Trent and Mersey Canal at the time, and so the contractor responsible for building the locks was sent by John Priddey, the resident engineer, to work with and be taught by Brindley.

From Hawkesbury Junction, the Oxford Canal twists and turns while generally heading south east, as its engineer James Brindley built a contour canal which closely followed the contours of the land.