Austin, John (b. 1752, d. before 1838), music stenographer and inventor of a power-loom, was born at Craigton, near Glasgow, on 17 April 1752, the son of the gardener to John Baird, esquire. Nothing is known of Austin's early life or education. On 30 May 1777 he married ...
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Austin, John (b. 1752, d. before 1838), music stenographer and inventor of a power-loom
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Bridges, Noah (fl. 1643–1662), stenographer and mathematician
Thompson Cooper
revised by H. K. Higton
Bridges, Noah (fl. 1643–1662), stenographer and mathematician, was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and acted as clerk of the parliament which sat in that city in 1643 and 1644. He was created bachelor of civil law on 17 June 1646, 'being at that time esteemed a most faithful subject to his majesty...
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Lyle, David (fl. 1755–1762), maker of mathematical instruments and stenographer
Thompson Cooper
revised by Philip N. Grover
Lyle, David (fl. 1755–1762), maker of mathematical instruments and stenographer, was the author of a treatise entitled The art of short hand improved, being an universal character adapted to the English language, whereby every kind of subject may be expressed or taken down in a very easy, compendious, and legible manner...
