John Smeaton FRS (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses...

John Smeaton KGM (born Bishopton, Renfrewshire in 1976), also known by the nickname Smeato, is a former baggage handler at Glasgow Airport. He became involved...

John Smeaton Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school educates children aged 11–18 from across...

John Henry Smeaton (born 31 August 1948) is a former Australian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match in 2001. Smeaton umpired 42 first-class matches...

Smeaton's Tower is a redundant lighthouse, now a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse....

first self-proclaimed civil engineer was John Smeaton, who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse. In 1771 Smeaton and some of his colleagues formed the Smeatonian...

civil engineer, John Smeaton, who was introduced to Weston in February 1756. In May, following a series of visits to the rock, Smeaton proposed that the...

Scottish theologian John Smeaton (1724–1792), English civil engineer John Smeaton (umpire), Australian cricket umpire John Smeaton (born 1976), Scottish...

but flooding returned and meadows reverted to marshland. The engineer John Smeaton proposed a solution for the drainage of the valley in 1767, but it was...

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John Smeaton "Jack" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague...

water and sewage systems. The term "civil engineer" was established by John Smeaton in 1750 to contrast engineers working on civil projects with the military...

construction "to render it capable of working itself", as described by John Smeaton in the Philosophical Transactions published in 1751. It continued to...

sports centre and secondary school – John Smeaton Academy, named after 18th-century civil engineer John Smeaton. Penda's Way railway station (opened in...

interested in the technology of steam engines. At the time engineers such as John Smeaton were aware of the inefficiencies of Newcomen's engine and aimed to improve...

believed to be the one used at Carrington in 1768 that was designed by John Smeaton.: 124, 135  Cast iron cylinders for use with a piston were difficult...

construction "to render it capable of working itself", as described by John Smeaton in the Philosophical Transactions published in 1751. It was Thomas Newcomen...

History recounts that John Smeaton initially estimated that a horse could produce 22,916 foot-pounds (31,070 J) per minute. John Desaguliers had previously...

world to have been fully exposed to the open sea. The civil engineer John Smeaton rebuilt the lighthouse from 1756 to 1759; his tower marked a major step...

surviving until 1755, when it burnt to the ground. The civil engineer, John Smeaton, rebuilt the lighthouse from 1756–59; his tower marked a major step forward...

engineering work during the early phases of the Industrial Revolution. John Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer and is often regarded as...

flow of water striking the wheel as measured by English civil engineer John Smeaton in the 18th century. More modern wheels have higher efficiencies. Stream...

This was believed to be because of a rift with SPUC national director John Smeaton over the organisation's strategies. The Pro-Life All-Party Parliamentary...

in different forms (kinetic, potential, heat, ...). Engineers such as John Smeaton, Peter Ewart, Carl Holtzmann [de; ar], Gustave-Adolphe Hirn, and Marc...

warehouses. The area now known as Smeaton Grange was originally home to the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people. In 1805 John Macarthur established his...

was formalized by French and British engineers in the 18th century. John Smeaton made an important contribution to the development of cements while planning...

writhing on the ground, before being confronted by an airport employee, John Smeaton, who was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for his heroism. All those...

developed, Barrowby, if anything, did not develop. Pioneering Civil Engineer John Smeaton, designer of the longest standing Eddystone Lighthouse, was born in Austhorpe...

height of 1 yard. — Gottfried Leibniz, Brevis demonstratio In 1759, John Smeaton described a quantity that he called "power" "to signify the exertion...

this task for twenty years until 1755, when the lighthouse burnt down. John Smeaton, a leading civil engineer, drew up plans for a new stone lighthouse and...