John Smeaton FRS (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses...
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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...
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Smeaton's Tower is a redundant lighthouse, now a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse....
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John Smeaton Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school educates children aged 11–18 from across...
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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...
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first self-proclaimed civil engineer was John Smeaton, who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse. In 1771 Smeaton and some of his colleagues formed the Smeatonian...
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Eddystone Lighthouse (redirect from Smeatons Tower)
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...
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floating USS Quartz Emile N. Vidal M. H. Le Chatelier P. M. Anderson John Smeaton Thaddeus Merriman L. J. Vicat Armand Considere M. H. Le Chatelier As...
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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...
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River Ouse, Sussex (section Smeaton's survey)
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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construction "to render it capable of working itself", as described by John Smeaton in the Philosophical Transactions published in 1751. It continued to...
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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...
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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...
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Scottish theologian John Smeaton (1724–1792), English civil engineer John Smeaton (umpire), Australian cricket umpire John Smeaton (born 1976), Scottish...
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construction "to render it capable of working itself", as described by John Smeaton in the Philosophical Transactions published in 1751. It was Thomas Newcomen...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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engineering work during the early phases of the Industrial Revolution. John Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer and is often regarded as...
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sports centre and secondary school – John Smeaton Academy, named after 18th-century civil engineer John Smeaton. Penda's Way railway station (opened in...
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tell anybody about.” At the time, Lehigh University's vice president, John Smeaton, said that security measures were "more than adequate, reasonable and...
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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...
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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...
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in different forms (kinetic, potential, heat, ...). Engineers such as John Smeaton, Peter Ewart, Carl Holtzmann [de; ar], Gustave-Adolphe Hirn, and Marc...
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Lewes and Laughton Levels (section Smeaton's survey)
properly, until the new channel was reinstated around 1731. In 1758 John Smeaton surveyed the area with a view to improving it for agriculture. He suggested...
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developed, Barrowby, if anything, did not develop. Pioneering Civil Engineer John Smeaton, designer of the longest standing Eddystone Lighthouse, was born in Austhorpe...
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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...
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engineer John Smeaton, the builder of the third Eddystone Lighthouse. The 1-mile-long (2 km) Breakwater in Plymouth Sound was designed by John Rennie to...
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refinements in layout. Its mechanical details were much improved by John Smeaton, who built many large engines of this type in the early 1770s; his improvements...
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