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John Smeaton

1724–1792

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1754–1814 across 23 dated works

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A description of a new pyrometer with a table of experiments made therewith1754
An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea1754
An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills1760
Report upon the harbour of Rye in the county of Sussex [with an estimate for compleating the harbour]1763

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A description of a new pyrometer with a table of experiments made therewith1754
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An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills1760
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An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea1754
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Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion: and An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest : also, New fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies : with five plates of machines1794
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A narrative of the building and a description of the construction of the Edystone lighthouse with stone: to which is subjoined, an appendix giving some account of the lighthouse on the Spurn Point, built upon a sand1791
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An historical report on Ramsgate harbour: written by order of, and addressed to the trustees. By John Smeaton, ...1791
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Reports of the late John Smeaton, F.R.S.: made on various occasions in the course of his employment as a civil engineer ....1812
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Reports of the Late John Smeaton, F.R.S., Made on Various Occasions, in the ...1837
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Reports of the late John Smeaton: made on various occasions, in the course of his employment as a civil engineer1812
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Reports of the late John Smeaton, F.R.S., made on various occasions in the course of his employment as a civil engineer, in two volumes.1837
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A narrative of the building and a description of the construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with stone to which is subjoined an appendix giving some account of the lighthouse on the Spurn Point built upon a sand1793
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Reports of the late John Smeaton, F.R.S., made on various occasions in the course of his employment as a civil engineer.1812
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The miscellaneous papers of John Smeaton ...: comprising his communications to the Royal Society, printed in the Philosophical Transactions, forming a fourth volume to his Reports1814
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The report of John Smeaton, engineer, and F.R.S. concerning the practicability and expence of joining the rivers Forth and Clyde by a navigable canal and thereby to join the east sea and the west : with a map of the country and a plan of the canal : addressed to the Honourable the Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures, and Improvements in Scotland, at whose desire the survey was made1768
With Great Britain. Board of Trustees for Manufactures (Scotland)
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A narrative of the building and a description of the construction of the Edystone [sic] Lighthouse with stone to which is subjoined an appendix giving some account of the lighthouse on the Spurn Point built upon a sand1793
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The second report of John Smeaton, engineer and F.R.S touching the practicability and expence of making a navigable canal from the River Forth to the River Clyde and thereby joint the east sea to the west : for vessels of greater burden and draught of water than those which were the subject of his first report : with a plan of the canal : addressed to the noblemen and gentlemen subscribers for carrying the said canal into execution1767
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Observations on the graduation of astronomical instruments: with an explanation of the method invented by the late Mr. Henry Hindley, of York, clock-maker to divide circles into any given number of parts1786
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An historical report on Ramsgate harbour, written by order of, and addressed to the trustees1791
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John Smeaton's diary of his journey to the Low Countries, 1755.1938
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Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion And An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest. Also New fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies. With five plates of machines1796
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Report upon the harbour of Rye in the county of Sussex [with an estimate for compleating the harbour]1763
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Reports made on various occasions: in the course of his employment as a civil engineer.1837
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A report upon the harbour of King's Lynn, in Norfolk1767
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Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion. And an experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving various degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest. Also new and fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies. With five plates of machines1796
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