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John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent scholar, who introduced various scientific methodologies into engineering. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed "civil engineer", and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". He pioneered the use of hydraulic lime in concrete, using pebbles and powdered brick as aggregate. Smeaton was associated with the Lunar Society. (From Wikipedia) More about John Smeaton:
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4 additional books about John Smeaton in the extended shelves:Books by John Smeaton: Books in the extended shelves: ![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea. ([London], 1754) (page images at HathiTrust)- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: A description of a new pyrometer, with a table of experiments made therewith. ([London], 1754) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: The Eddystone lighthouses (new and old): an account of the building and general arrangements of the new tower (Simpkin, Marshall, 1882), also by E. Price Edwards and Thomas Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills. (London, 1760) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: 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 machines (Printed for S. and J. Taylor, 1796) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: An historical report on Ramsgate Harbour : written by order of, and addressed to the trustees ([s.n.], 1791) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: The miscellaneous papers of John Smeaton, civil engineer, &c. F.R.S. : comprising his communications to the Royal Society, printed in the philosophical transactions, forming a fourth volume to his reports / John Smeaton. (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: 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 sand (Printed by T. Davison for Longman Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: Recherches expérimentales sur l'eau et le vent, considérés comme forces motrices applicables aux moulins et autres machines à mouvement circulaire, etc.; suivies d'expériences sur la transmission du mouvement et la collision des coprs (Bachelier, 1827), also by P.-S. Girard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: Recherches expérimentales sur l'eau et le vent, considérés comme forces motrices applicables aux moulins et autres machines à mouvement circulaire, etc.; suivies d'expériences sur la transmission du mouvement et la collision des corps. (Courcier, 1810) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: Reports of the late John Smeaton, F. R. S., made on various occasions, in the course of his employment as a civil engineer ... (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: Reports of the late John Smeaton. F. R. S., made on various occasions, in the course of his employment as a civil engineer... (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: Reports of the late John Smeaton, F.R.S., made on various occasions, in the course of his employment as a civil engineer ... (M. Taylor, 1837), also by Martin Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smeaton, John, 1724-1792: Tracts on hydraulics (F. & F.N. Spon, 1862), also by Thomas Young, William Nicholson, Johann Albert Eytelwein, Giovanni Battista Venturi, and Thomas Tredgold (page images at HathiTrust)
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