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John Smeaton |
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8 June 1724 | | in |
Whitkirk, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom | | Deceased on |
28 October 1792 | | in |
Whitkirk, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom |
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1748
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| Works in London as maker of scientific instruments. |
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1750
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| Founds the Smeatonian Society, later to become the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1818. |
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ca. 1752
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| Takes interest in mechanics. |
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1753 - 1755
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| First small projects as engineer |
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1756
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| Hydraulic studies in the Low Countries |
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1756 - 1759
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| The President of the Royal Society charges Smeaton with the construction of the Eddystone Lighthouse |
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1760 - 1765
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| Project to render the Calder River navigable |
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1762 - 1767
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| Coldstram Bridge |
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1766 - 1771
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| Bridge at Perth |
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1767 - 1768
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| Pumps at London Bridge |
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1768 - 1777
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| Canal connecting Clyde and Forth |
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1771
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| Founds together with colleagues the Society of Civil Engineers (today Smeatonian Society) |
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1774 - 1775
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| Steam pump at the Chasewater mine |
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1775 - 1780
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| Aberdeen Bridge |
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1776 - 1873
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| Retention basin at Ramsgate port |
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1777 - 1780
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| Hexham Bridge |
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1788 - 1792
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| Ramsgate port jetty |
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 458-460.
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Ricken, H. Erinnerung an John Smeaton (1724-1792), in
"Bautechnik", December 1992, n. 12 v. 69 .
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Ricken, Herbert Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 231.
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