Smeaton, John, 1724-1792
Smeaton, John, 1724-1792, ingénieur
Smeaton, John
John Smeaton English engineer (1724-1792)
Smeaton, John (British civil engineer, 1724-1792)
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Works
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Account of an observation of the night ascension and declination of Mercury : out of the meridian, near his greatest elongation, Sept.1786, made by Mr. John Smeaton, F. R. S. With AN Equatorial Micrometer, Of His Own Invention And Workmanship; Accompanied With AN Investigation Of A Method Of Allowing For Refraction In Such Kind Of Observations. From the Philosophical Transactions. | |
An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea. By J. Smeaton, F.R.S. | |
Considerations on the intended navigation betwixt Forth and Clyde occasioned by the proceedings of the proprietors at their last meeting, and by the reports of Messrs Brindley, Yeoman, and Golborne, together with the review of Mr Smeaton. | |
A description of a new pyrometer, with a table of experiments made therewith. By J. Smeaton, F.R.S. | |
Description of an improvement in the application of the quadrant of altitude to a celestial globe : for the resolution of problems dependant on azimuth and altitude. By Mr. John Smeaton, F. R. S. From the Philosophical transactions. | |
Essays | |
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. By the late Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S | |
From a survey of the River Calder, 1758?: | |
The further report of John Smeaton, engineer : in answer to the queries proposed by the company of undertakers of the Grand Canal, the 3d of August, 1773. | |
An historical report on Ramsgate harbour; written by order of, and addressed to the trustees. | |
John Smeaton's diary of his journey to the Low Countries, 1755. | |
A letter from Mr. J. Smeaton to Mr. John Ellicott, F.R.S. concerning some improvements made by himself in the air-pump | |
miscellaneous papers of John Smeaton, civ. engineer ... comprising his communications to the Royal society, printed in the philosophical transactions, forming a fourth volumen to his Reports | |
Mr. Smeaton's answer to the misrepresentations of his plan for Black-Friars bridge, contained in a late anonymous pamphlet, addressed to the gentlemen of the committee for building a bridge at Black-Friars | |
Mr. Smeaton's report on Lewes Laughton Level | |
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. By John Smeaton, civil engineer, F.R.S. | |
Plans suggested at different periods for the improvement of Whitehaven Harbour with reports and memorials connected therewith. | |
Recherches expérimentals sur l'eau et le vent, considérés comme forces motrices, applicables aux moulins et autres machines a mouvement circulaire | |
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 made. | |
The report of John Smeaton, engineer, upon the state and condition of Wells Harbour, in the county of Norfolk. | |
A report relative to Tyne Bridge. | |
Reports of the late John Smeaton, F.R.S made on various occasions in the course of his employment as a civil engineer. | |
A scheme for executing a navigation from Tetney-Haven to Louth and for draining the low grounds and marshes adjoining thereto | |
Steinturm mitten im Meer der Bau des Eddystone-Leuchtturms 1756 - 1759 | |
Tracts on hydraulics. |