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Smeaton, John, 1724-1792

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  • Clocks: faces (top), and mechanisms (below) of a Ferguson (right), and a Smeaton-Franklin clock (left). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1809.
  • Engineering: cross-sections of the hammer designed by John Smeaton for use in iron manufacture. Engraving by W. Lowry after J. Farey the younger.
  • Machinery designed by Smeaton for extracting coal from the pits. Etching by W. Lowry after J. Farey.
  • Clocks: a Smeaton-Franklin clock face (left), and mechanism (right). Engraving by A. Bell, ca. 1798.
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    An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea / [John Smeaton].

    Smeaton, John, 1724-1792. | Date: 1754
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    An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills, and other machines, depending on a circular motion / [John Smeaton].

    Smeaton, John, 1724-1792. | Date: [1760]
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    A description of a new pyrometer : with a table of experiments made therewith / [John Smeaton].

    Smeaton, John, 1724-1792. | Date: 1754 or 1755?]
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