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JOHN SMEATON

by A.W. Skempton

Published by Thomas Telford. 1st. 1981

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Biography of the famous engineer who was involved with everything from mills, bridges and fen drainage to the Eddystone Lighthouse. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 291 pages including index.

Boards clean. Personal gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine and a little scuffed.

ISBN: 007277088X
Stock no. 1830766

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Professor AW Skempton, DSc, FRS, FICE
  • I John Smeaton
  • Trevor Turner, MSc, MIMechE and AW Skempton
  • II Scientific Work
  • Norman Smith, PhD
  • III Mills and Millwork
  • Denis Smith, PhD, MIMechE
  • IV The Eddystone Lighthouse
  • Rowland J Mainstone, DEng, FSA, MICE, FIStructE
  • V Rivers and Canals
  • Charles Hadfield, CMG, MA
  • VI Fen Drainage
  • AW Skempton
  • VII Bridges
  • Ted Ruddock, BA, MSc, MICe
  • VIII Steam Engines
  • JS Allen, FICE
  • IX Harbours
  • AW Skempton
  • X Professional Practice
  • Denis Smith
  • XI Papers, Reports and Drawings
  • AW Skempton
  • Appendix I
  • Smeatons' Library and Instruments
  • Appendix II
  • Portraits of Smeaton
  • Appendix III
  • List of Works
  • Notes and References
  • Index

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