JOHN SMEATON
Written by A.W. Skempton
Published by Thomas Telford
in 1981
ISBN: 007277088X
- Categorised in:
- ENGINEERING
- LIGHTHOUSES
- STEAM ENGINES
- BRIDGES
- BIOGRAPHY
JOHN SMEATON
Written by A.W. Skempton.
Stock no. 1830766
1st.
1981.
Hardback.
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. ISBN: 007277088X. 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.
Front cover
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