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John Smeaton - Wikipedia Smeaton is important in the history, rediscovery of, and development of modern cement, identifying the compositional requirements needed to obtain "hydraulicity" in lime; work which led ultimately to the invention of Portland cement
Home | The Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers Following the death of Smeaton in 1792 the Society was revived as the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers The Society is the oldest society of engineers in the world and embraces engineers of all disciplines
John Smeaton | ASCE John Smeaton’s prolific career mirrored the developments of the Industrial Revolution in Britain He was one of the first people to call himself a civil engineer He laid the foundations for the profession, as well as establishing consulting engineering and defining the role of a resident engineer
John Smeaton - Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) John Smeaton was a pioneer in the use of cast iron in water and windmill mechanisms It was the President of the Royal Society who recommended John to design the new Eddystone Lighthouse He designed nearly 60 new millworks during his career
Early Life • John Smeaton • MyLearning John Smeaton was born at Austhorpe Lodge, in Whitkirk near Leeds, on 8 June 1724 The Smeatons were a middle class family, his father William Smeaton was a lawyer and his grandfather, also called John Smeaton, had built the family home in the countryside near to the Temple Newsam estate
John Smeaton - The Engines of Our Ingenuity But most remarkable of all was John Smeaton He touched every emergent technology in a remarkable era of human history In 1741, the 17-year-old Smeaton met Henry Hindley, a famed clock and instrument maker Smeaton had, by then, developed great mechanical ability in his own workshop
John Smeaton - Wikiwand Smeaton is important in the history, rediscovery of, and development of modern cement, identifying the compositional requirements needed to obtain "hydraulicity" in lime; work which led ultimately to the invention of Portland cement