* Smeaton, W. A., Guyton de Morveau's Course of Chemistry in the Dijon Academy, Ambix 1961, 9, 53 – 69

Some have stated that the secret of concrete was lost for 13 centuries until 1756, when the British engineer John Smeaton pioneered the use of hydraulic lime in concrete, using pebbles and powdered brick as aggregate.

John Smeaton made an important contribution to the development of cements when he was planning the construction of the third Eddystone Lighthouse ( 1755 – 9 ) in the English Channel.

Smeaton was a civil engineer by profession, and took the idea no further.

The earliest known use of an expert witness in English law came in 1782, when a court that was hearing litigation relating to the silting-up of Wells harbour in Norfolk accepted evidence from a leading civil engineer, John Smeaton.

Engineering in History recounts that John Smeaton initially estimated that a horse could produce 22, 916 foot-pounds per minute.

Also important was the 1756 rediscovery of concrete ( based on hydraulic lime mortar ) by the British engineer John Smeaton, which had been lost for 1300 years.

In the 1770s, the engineer John Smeaton built some very large examples and introduced a number of improvements.

* 1724 – John Smeaton, English engineer ( d. 1794 )

Around 1747 he had a son by a Miss Edington, and though he gave his child James Smeaton Hutton financial assistance, he had little to do with the boy who went on to become a post-office clerk in London.

These include Richard Kirwan, John Smeaton, Henry Moyes, John Michell, Pieter Camper, R. E. Raspe, John Baskerville, Thomas Beddoes, John Wyatt, William Thomson, Cyril V. Jackson, Jean-André Deluc, John Wilkinson, John Ash, Samuel More, Robert Bage, James Brindley, Ralph Griffiths, John Roebuck, Thomas Percival, Joseph Black, James Hutton, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Banks, William Herschel, Daniel Solander, John Warltire, George Fordyce, Alexander Blair, Samuel Parr, Louis Joseph d ' Albert d ' Ailly, the seventh Duke of Chaulnes, Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond, Grossart de Virly ,, Johann Gottling.

** John Smeaton, English civil engineer ( b. 1724 )

* October 16 – Smeaton's Tower, John Smeaton ’ s Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of South West England, is first illuminated.

* June 8 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer ( d. 1792 )

At Anne's trial, she manages to cross-question Mark Smeaton, the tortured servant who finally admits that the charges against Anne are lies.

For example the confession of Marc Smeaton at the trial of Anne Boleyn was presented in written form only, either to hide from the court that Smeaton had been tortured on the rack for four hours, or because Thomas Cromwell was worried that he would recant his confession if cross-examined.

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( Engineer John Smeaton utilized this design in 1789.

Much patched and decrepit, the quay was virtually rebuilt, though along the original line, between 1775 and 1785 by the landlord, Daniel Delacherois, probably with the help of John Smeaton, the distinguished civil engineer who had apparently made earlier more elaborate plans for extending the harbour, and who had just rebuilt Portpatrick harbour.

Brighouse's industry received a boost through the construction of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, started in 1757 by the engineer John Smeaton.

They invited the civil engineer John Smeaton to make a new survey, which he did in late 1757, and produced a scheme which involved dredging shoals, making of cuts, the building of 26 locks, to overcome the rise of between Wakefield and the Halifax Brook, and the construction of a reservoir at Salterhebble bridge.

Construction started in November 1759, with Smeaton acting as engineer.

However, besides Smeaton, all the other " lovers " maintained their innocence, with Smeaton the only one to admit his " guilt ", as well as the only one who was tortured.

It was alleged by one of Anne's ladies-in-waiting, thought to be Elizabeth Browne, countess of Worcester, " admitted some of her court to come into her chamber at undue hours ", On news that Smeaton was now clapped in irons, she replied dismissively, " he was a person of mean birth and the others were all gentlemen ".

" for his own purpose " is not understood to be " for his benefit ", although that was what Blackburn was referring to at the time ; in Smeaton v Ilford Corp, Rylands was held to apply to a local authority accumulating sewage on its land, although there was no benefit to the local authority from doing this.

John Smeaton was the engineer of the Calder & Hebble which opened in 1758, and a series of eight pound locks was built to replace flash locks on the River Thames between Maidenhead and Reading, beginning in 1772.

** Chips Chipperfield, Neil Aspinall ( video producers ), Bob Smeaton, Geoff Wonfor ( video directors ) & The Beatles for The Beatles Anthology

** Chips Chipperfield & Neil Aspinall ( video producers ) & Bob Smeaton ( video director ) for Band of Gypsies-Live at Fillmore East performed by Jimi Hendrix

* Josiam, M. B, J. S. P. Hobson, U. C. Dietrich, & G. Smeaton ( 1998 ).

Unfortunately for Smeaton, his conversation with the Queen was quickly reported to Thomas Cromwell, one of Henry VIII's advisors, who was looking for evidence of Anne's committing treason and adultery.

Before Smeaton was arrested, he spent lavishly on horses and liveries, which was strange, as Smeaton earned only £ 100 a year.

For example the confession of Marc Smeaton at the trial of Anne Boleyn was presented in written form only, either to hide from the court that Smeaton had been tortured on the rack for four hours, or because Thomas Cromwell was worried that he would recant his confession if cross examined.

When the Douglass Lighthouse was completed the people of Plymouth, grateful for the countless lives which had been saved since the introduction of the lighthouses, paid for the dismantling and reassembly of the Smeaton Lighthouse from the red rocks of Eddystone to Plymouth Hoe where it is a popular tourist attraction today.

This structure was based upon the design of the earlier Eddystone Lighthouse by John Smeaton but with several improvements.

The Limehouse Cut was authorised by the River Lee Act, an Act of Parliament obtained on 29 June 1767, after the engineer John Smeaton identified the need to make several cuts and to replace existing flash locks on the river with pound locks.

She repeated several times that she thought Elizabeth had the " face and countenance " of the doomed young Smeaton.

Smeaton is also accredited for explaining the fundamental differences and benefits of Overshot Water wheels versus Undershot Water wheels.

John Smeaton was the engineer employed by the Birmingham and Fazeley, but work did not start immediately, as he was also responsible for the Riders Green to Broadwaters line, which was completed first.

The design has some similarities to the earlier Eddystone Lighthouse designed by John Smeaton which was also built on an offshore reef using interlocking stones, but also contained newer features, such as rotating lights alternating between red and white.

The two men became close friends, and when Josias died in 1761, two years after the completion of the lighthouse, William Jessop was taken on as a pupil by Smeaton ( who also acted as Jessop ’ s guardian ), working on various canal schemes in Yorkshire.

He was also an associate of John Smeaton, who lodged at his house when he was engaged in building the third Eddystone Lighthouse ( 1756 – 1759 ).

At least four artificial bodies of water ( Smeaton Lake, Pressmennan Lake, Lake Louise ( within the grounds of Skibo Castle ) and Cally Lake ( near Gatehouse of Fleet )) are also referred to as lakes.