Smeaton, John F.R.S. (1724-1792), civil engineer
- Date:
- c.1759-1766
- Reference:
- MS.7642/7-8
- Part of:
- Miscellany: British, 18th century
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Autograph note of inscriptions placed at various points on his Eddystone Lighthouse, with, on verso, calculations concerning total cost of the light in money and time, c.1759 (no. 7); 1 long autograph letter, signed, reporting on the progress of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, West Yorkshire, 1766 (no. 8).
Publication/Creation
c.1759-1766
Physical description
2 items
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts