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

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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

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