It is Top Sites Tuesday at Blogdumps and this week I'm sticking to one thought - about a man many people won't have heard much of! Last week we journeyed along one of his constructions - the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - and I notice that John Smeaton was born today in 1724. He is best known for the third Eddystone Lighthouse which lasted over 100 years before the rock beneath it crumbled. (It was dismantled and rebuilt and still stands at Plymouth Hoe.) He also coined the term 'Civil Engineer' (as opposed to 'Military Engineer'). He is considered to be the first expert witness in an English court case (1782). And finally...the lift equation used by the Wright Brothers used the Smeaton coefficient! A few highlights in the remarkable career of a truly remarkable man!
- In which city did the Prophet Muhammad die today in 632?
- At which airport was James Earl Ray (right), assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., apprehended today in 1968?
- Who was born today in 1951 and was the first Welsh singer to have a solo Number One single in the USA?
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5 comments:
Wow! I wish I had gone on that cruse, it sounds wonderful. I bet there were many beautiful sights to see too. Thanks for sharing this.
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AngelBaby
Only one thought, but very informative. When I was in college, we called Civil Engineering Sh*t and Dirt.
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Bud aka Older Eyes
Hi Pete,
Hope you had a wonderful time on your canal trip. What a remarkable man!
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Wolf
Wow! That's interesting trivia about John Smeaton. Actually, I have heard his name before...probably because I have a couple of uncles who are civil engineers.
"we called Civil Engineering Sh*t and Dirt." Bud that was too funny!!
Thanks for the trivia bit Pete! He sounds like an amazing guy that we should all be taught a little more about in school.
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