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=John Smeaton=



John Smeaton was the founder of the society of civil engineers, now known as the Smeatonian society. he was born in Austhorpe, England on June 8 1724 and died October 28 1792. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753, and in 1759 won the Copley Medal for his research into the mechanics of waterwheels and windmills. His 1759 paper "An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to Turn Mills and Other Machines Depending on Circular Motion" talked about the relationship between pressure and velocity for objects moving in air, and his concepts were developed to devise the Smeaton Coefficient. he designed the third Eddystone lighthouse and invented the hydraulic lime, a kind of mortar that will set underwater Employing his skills as a mechanical engineer, he devised a water engine for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in 1761. Eddystone light house

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