Reports of the Late John Smeaton Made on Various Occasions, in the Course of his Employment as a Civil Engineer
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- ADVERTISEMENT
- Contents
- LETTER from Mr. John Smeatoh to Mr. John Ellicott, F. R. S. concerning fome improvements made by himfelf in the air-pump
- An engine for raifing water by fire, being an improvement of Savery's conftruction, to render it capable of working itfelf, invented by Mr. De Moura, of Portugal, F. R. S. defcribed
- An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea
- An account of some improvements of the mariner's compass, in order to render the card and needle proposed by Dr. Knight, of general use, by John Smeaton, philosophical instrument maker
- An experimental inquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills, and other machines, depending on a circular motion
- An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest
- New fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies
- A description of a new tackle or combination of pullies
- A discourse concerning the menstrual parallax, arising from the mutual gravitation of the earth and moon, its influence on the observation of the sun and planets, with a method of observing it
- Description of a new method of observing the heavenly bodies, out of the meridian
- Observation of a solar eclipse, the 4th of June, 1769, at the Observatory at Austhorpe, near Leeds, in the county of York
- Account of an observation of the right ascension and declination of Mercury out of the meridian, near his greatest elongation, September, 1786
- Description of an improvement in the application of the quadrant of altitude to a celestial globe, for the resolution of problems dependant on azimuth and altitude
- A description of a new pyrometer, with a table of experiments made therewith
- Description of a new hygrometer
- Observations on the graduation of astronomical instruments; with an explanation of the method invented by the late Mr. Henry Hindley, of York, clock-maker, to divide circles into any given number of parts
- Remarks on the different temperature of the air, at Edystone, from that observed at Plymouth, between the 7th and 8th of July, 1757
- An account of the effects of lightning upon the steeple and church of Lestwithiel, in Cornwall, in a letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclessield, President on the Royal Society
An engine for raifing water by fire, being an improvement of Savery's conftruction, to render it capable of working itfelf, invented by Mr. De Moura, of Portugal, F. R. S. defcribed
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- ADVERTISEMENT
- Contents
- LETTER from Mr. John Smeatoh to Mr. John Ellicott, F. R. S. concerning fome improvements made by himfelf in the air-pump
- An engine for raifing water by fire, being an improvement of Savery's conftruction, to render it capable of working itfelf, invented by Mr. De Moura, of Portugal, F. R. S. defcribed
- An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea
- An account of some improvements of the mariner's compass, in order to render the card and needle proposed by Dr. Knight, of general use, by John Smeaton, philosophical instrument maker
- An experimental inquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills, and other machines, depending on a circular motion
- An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest
- New fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies
- A description of a new tackle or combination of pullies
- A discourse concerning the menstrual parallax, arising from the mutual gravitation of the earth and moon, its influence on the observation of the sun and planets, with a method of observing it
- Description of a new method of observing the heavenly bodies, out of the meridian
- Observation of a solar eclipse, the 4th of June, 1769, at the Observatory at Austhorpe, near Leeds, in the county of York
- Account of an observation of the right ascension and declination of Mercury out of the meridian, near his greatest elongation, September, 1786
- Description of an improvement in the application of the quadrant of altitude to a celestial globe, for the resolution of problems dependant on azimuth and altitude
- A description of a new pyrometer, with a table of experiments made therewith
- Description of a new hygrometer
- Observations on the graduation of astronomical instruments; with an explanation of the method invented by the late Mr. Henry Hindley, of York, clock-maker, to divide circles into any given number of parts
- Remarks on the different temperature of the air, at Edystone, from that observed at Plymouth, between the 7th and 8th of July, 1757
- An account of the effects of lightning upon the steeple and church of Lestwithiel, in Cornwall, in a letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclessield, President on the Royal Society
Summary
An engine for raifing water by fire, being an improvement of Savery's conftruction, to render it capable of working itfelf, invented by Mr. De Moura, of Portugal, F. R. S. defcribed
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- Reports of the Late John SmeatonMade on Various Occasions, in the Course of his Employment as a Civil Engineer, pp. 11 - 13Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1814