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POULIE de SMEATON 18eme

POULIE de SMEATON (ingenieur britanique 18eme siecle (1724-1792)) Smeaton's pulley, 1842-1846. Chromolithograph after his own drawing by Henry Champman, showing a pulley designed by mechanical and civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792). Smeaton was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society in the 1750s after presenting several papers on instruments and mechanical subjects. In 1756-1759 he built the third Eddystone lighthouse off Plymouth, which became the model for all subsequent rock lighthouses. Illustration from `Diagrams of mechanics / under the supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge published in London, 1842-1846. Credit SSPL/KHARBINE TAPABOR.

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POULIE de SMEATON 18eme

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POULIE de SMEATON (ingenieur britanique 18eme siecle (1724-1792)) Smeaton's pulley, 1842-1846. Chromolithograph after his own drawing by Henry Champman, showing a pulley designed by mechanical and civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792). Smeaton was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society in the 1750s after presenting several papers on instruments and mechanical subjects. In 1756-1759 he built the third Eddystone lighthouse off Plymouth, which became the model for all subsequent rock lighthouses. Illustration from `Diagrams of mechanics / under the supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge published in London, 1842-1846. Credit SSPL/KHARBINE TAPABOR

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Album / Science Museum Library / Science

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2200 x 3064 px | 19.3 MB

Print size:

18.6 x 25.9 cm | 7.3 x 10.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

CARTOUCHE • FORCE • FORTIFICATION • PARCHMENT • POWER (POLITICAL) • POWER • PULLEY • ROLL • RULE (POLITICAL) • RULE • SCROLL • STRENGTH • WALL