Smeaton

Smeaton, R.W.. Motor Application and Maintenance Hand Book, McGraw Hill, New York (1969). 

See also Hydroelectric Energy Smeaton, John Turbines, Wind Watt, James. 

Ill 1759 Smeaton presented to the Royal Society a paper entitled An Experimental Enquiry concerning the natural Power of Water and Wind to turn mills, and other machines, depending on a circular motion. This paper was the result of a series of experiments carried out in 1752 and 1753, Smeaton having delayed its publication until he had put his deductions into practice. At the time there was a lively debate as to the merits of undershot and overshot waterwheels, but little published data to substantiate various claims. Smeaton s solution to this problem depended solely on experiments made with working... 

Smeatnii s elegant experimental technique enabled him to deal with both hydraulic and mechanical friction losses, allowing him to calculate water velocity at the wheel and thereby determine an effective nr virtual head. Smeaton s experimental apparatus was a brilliant device that enabled him to measure the efficiency of the wateiwheel, alone rather than the overall efficiency of the experiment. Smeaton was able to conclusively shov that a water-wheel when driven by the weight of water alone, is about twice as efficient as when driven by the impulse of water. This demonstration ensured that British mills, wherever possible, from then on would be fitted with overshot or breastshot wateiwheels, rather than undershot. 

In 1766 Smeaton designed an atmospheric steampumping engine for the New River Company however, when the engine was set to work, its performance was less than Smeaton had expected. Realizing his knowledge of steam engines was deficient, he approached the problem in the same manner as he did his study of water and wind power—by... 

Smeaton was a born mechanic and incessant experimeiitor, but a man of simple tastes and wants. He limited his professional engagements in order to devote a certain portion of his time to scientific investigations. One of Smeaton s rules was not to trust deductions drawn from theory when there was an opportunity for actual experiment. In 1771 Smeaton founded a club for engineers, which later came to be call the Smeatonian Society. ... 

Smeaton, J. (17.S9). An Experimental Enquiiy Concerning the Natural Power of Water and Wind to Turn Mills and Other Machinei-y, Depending on a Circular Motion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 51 100-174. 

Smeaton, J. (1791). A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Eddystone Lighthouse. London. 

Smeaton,. (1797, 1812). Reports of the Late John Smeaton, FRS Made on Various Occasions in the Course of I lis Employment as a Civil Engineer, Vol. 1 (1797), Vol. 2-3 (1812). London Longman, Ilurst, Rees, Ormc, and Brown. 

Smiles, S. (1904). Lives of the Engineers. John Smeaton. London John Murrey. 

Seth RB, Sun L, Chen ZJ (2006) Antiviral innate immunity pathways. Cell research 16 141-147 Shapiro RL, Thior I, Gilbert PB, Lockman S, Wester C, Smeaton LM, Stevens L, Heymann SJ, Ndung u T, Gaseitsiwe S et al. (2006) Maternal single-dose nevirapine versus placebo as part of an antiretroviral strategy to prevent mother-to-chUd HIV transmission in Botswana. Aids 20 1281-1288... 

Lockman S, Shapiro RL, Smeaton LM, Wester C, Thior 1, Stevens L, Chand F, Makhema J, Moffat C, Asmelash A, Ndase P, Arimi P, van WE, Mazhani L, Novitsky V, Lagakos S, Essex M (2007) Response to antiretroviral therapy after a single, peripartum dose of nevirapine. N Engl J Med 356 135-147... 

Smeaton. /Union" and Petit. Smeaton. Lav- and Lap. Wollaston. Dnloug and Petit. 

Shafer RW, Smeaton LM, Robbins GK, Gruttola V, et al. 2003. Comparison of four drug regimens and pairs of sequential three-drug regimens as initial therapy for HIV-1 infection. NEJM. 349 2304-2315. 

Josiam, B.M., Hobson, J.S.P., Dietrich, V.C. and Smeaton, G. (1998) An analysis of the sexual, alcohol and drug-related behavioural patterns of students on spring break. Tourism Management 19 (6), 501-513. 

W. A. Smeaton, Monsieur and Madame Lavoisier in 1798 the chemical revolution and the French Revolution , Ambix, 1989, 36, 1-4. 

W. A. Smeaton, Torbem Olof Bergman, from natural history to quantitative chemistry , Endeavour, 1984, NS 8, 71-74. 

W. A. Smeaton, Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), provincial Swedish pharmacist and world-famous chemist , Endeavour, 1992, NS 16, 128-131. 

W. A. Smeaton, Some Comments on James Watt s Published Account of his Work on Steam and Steam Engines Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, 26 (1971), pp. 35-42. 

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