02842cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000140011324500590012726400510018630000470023733600260028433700260031033800360033650000310037250800140040352018460041753400600226365300290232365300160235265300350236865300390240385600430244299900190248576767UtSlPG20260610134758.0mcr n260607r20251900utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aTC1 aAnonymous14aThe story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone lighthouse 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-08-30  aAl Haines  a"The story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone lighthouse" by Anonymous is a historical/biographical account written in the early 20th century. It traces the development of lighthouse technology and focuses on the perilous Eddystone reef, highlighting John Smeaton’s pioneering stone lighthouse and the earlier, ill-fated towers by Henry Winstanley and John Rudyerd. The work blends accessible engineering history with a concise life of Smeaton, emphasizing practical ingenuity, perseverance, and public service.  The opening of the book surveys lighthouses from antiquity—the Pharos of Alexandria, Roman beacons at Dover, and early English pitch-pot signals—through the rise of organized coastal lighting under Trinity House and the shortcomings of primitive fires and braziers. It then shifts to the Eddystone reef’s location and danger, recounting Winstanley’s ornate wooden tower swept away in a great storm, and Rudyerd’s elegant timber-and-granite structure destroyed by fire. Enter Smeaton, who designs a heavier, all-stone, oak-trunk-shaped tower, houses a work crew on a nearby vessel, and builds with dovetailed granite, marble center plugs, iron cramps, and vaulted rooms—culminating in a durable light that has stood against Atlantic gales. Interwoven are vivid set pieces: the hazards of working windows of calm, a near-fatal charcoal fume incident, and the triumphant lighting of the lantern. The section then begins Smeaton’s life story—his Yorkshire boyhood of mechanical tinkering, turn to instrument-making in London, methodical studies, Royal Society work, a learning trip to the Low Countries, and the persistent, weather-thwarted surveys that preceded construction—establishing both the technical foundations and character that drive the narrative forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: T. Nelson and Sons, 1900  aSmeaton, John, 1724-1792  aLighthouses  aEddystone Lighthouse (England)  aEngineers -- England --  Biography40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76767  c117492d117492