Windmill, Sykefield
Date
1784
Creator
John Smeaton (1724 - 1792, British) , Civil engineer
After
Henry Eastburn (1753 - 1784, British) , Civil engineer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 313mm
width (drawing): 207mm
height (paper support): 545mm
width (paper support): 356mm
width (drawing): 207mm
height (paper support): 545mm
width (paper support): 356mm
Subject
Description
Plan and section of the iron axis, scale 1:24 and elevation of the timber main shaft, scale 1:12, for the oil windmill at Sykefield. Accompanying letter from Mr Henry Eastburn, 24 July 1784, submitting sketches for repair work to secure the whips in the axis.
Inscribed by John Farey ‘This relates to Sykefield wind oil mill built in 1780. See V.25 Reports’ on the letter and ‘This iron axis mentioned in Printed Reports I 410. 7 Feby 1782’ on the drawings of the axis.
It is not clear if these are the drawings submitted by Eastburn or later illustrations by Smeaton.
Original drawing from Designs by the late John Smeaton made on various occasions in the course of his employment as a Civil Engineer from the year 175[?] to 179[?], Volume 1. Containing Designs for Wind Mills and Water Mills for Grinding Corn. Collected and arranged by John Farey, 1821.
John Smeaton (1724-1792) was a British civil engineer, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Henry Eastburn (1753-1821) was a British civil engineer, he was nephew to John Smeaton and worked as his assistant from 1775 until 1788.
John Farey (1766-1826) was a British geologist and surveyor, he worked on the published reports of John Smeaton’s work between 1809 and 1812.
Inscribed by John Farey ‘This relates to Sykefield wind oil mill built in 1780. See V.25 Reports’ on the letter and ‘This iron axis mentioned in Printed Reports I 410. 7 Feby 1782’ on the drawings of the axis.
It is not clear if these are the drawings submitted by Eastburn or later illustrations by Smeaton.
Original drawing from Designs by the late John Smeaton made on various occasions in the course of his employment as a Civil Engineer from the year 175[?] to 179[?], Volume 1. Containing Designs for Wind Mills and Water Mills for Grinding Corn. Collected and arranged by John Farey, 1821.
John Smeaton (1724-1792) was a British civil engineer, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Henry Eastburn (1753-1821) was a British civil engineer, he was nephew to John Smeaton and worked as his assistant from 1775 until 1788.
John Farey (1766-1826) was a British geologist and surveyor, he worked on the published reports of John Smeaton’s work between 1809 and 1812.
Object history
Smeaton’s Designs were received by bequest of Mr Edward Farey in November 1913 as indicated in the copies of outgoing correspondence bound in the New Letter Books of the Royal Society, NLB/49/185 and NLB/49/312.
The collection was originally purchased after Smeaton’s death in 1795 by Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society and member of the Committee of the Smeaton Society of Civil Engineers. The committee undertook to publish a comprehensive selection of reports on the drawings which was entrusted to John Farey sr (1766-1826) and assisted by his better-known son John Farey jr (1791-1851) mechanical engineer and Fellow of the Royal Society. The work began in 1809 and resulted in three published volumes, Reports of the late John Smeaton FRS, made on various occasions of his employment as a civil engineer, London, 1812.
The collection was originally purchased after Smeaton’s death in 1795 by Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society and member of the Committee of the Smeaton Society of Civil Engineers. The committee undertook to publish a comprehensive selection of reports on the drawings which was entrusted to John Farey sr (1766-1826) and assisted by his better-known son John Farey jr (1791-1851) mechanical engineer and Fellow of the Royal Society. The work began in 1809 and resulted in three published volumes, Reports of the late John Smeaton FRS, made on various occasions of his employment as a civil engineer, London, 1812.
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