Watermill, Milntown, Ross and Cromarty
Date
1771
Creator
David Aitken (1734 - 1809, British) , Surveyor
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 198mm
width (drawing): 365mm
height (paper support): 510mm
width (paper support): 340mm
width (drawing): 365mm
height (paper support): 510mm
width (paper support): 340mm
Subject
Description
Sketched plan of the levels for carrying water to the Milns of Milntown, (Milton of New Tabbat), Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, at a scale of 1: 94. Accompanying manuscript with explanation.
Inscribed ‘Laid down from a scale of 333 feet in one inch of four and a half Scotch Chains A A 1771. Mr David Aitken’s Scetch of the water of Milntoun with references (see above 24 Aug 1771)’. Further inscribed by John Farey ‘Mentioned Printed Reports III 364.'
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.
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.
David Aitken (ca.1739–1809) was a land surveyor to the Highlands.
Inscribed ‘Laid down from a scale of 333 feet in one inch of four and a half Scotch Chains A A 1771. Mr David Aitken’s Scetch of the water of Milntoun with references (see above 24 Aug 1771)’. Further inscribed by John Farey ‘Mentioned Printed Reports III 364.'
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.
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.
David Aitken (ca.1739–1809) was a land surveyor to the Highlands.
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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