Watermill, Deptford, London
Date
1781
Creator
John Smeaton (1724 - 1792, British) , Civil engineer
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 361mm
width (drawing): 257mm
height (paper support): 490mm
width (paper support): 366mm
width (drawing): 257mm
height (paper support): 490mm
width (paper support): 366mm
Subject
Description
Plan and elevations for the spindle, rhynd and sliding spur nut, for the Red House mill at Deptford, London, at a scale of 1:6.
Signed at dated lower right and inscribed ‘Design for the SPINDLE & RINDS shewing the manner in which the sliding Spurr Nutts are fixed so as to put them out of Geer by letting them down upon the Bridges.’ Further inscription by John Farey ‘Engraved in miniature in Rees Cyclop Vol 23 Art Mill, Mechanics Pl 34.’
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.
Signed at dated lower right and inscribed ‘Design for the SPINDLE & RINDS shewing the manner in which the sliding Spurr Nutts are fixed so as to put them out of Geer by letting them down upon the Bridges.’ Further inscription by John Farey ‘Engraved in miniature in Rees Cyclop Vol 23 Art Mill, Mechanics Pl 34.’
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.
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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