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- 1770
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Drawing of Humber Bank Mill with the town and church in the background.
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Drawing of Humber Bank Mill with the town and church in the background.
Part of E M Gardner Collection
The twenty ninth image features the watermill of Lewisham in Kent. This item is a photocopy of an illustration of the mill produced in the late eighteenth century. Interestingly, the item has a caption on the left hand corner of the bottom of the sketch reading "A View of the Water Mill near Lewisham in Kent" while on the right hand corner this information is reproduced in French "Viie du Moulin a leau, aupres du Lewisham en Kent". The sketch was printed by "Carington Bowles, Map and Printseller No. 69 in St Paul's Church Yard, London." and published on 1 October 1770.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Design for the Machinery for Scremerston Mill
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Single vellum sheet (approx. 66 x 90 cm). Assignment of Kirkcrofts, Alston, with reference to neighbouring watermill. Original manuscript available for reference. Click on link above to see transcription.
"Plan for the Rolling Mill upon the Cocquet"
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
In 1775 speculators built a rolling mill on the Cocquet in Northumberland with a dam built by Smeaton. This became the Acklington Tin Works and was in production until 1884.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
1 folded sheet measuring 38cm x 31cm recording an agreement between the agent of the Duchess of Kingston and Thomas Thorpe (miller) relating to the diversion of the water supply to Haughton Mill and a weekly lease of new corn mill at Thoresby Park, the Duchess' corn and malt to be ground free of charge. For further content click on the link to the document transcription. A second folded sheet measuring 41cm x 31cm gives, "An Account of all the Trees taken out of the Nurserys and Planted in the Parke to 31 December 1762", seeming to relate to tree planting at either Thoresby Park or Holme Pierrepont Hall.
Design for a Coal-Drawing Engine at Griff
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
The Griff Collieries in North Warwickshire were formed by connecting a number of small collieries along the Griff arm of the Coventry Canal.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
"Design for the small movements for the Shipley's Oil Mill at Carshalton"
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Location believed to be Carshalton.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection
Photograph from Victoria and Albert Museum of painting "The Camp at Cox Heath" by Sandby, showing post mill. It is not clear why this has been filed with the Berkshire material.
Sandby, Thomas (1721-1798), painter
"Design for the Oil Press for Shipley's Oil Mill at Carshalton"
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Location believed to be Carshalton.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
"Dimensions of a Cast Iron Oil Press"
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Analysis of an oil press made by the Carron Company around 1778.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
A penstock is a type of sluice often used at mill sites to control the flow of water through the mill wheel.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Design for altering Hankells Iron Hoop Mill at Wandsworth
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Tentatively identified as Middle Mill, Wandsworth.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Part of E M Gardner Collection
The forty fourth item is a copy of a painting reproduced on a piece of card featuring Harlech Castle in Gwynedd, North Wales. On the back of the painting a handwritten note reads "Harlech Castle. Paul Sandby. Showing Mill 17." Paul Sandby (1731 - 1809) was a British landscape painter who was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. It appears that Sandby undertook and produced this watercolour painting during the course of the year 1778. We know that the painting was engraved by William Walker and William Angus as well as being published by George Kearsley the elder on 1st January 1779. The year in which this copy was produced is not recorded.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Water Wheel for the Powder Mill at Worcester Park
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
"Belidor - Architecture Hydraulique, Horizontal wheel, 1780"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Bernard Forest De Belidor was born in Catalonia in 1697 and died in Paris in 1761. He became a professor of mathematics at a French artillery school. The book that made his reputation was Nouveau cours de mathématique, a text for artillery cadets and engineers. A second, Le bombardier françois, was for use in combat and contained systematic firing tables. It was with two fuller works, however— La Science des ingénieurs (1729) and Architecture hydraulique (1737–1739)—that Bélidor entered into the science of mechanics proper with a summons to builders to base design and practice on its principles. The first of these treatises was concerned primarily with fortifications, their erection and reduction and the second, Architecture hydraulique, embraced civil constructions. The choice of title was a reflection of the actual prominence of problems involving transport. shipbuilding, waterways, water supply, and ornamental fountains.
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
"Belidor - Architecture Hydraulique, Water wheels, 1780"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Bernard Forest De Belidor was born in Catalonia in 1697 and died in Paris in 1761. He became a professor of mathematics at a French artillery school. The book that made his reputation was Nouveau cours de mathématique, a text for artillery cadets and engineers. A second, Le bombardier françois, was for use in combat and contained systematic firing tables. It was with two fuller works, however— La Science des ingénieurs (1729) and Architecture hydraulique (1737–1739)—that Bélidor entered into the science of mechanics proper with a summons to builders to base design and practice on its principles. The first of these treatises was concerned primarily with fortifications, their erection and reduction and the second, Architecture hydraulique, embraced civil constructions. The choice of title was a reflection of the actual prominence of problems involving transport. shipbuilding, waterways, water supply, and ornamental fountains.
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
Wheel gearing for Mr Williams at Waltham Abbey
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
"Belidor - Architecture Hydraulique, gearing, 1780"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Bernard Forest De Belidor was born in Catalonia in 1697 and died in Paris in 1761. He became a professor of mathematics at a French artillery school. The book that made his reputation was Nouveau cours de mathématique, a text for artillery cadets and engineers. A second, Le bombardier françois, was for use in combat and contained systematic firing tables. It was with two fuller works, however— La Science des ingénieurs (1729) and Architecture hydraulique (1737–1739)—that Bélidor entered into the science of mechanics proper with a summons to builders to base design and practice on its principles. The first of these treatises was concerned primarily with fortifications, their erection and reduction and the second, Architecture hydraulique, embraced civil constructions. The choice of title was a reflection of the actual prominence of problems involving transport. shipbuilding, waterways, water supply, and ornamental fountains.
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
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