CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



PART VI. LIFE OF JOHN SMEATON. 



CHAPTEE I. 



John Smeaton's birth and education Leeds at the beginning of last century 

 Road communications of the neighbourhood Austhorpe Lodge The 

 boy's mechanical amusements Leeds Grammar-school Smeaton's work- 

 shop Hindley's account of his boyish occupations Page 3-9 



CHAPTEE II. 



Placed in an attorney's office Attends the Law Courts in Westminster Hall 

 Learns the trade of mathematical instrument maker Frequents meetings 

 of the Royal Society His mechanical contrivances and inventions His 

 paper on the Natural Powers of Wind and Water to Turn Mills An inde- 

 fatigable student Turns his attention to civil engineering His tour in 

 Holland '. .. .. .. .. 10-14 



CHAPTEE III. 



Dangers of the Eddystone Pock Necessity for a lighthouse Henry Win- 

 stanley His eccentricities Designs and erects the first lighthouse on the 

 Eddystone Is washed away in a storm John Rudyerd Builds the 

 second lighthouse Is destroyed by fire Mr. Smeaton applied to for a 

 design 15-25 



CHAPTEE IV. 



Lord Macclesfield's recommendation of Smeaton as engineer of the new light- 

 house on the Eddystone His investigation of the subject Decides that 

 it must be built of stone The design His journey to Plymouth His 

 visits to the rock Makes a model of the proposed building Mr. Jessop 

 appointed resident engineer, and the excavations commenced Dangers of 

 the work Smeaton narrowly escapes shipwreck Progress of the work 

 Smeaton's courage His carefulness as to details Smeaton on the Hoe 

 The lighthouse finished and the light exhibited Its uses The lights in 

 the English Channel 26-48 



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