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Smeaton

American  
[smeet-n] / ˈsmit n /

noun

  1. John, 1724–92, English engineer.


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This was a more grandiose backdrop: the Smeaton Room, with its chandeliers and portraits.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2024

The Anthology helped renew worldwide obsession in a band that had hardly been forgotten and brought Wonfor and co-director Bob Smeaton a Grammy in 1997 for best long form music video.

From Seattle Times Nov. 22, 2022

As the WSJ notes, Roku also acquired the rights to Children Ruin Everything, a comedy series produced by Schitt’s Creek producer Kurt Smeaton, and is planning to add it to the platform in 2022.

From The Verge Nov. 22, 2021

John Smeaton was a lighthouse designer, and a Leodensian means someone from Leeds.

From The Guardian May 18, 2020

Yet it was not until the middle of the eighteenth century that Smeaton and Watt both used models to work out how to transform the efficiency of powered machinery.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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