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Smeaton

American  
[smeet-n] / ˈsmit n /

noun

  1. John, 1724–92, English engineer.


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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

The project is inspired by civil engineer John Smeaton who built a 72ft-high lighthouse on Eddystone rocks near Plymouth in 1759.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2018

A taxi driver, Alex McIlveen, and a baggage handler, John Smeaton, were both on the scene before me, as were a couple of others.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2017

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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