The English civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792) transformed the handicraft of engineering into a profession by applying experimental science to architectural and mechanical problems. John Smeaton was born on June 8, 1724, at Austhorpe in Yorkshire....

John Smeaton, like so many of his contemporaries, made a name for himself in several fields. He can best be described as a professional inventor. Considered to be the founder of instrument making in Britain, he is best remembered for his work as a...

John Smeaton was one of the first great British civil engineers, the first to use the title "Civil Engineer" (seeing himself as a professional ranking alongside doctors and lawyers), and the first to achieve distinction as an engineering scientist....

1724-1792 Scottish-English Inventor John Smeaton's impact on civil engineering in eighteenth-century England was so significant that the Institute of Civil Engineers—of which Smeaton had been a founding member in 1771—changed its...

John Smeaton, FRS, (June 8, 1724 – October 28, 1792) was a civil engineer – often regarded as the "father of civil engineering" – responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a more than capable...

British officials intensified the hunt Sunday for what they called an al-Qaida-linked network behind three attempted terrorist attacks, announcing a fifth arrest and conducting pinpoint raids across a country on its highest level of alert.Prime Minister Gordon Brown said "it is clear that we are...

When two doctors crashed a Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow's Airport and then set it on fire in a desperate attempt to ignite crude bombs it was clear to a policeman on the scene that they were on a suicide mission."They did not have a plan...

British officials intensified the hunt Sunday for what they called an al-Qaida-linked network behind three attempted terrorist attacks, announcing a fifth arrest and conducting pinpoint raids across a country on its highest level of alert.Prime Minister Gordon Brown said "it is clear that we are...

When two doctors crashed a Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow's Airport and then set it on fire in a desperate attempt to ignite crude bombs it was clear to a policeman on the scene that they were on a suicide mission."They did not have a plan...