CHAPTER IV.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF SMEATON.

Birth of Smeaton--His early Character and Employments--Educated for an attorney--His dislike of that profession--Becomes Philosophical Instrument Maker--His Scientific Inquiries--Is appointed to build the Eddystone Lighthouse--His subsequent Employments--Public Works designed and completed by him--His Literary Works--His last Illness and Death--His Character-- Illustrative Anecdotes 40