Notes
1 Smeaton to Redmond Morres, promoter of the Grand Canal of Ireland, 12 December 1772. Denis Smith, ‘Professional Practice’ in John Smeaton FRS, edited by A.W Skempton (Thomas Telford: London, 1981), pp. 217–228, at p.226.
2 Calder and Hebble Navigation Minute Book, National Archives ref RAIL 815/4 6 December 1764.