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'''George Smart''' (1757/8–1834)<ref name="odnb">{{cite ODNB|id=109692|title=Smart, George|author=Howes, Anton}}</ref> was a [[British people|British]] [[inventor]], known for the invention of a device to [[Chimney sweep|clean chimneys]], called the "scandiscope".<ref>{{cite book |last=Cullingford |first=Benita |title=British Chimney Sweeps: Five Centuries of Chimney Sweeping |publisher=New Amsterdam Books |date=2001 |page=162 |url= https://books.google.de/books?id=3SK_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Royal Society of Arts]] gold medal in 1805<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thersa.org/blog-archive/rsa-blogs/2008/112/chimney-brushes-design-behaviour-and-the-rsa |title=Chimney Brushes, Design, Behaviour and the RSA |last=Young |first=Jamie |publisher=The RSA |date=November 19, 2008 |website=RSA Blog |access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> for his invention, due to its potential for stopping the practice of making small children inside chimneys to clean them. |
'''George Smart''' (1757/8–1834)<ref name="odnb">{{cite ODNB|id=109692|title=Smart, George|author=Howes, Anton}}</ref> was a [[British people|British]] [[inventor]], known for the invention of a device to [[Chimney sweep|clean chimneys]], called the "scandiscope".<ref>{{cite book |last=Cullingford |first=Benita |title=British Chimney Sweeps: Five Centuries of Chimney Sweeping |publisher=New Amsterdam Books |date=2001 |page=162 |url= https://books.google.de/books?id=3SK_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Royal Society of Arts]] gold medal in 1805<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thersa.org/blog-archive/rsa-blogs/2008/112/chimney-brushes-design-behaviour-and-the-rsa |title=Chimney Brushes, Design, Behaviour and the RSA |last=Young |first=Jamie |publisher=The RSA |date=November 19, 2008 |website=RSA Blog |access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> for his invention, due to its potential for stopping the practice of making small children climb inside chimneys to clean them. |
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Revision as of 10:32, 12 June 2020
George Smart (1757/8–1834)[1] was a British inventor, known for the invention of a device to clean chimneys, called the "scandiscope".[2] He was awarded the Royal Society of Arts gold medal in 1805[3] for his invention, due to its potential for stopping the practice of making small children climb inside chimneys to clean them.
References
- ^ Howes, Anton. "Smart, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/109692. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Cullingford, Benita (2001). British Chimney Sweeps: Five Centuries of Chimney Sweeping. New Amsterdam Books. p. 162.
- ^ Young, Jamie (November 19, 2008). "Chimney Brushes, Design, Behaviour and the RSA". RSA Blog. The RSA. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
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