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DescriptionSmeaton dovetailing.jpg
English: A cross-section of the Eddystone lighthouse, designed by John Smeaton, off Plymouth in England, showing the innovative dovetail design to resist the force of the sea.
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Lives of the Engineers, vol 2. p145
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Samuel Smiles
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