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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, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
↑ Cullingford, Benita (2001). British Chimney Sweeps: Five Centuries of Chimney Sweeping. New Amsterdam Books. p. 162. ISBN 9781461663256.
↑ Young, Jamie (19 November 2008). "Chimney Brushes, Design, Behaviour and the RSA". RSA Blog. The RSA. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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[odnb-1] Howes, Anton. "Smart, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/109692. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

[2] Cullingford, Benita (2001). British Chimney Sweeps: Five Centuries of Chimney Sweeping. New Amsterdam Books. p. 162. ISBN 9781461663256.

[3] Young, Jamie (19 November 2008). "Chimney Brushes, Design, Behaviour and the RSA". RSA Blog. The RSA. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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