George Smart (1757/8–1834)
was a
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inventor, known for the invention of a device to
clean chimneys, called the "scandiscope". He was awarded the
Royal Society of Arts gold medal in 1805
for his invention, due to its potential for stopping the practice of making small children climb inside chimneys to clean them.
References
19th-century British inventors
1834 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
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