George Smart (1757/8–1834)
was a
British inventor
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, known for the invention of a device to
clean chimneys, called the "scandiscope". He was awarded the
Royal Society of Arts
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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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