George Smart (inventor)

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George Smart (1757/8–1834){{cite ODNB|id=109692|title=Smart, George|author=Howes, Anton}} was a British inventor, known for the invention of a device to clean chimneys, called the "scandiscope".{{cite book |last=Cullingford |first=Benita |title=British Chimney Sweeps: Five Centuries of Chimney Sweeping |publisher=New Amsterdam Books |date=2001 |page=162 |isbn=9781461663256 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3SK_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162}} He was awarded the Royal Society of Arts gold medal in 1805{{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}} for his invention, due to its potential for stopping the practice of making small children climb inside chimneys to clean them.