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Evening meetings
Evening meetings take place in London (see below), and in Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Portsmouth, Bristol and Edinburgh / Glasgow. At these meetings, a speaker will present a paper on a topic of interest, after which there is an opportunity to join a general discussion, and to meet with other members over supper.
Meetings in London
These are generally held on the second Wednesday of the month, at 5.45 pm in the Fellows' Room of the Science Museum in South Kensington (see our useful map). Visitors are welcome and admission is free. Meetings are generally followed by informal meal at a local restaurant or, where indicated, a simple buffet supper at the Museum (for those who book and pay in advance only).
Non-members of the society are welcome to attend the meetings and there is no need to book in advance.
Programme of meetings 2007 - 2008
| Wed 10 October 2007 |
Designing the Alexandria to Cairo Canal
by Raymond Le Mesurier-Foster ABSTRACT
There will be a cash bar for all after the Lecture, and for those who book and pay ahead only, a simple buffet supper. |
| Wed 14 November 2007 | King of the Irish Railways: Sir John Macneill (1793-1880) by Dr Peter Geraghty ABSTRACT |
| Wed 12 December 2007 | Sir John Anderson, Superintendent of Machinery at the Royal Arsenal, 1842-72 by Gwilym Roberts ABSTRACT |
| Wed 09 January 2008 | Annual General Meeting followed by: Control Freaks and how they do it – Programmable Logic Controllers by John Pitwood ABSTRACT |
| Wed 13 February 2008 | The Quest for Thermodynamic Efficiency: Atkinson Cycle Machines versus Otto Cycle Machines by Dr Ed Marshall (Member) ABSTRACT |
| Wed 12 March 2008 | Mechanizing English Cotton Textile Production in the 18th Century by Patrick O'Brien ABSTRACT |
| Wed 9 April 2008 | The Quest for Mechanical Power in the 17th Century by Peter Stokes ABSTRACT |
| Wed 14 May 2008 | Presidential Address:
Days at the Factories
by Professor David Perrett
There will be a cash bar for all after the Lecture, and for those who book and pay ahead only, a simple buffet supper. |
Meetings resume in October 2008
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