A miscellany

The Newcomen Society
for the study of the history of engineering and technology

lighthouses, bell-founding, organ building, balloons, windmills

From our Transactions

A miscellany of interesting papers that can be purchased on the Internet from our on-line archive:

Volume	Vol. Year	Title	Author
15	1934-35	The Origin of the Vacuum Cleaner	Booth, H C
27	1949-51	The History of the Manufacture of Pencils	Voice, E H
28	1951-53	The Macintosh: the Paternity of an Invention	Schurer, H
56	1984-85	Roman Methods of Transporting and Erecting Obelisks	Lewis, M J T
71:1	1999-00	The Technologies of the Incas and their Origins	Fletcher, A P

2	1921-22	An Engineer's Sketch-book of the 18th Century	Dickinson, H W
3	1922-23	Indian Cotton Prints and Paintings of the 17th and 18th Centuries	Baker, G P
5	1924-25	Notes on Original Models of the Eddystone Lighthouses	Rowatt, T
5	1924-25	Gun-making Handicrafts	Greener, C E
6	1925-26	Ironmaking in the Forest of Dean	Jenkins, R
6	1925-26	The History of Copper Ruby Glass	Knowles, J A
6	1925-26	Some Unusual American Spinning Wheels	Daniloff, S
8	1927-28	Development of the Organ	Anderson, E W
9	1928-29	Prehistoric Agriculture in Britain	Curwen, E C
10	1929-30	German Wild-Fire Trials at Oxford 1438	Hulme, E W
10	1929-30	The Art of Water Drawing	Jenkins, R
10	1929-30	Bell-Founding	Hughes, A A
11	1930-31	Fire Extinguishing Engines in England, 1625-1725	Jenkins, R
11	1930-31	The 16th Century Chain Pump at Hampton Court	Zimmer, G F
12	1931-32	Men of Straw: An Account of Surviving Straw Handicraft	Hennell, T B
12	1931-32	Early Cloth Fulling and its Machinery	Scott, E K
13	1932-33	Motor Omnibuses a Century Ago	Marshall, C F D
14	1933-34	The Early History of Magnetism	Kramer, J B
15	1934-35	The Origin of the Vacuum Cleaner	Booth, H C
15	1934-35	The Cruquius Engine and its History	Bootsgezel, J J
15	1934-35	Gallic Fortification in Caesar's Time	Hulme, E W
15	1934-35	Donkin's Pantograph Engraving Machine with Rose Engine	Henshaw, D M
15	1934-35	The Origin of the Vacuum Cleaner	Booth, H C
15	1934-35	The Hollow Sword Blade Company and Sword Making at Shotley Bridge	Jenkins, R
15	1934-35	Patent Practices in the 18th Century: Diary of Samuel Taylor, Threadmaker and Inventor, 1722-23	Gomme, A A
16	1935-36	Preparation of Woad in England	Clark, H O & Wailes, R
16	1935-36	The Lincoln Car	Gray, C R
18	1937-38	History of Vitriol Manufacture in England	Dickinson, H W
19	1938-39	London Bridge Waterworks after the Great Fire of 1666	Reddaway, T F
21	1940-41	A History of Early Needle-Making	White, G
22	1941-42	Origin and Manufacture of Wood Screws	Dickinson, H W
22	1941-42	Development of Mechanisms in Ancient China	Chatley, H
23	1942-43	A Condensed History of Rope-Making	Dickinson, H W
23	1942-43	Some Pioneers of Refrigeration	Smith, E C
24	1943-45	The Chapman Papers: a Note on the Hansom Cab	Young, W A & Gomme, A A
25	1945-47	The Thermostat or Heat Governor: an outline of its history	Ramsey, A R J
25	1945-47	Watford and Paper Making	Burt, L N
25	1945-47	Development of the Bessemer Process in Lancashire	Lord, W M
25	1945-47	The Pre-History of the Hammer	Coghlan, H H
26	1947-49	Early History of Patents for Invention	Frumkin, M
27	1949-51	The History of the Manufacture of Pencils	Voice, E H
28	1951-53	The Macintosh: the Paternity of an Invention	Schurer, H
28	1951-53	The Earl of Dudley's Level New Furnaces	Hoskison, T M
28	1951-53	The History of Diamond Polishing	Grodzinski, P
29	1953-55	New Light on Ancient Turret Clocks	Howgrave-Graham, R P
29	1953-55	Far Eastern Engineering	Chatley, H
29	1953-55	The Taylors of Southampton: their Ships' Blocks, Circular Saw and Ships' Pumps	Dickinson, H W
30	1955-57	Observations on the History of Water Power	Stowers, A
30	1955-57	The Continental Origins of the Man-Engine, and its development in Cornwall and the Isle of Man	Tew, D H
31	1957-59	Land Measurement in the 16th Century	Chilton, D
31	1957-59	Landmarks in the History of Weighing and Measuring	Davison, C St B
34	1961-62	The Early History of Portland Cement	Halstead, P E
35	1962-63	The Birth of Viscose Rayon	Beer, E J
35	1962-63	Heavy Goods Handling prior to the nineteenth century	Taylor, F R F
35	1962-63	The Lunar Society: Its Membership and Organisation	Robinson, E
36	1963-64	China and the Invention of the Pound Lock	Needham, J
38	1965-66	Origins of the Canning Industry	Bell, R A
39	1966-67	Farming Systems and Society. A Historical Survey	Fussell, G E
44	1971-72	Early Gunfounding in England and Wales	Jenkins, R
46	1973-74	The Small Country Gasworks	Wilson, G B L
52	1980-81	Industrial History Through Film	Hills, R L
53	1981-82	Tanning - Man's First Manufacturing Industry?	Thomson, R S
54	1982-83	A Solar Powered Stirling Engine	Harley, B
56	1984-85	Roman Methods of Transporting and Erecting Obelisks	Lewis, M J T
57	1985-86	Travelling in Comfort	Billington, N S
60	1988-89	The Horse Engine in the 19th Century	Major, J K
60	1988-89	Blast: From Blowpipe to Blowing Engine	McNeil, I
62	1990-91	The Engineering of the Organ	McKirdy, A
64	1992-93	Bioengineering in Britain 1950-1965	Bud, R
64	1992-93	Towards the Perfect Screw Thread	Brooks, R C
65	1993-94	British Tunnelling Machines in the First World War	Varley, P M
65	1993-94	The Tracked Hovercraft Project	Bailey, M R
65	1993-94	London Lifts and Hydraulic Power	Turvey, R
66	1994-95	'And now the weather'	Williamson, M
66	1994-95	Pneumatic Tube Communication Systems in London	Clow, D G
68	1996-97	Monastic Multinationals: The Cistercians and Other Monks as Engineers	Evans, F T
68	1996-97	The Dresden Haidebahn and the Early Development of Trolleybuses	Dittmann, F
69:1	1997-98	Hydrogen Peroxide for Power and Propulsion	Stokes, P R
70:1	1998-99	Edward Wright and his Perspective Glass: A Surveying Puzzle of the Early 17th Century	Smith, N A F
71:1	1999-00	The Technologies of the Incas and their Origins	Fletcher, A P
71:1	1999-00	The Development of Cash Handling Systems for Shops and Department Stores	Liffen, J
71:1	1999-00	The Lewis Chemical Works: A Peat Distillation Venture of the 1860's	Crabbe, D
71:1	1999-00	Aspects of the Early History of Cybernetics in Germany	Dittmann, F
71:2	1999-00	A Hidden Pitfall in the Path of Prewar Japanese Military Technology	Matsumoto, M
76:1	2004-05	A History of the Sewing Machine to 1880	Gregory, J M
77:1	2005-06	Ink Reservoir Writing Instruments 1905-2005	Roe, G E et al

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