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The Newcomen Society - The International Society for the History of Engineering & Technology

🚨Newcomen Newsletter - Edition 6🚨 - This 1st

🚨Newcomen Newsletter - Edition 6🚨 - This 1st newsletter of 2021 features articles on the decline of coastal sail, the design flair of Margaret Calvert & the 1st four of the Society's Shed Lectures. Also news of the latest Journal, more websites & a fascinating book recommendation ⚙️🔧 (visit website via link in bio) enjoy . . .
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#Engineering #Technology #History #Roadsigns #Design #Whitstable #Sailing #Boats #ZoomLecture #ShedTalks #Learning #CharlesBabbage #WealdenIron #BlueStreak

Newcomen Newsletter - Edition 5 is out! - Read all

Newcomen Newsletter - Edition 5 is out! - Read all about #NuclearPower🏭 in Britain, early steelmaking techniques illustrated on a #TradeUnion Banner👨‍🏭, what happens as #ships🚢 age in relation to the recent Beirut accident + upcoming Zoom Lectures, websites & more. . . enjoy (visit website via link in bio)🚂⚙️🔧🛠️

#Dungeness #NuclearPower #NuclearPowerplant #ThreeMileIsland #advancedgascooledreactor #chernobyl #fukushima #magnox #hinkleypointc #windscale #steelmaking #steel #steelworkersunion @kelhamislandmuseum #blastfurnace @abbeydaleindustrialhamlet #sheffield @industrialarchaeology @steelworkers #beirut #beirutexplosion #beirutblast #ammoniumnitrate #mvrhosus @lloydsregister #britishrail #computerhistory #ibm @nationalrailwaymuseum #coldwar #trains #charlesbabbage #differenceengine

...and to see Grayson Perry’s fantastical Tomb o

...and to see Grayson Perry’s fantastical Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman, a great homage to those who have made all the ‘stuff’. @alanmeasles @britishmuseum

Great to be back @britishmuseum and well done to t

Great to be back @britishmuseum and well done to the staff who have made it possible

#Newsletter 4 has been sent! It includes features

#Newsletter 4 has been sent! It includes features on the #steam powered #tugboat "The Danny" & @LlangollenRailway (both threatened by #Lockdown), the Willcocks Engineering Company and its history of innovation plus #JamesWatt and where his childhood experiments took place.
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There's also more #news, web-links & #books to keep you busy as we emerge from lockdown - enjoy 🚂⚙️🔧🫖🚋
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#engineering #history #clevedon #somerset #microscopes #ventilator #ironlung #weatherballoon #pinkeelephant #flyingsaucer #glasgow #gorbals #scotland @historyscotland @sciencemuseum @heritage_alliance #associationofindependentmuseums @maritime_heritage_alliance @nationalhistoricships @gwruk

The Society's latest #Newsletter has been sent! It

The Society's latest #Newsletter has been sent! It includes features on #Autogyros, the closing of #FiddlersFerry #PowerStation & an extensive overview of the #Cheshire #Saltscape, There's also more web-links & books to keep you busy during lockdown - enjoy! 🌉🔧⚙️🚁⛴️🧂🔌
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Please visit website home page to view all newsletters (link in bio).
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#news #update #engineering #history #radar #chainhome #coal #coalpower #BritishRail #Design #architecture #WomensEngineering #FemaleEngineers #IngeniousWomen #CraneFailure #Stockton #Darlington #Railway #trains #AssociatedOctel @ScienceMuseum

Great day at Crossness Pumping Station to see the

Great day at Crossness Pumping Station to see the steaming in Bazalgette’s temple to sewage treatment #Crossness #Bazalgette #sewagetreatmentplant @thecrossnesset

A future history...obsolescence at the dump today

A future history...obsolescence at the dump today

Great model of Jacquard’s loom that, with its pu

Great model of Jacquard’s loom that, with its punch cards and levers, enabled industrial production of woven textiles. #museedutissuetdesartsdecoratifs #lyon #jacquardsilk #weavingloom

Finally made it to the #Jaquet-Droz automata #neuc

Finally made it to the #Jaquet-Droz automata #neuchatel Musée d’Art et d’histoire. Made in mid 1700s the 3 figures use cams, levers, bellows etc to move their bodies to draw, write and play the piano. Amazing and way ahead of their time

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