Contact Newcomen

office@newcomen.comIn the first instance all enquiries should be directed to Administrator. Regional enquiries can be sent direct via the details listed below.

Newcomen Main Office

The Administrator:

Miss Sarah Jane Stagg
The Newcomen Society
The Science Museum
London SW7 2DD
Tel/Fax +44 (0)20 7371 4445
Email: office@newcomen.com

Editors: 

International Journal:   Jonathan Aylen (Acting): editor.journal@newcomen.com

Newcomen Links:           Deborah Jaffé: editor.links@newcomen.com

Book Reviews:                 book.reviews@newcomen.com

Membership:

Membership Secretary: Dan Hayton: membership@newcomen.com

 

London Meetings

Secretary : Julia Elton: office@newcomen.com

Regional Newcomen

Newcomen Midlands Hon Secretary: Jim Ranahan
midlands@newcomen.com
Newcomen North East
 Hon Secretary: David Crockit
north.eastern@newcomen.com
Newcomen North West Hon Secretary: Robert Steeds
north.western@newcomen.com
Newcomen Western
 Hon Secretary: Bryan Lawton
western@newcomen.com
Newcomen Southern
 Acting Hon Secretary: Roger Davies
southern@newcomen.com
Newcomen Scotland
 Acting Hon Secretary: TBC
scotland@newcomen.com

Newcomen S Yorkshire   Hon Secretary: Dr John Suter

meetings.syorks@newcomen.com

  • Forthcoming Events

    Oct
    18
    Thu
    2018
    7:30 pm Surveying the UK’s oldest comple... @ BRISTOL BAWA
    Surveying the UK’s oldest comple... @ BRISTOL BAWA
    Oct 18 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    A lecture by David Hardwick: Surveying the UK’s oldest complete Newcomen Engine House, Brislington, 1740
    Oct
    20
    Sat
    2018
    10:45 am Symposium: The White Salt Indust... @ NORTHWICH The Lion Salt Works Museum
    Symposium: The White Salt Indust... @ NORTHWICH The Lion Salt Works Museum
    Oct 20 @ 10:45 am – 6:45 pm
    The symposium on the technologies associated with White Salt, organised by the NewcomenNorth, will take place at The Lion Salt Works Museum outside Northwich on 20 October. Cheshire salt was known to the Celts and[...]
    Oct
    22
    Mon
    2018
    6:30 pm A History of Metal Fatigue @ SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum
    A History of Metal Fatigue @ SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum
    Oct 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm
    A lecture by Professor Roderick A Smith: A history of metal fatigue and the development of an understanding of what it is and why it still causes problems
    Oct
    30
    Tue
    2018
    6:30 pm Vulcan to the Sky – the legendar... @ MANCHESTER Renold Building, University of Manchester
    Vulcan to the Sky – the legendar... @ MANCHESTER Renold Building, University of Manchester
    Oct 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    A lecture by Dr Robert Plemming. The Renold Building is entered from Altrincham Street, close to Piccadilly Railway station taxi exit and Tram Stop.  There is a multi-storey car park on Charles Street with a pedestrian[...]
    Nov
    7
    Wed
    2018
    7:00 pm Development of the Engineering D... @ BIRMINGHAM ThinkTank, Birmingham Science Museum,
    Development of the Engineering D... @ BIRMINGHAM ThinkTank, Birmingham Science Museum,
    Nov 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    A lecture by Ivor Lewis
    Nov
    13
    Tue
    2018
    2:00 pm The Presidential Address @ NEWCASTLE Discovery Museum
    The Presidential Address @ NEWCASTLE Discovery Museum
    Nov 13 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    The Presidential Address, a lecture by Robert Taylor President, The Newcomen Society Note: This meeting is at present provisional – yet to be confirmed

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    14 Oct

    Booking still open for The White Salt Industry @NewcomenSoc symposium 20 Oct #Northwich tkts @eventbrite or https://t.co/6CzOcCoJt7 #saltindustry #salt

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    14 Oct

    Operator Agnes Dewar connected the last call on the last UK manual telephone exchange on Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland #OTD 1976. The UK public telephone network was now entirely automatic for the first time, 100 years after the phone was first invented.

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    Great film... #FirstMan Neil Armstrong,#NASA & the moon. Go see #NeilArmstrong #moon

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