BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Newcomen.com - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.newcomen.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Newcomen.com REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20230904T144007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T160628Z UID:12630-1702490400-1702497600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'RAF Planes that won the Battle of Britain were built on German Machinery' by Dr. Jonathan Aylen DESCRIPTION:Why the Jewish Refugee Engineer\, Ludwig Loewy was crucial to Britain \nRAF planes for the Battle of Britain used new technology for aircraft construction and more powerful engines. Stressed skin monoplanes\, like the Spitfire\, replaced biplanes made of wood\, fabric and wire. But the light alloys used to build the new designs were manufactured on German machinery. Dr Aylen tells the compelling story of Ludwig Loewy\, a refugee Jewish engineer who fled from the Nazis and brought the crucial light-metals technology needed for rearmament from Germany to Britain in 1936.\n \nLoewy Engineering was set up in London in April 1936 and soon won a wide range of orders from the rapidly growing aluminium alloy sector\, as well as for heavy machinery for making tubes for naval warships. This new firm played a key role in Britain's rearmament programme and Second World War production. Ludwig Loewy himself was celebrated as an engineer. The research sheds new light into the careers of refugee engineers who fled from persecution and found new roles in Britain's manufacturing sector.\n \nAbout the Lecturer\nDr Jonathan Aylen has researched aerospace technologies including missile guidance systems and Britain's early atomic bombs. He has also written on innovation in rolling mill technology and on revolutionary computer use at British Rail. This lively presentation draws on his current work on refugee engineers. \nDr Aylen is a visiting researcher at the University of Manchester and a past President of the Newcomen Society. \nSign Up For This Event Here URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/raf-planes-that-won-the-battle-of-britain-were-built-on-german-machinery-by-dr-jonathan-aylen-2/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/23-12-13_RAFPlanesThatWonBattleOfBritain_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20230904T141703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T160418Z UID:12619-1699466400-1699473600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Rochester Bridge in the 19th century: from medieval stone to modern steel' by Sue Threader DESCRIPTION:This event is both an in-person and on-line event. To reserve a spot for either option\, please visit the lecture’s Eventbrite page \nAs the 18th century came to a close and the Industrial Revolution was well-established\, the only river crossing at Rochester was still a narrow stone medieval bridge which had been built in 1393 through charitable donations. In 1792\, the Wardens of the Bridge appointed their first salaried engineer and began a process of modernisation and innovation under the guidance of some of the most important and impressive civil engineers of the day\, including Rennie\, Telford and Sir William Cubitt. By the turn of the 20th century the medieval bridge had been replaced by the substantial and highly-decorated Old Bridge that is still in use as the only road crossing on the A2 from Rochester to Strood today. \nThis lecture will explore the evolution of Rochester Bridge\, a story which reflected much of the wider change going on in the 19th century bridge engineering profession. It will also explain the political and social background to the changes and how the ancient charity which owns and maintains the bridge was also forced to evolve as the demands for efficient road and river traffic grew. \nAbout the Lecturer\nSue Threader is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers with senior-level experience in the public\, private and charity sectors. She is the first woman chief executive of the medieval trust that owns Rochester Bridge\, which is managed with Net Zero Carbon emissions. Sue writes on historic bridge engineering and has appeared on Channel 5 with Rob Bell sharing her expertise. She is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers\, member of the ICE Archives Panel and is the lead editor of a new website celebrating the work of John Rennie. \nSue holds an Honorary Doctorate and an ICE award for outstanding career contribution to civil engineering. She has been a finalist for Charity Chief Executive of the Year three times. \nSign Up For This Event Here URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/rochester-bridge-in-the-19th-century-from-medieval-stone-to-modern-steel-by-sue-threader/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/23-11-08_RochesterBridgeInThe19thCentury_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20230905T093752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T140042Z UID:12653-1697047200-1697054400@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Failure of marine medium speed diesel engines' by Peter Filcek DESCRIPTION:This event replaces the originally planned lecture The Craftsman Engineer and the Industrial Revolution which was cancelled due to health problems and is both an in-person and on-line event. To reserve a spot for either option\, please visit the lecture’s Eventbrite page. \nThe Technical Investigation Department (TID) was founded in 1947 with the purpose of giving “Lloyd’s Register of Shipping a capability to explore marine failures … with a view to improving the Rules”. The basic tenet was “when you can measure what you are speaking about and can express it in numbers\, you know something about it” (Lord Kelvin). \nTID investigated a wide range of failures in the marine industry and some statistics on relative failure occurrences are given. Medium speed diesel engines are the most common power source and failures are therefore perhaps of the widest interest\, especially to the Chief Engineers responsible for operating the machinery\, the Engineer Superintendents and the Underwriters. \nEight failure cases are presented with a wide range of origins: mechanical overload\, fatigue\, crack initiation by rubbing\, bearing failures\, human error and operational problems. The use of metallurgical examination\, fatigue theory and fracture mechanics is described. \nAbout the Lecturer\nPeter Filcek worked for the Technical Investigation Department (TID) of the ship Classification Society\, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping. \nSign Up For This Event Here URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/failure-of-marine-medium-speed-diesel-engines-by-peter-filcek/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/23-10-11_FailureOfMarineDieselEngines_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230510T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230510T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20221113T113850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T100714Z UID:10800-1683741600-1683748800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Refugees from Nazism in the British Clothing Industry' by Anna Nyburg PhD DESCRIPTION:This is a repeat of a highly popular presentation put on at Manchester’s Anthony Burgess Foundation in February \nThis event is both an in-person and on-line event. To reserve a spot for either option\, please visit the lecture’s Eventbrite page. \nThe Lecture will describe the influence of European Immigration\, under the rise of Nazism\, on the Clothing Industry. \nBased on her book The Clothes on our Backs: How Refugees from Nazism revitalised the British Fashion Industry\, in which she considers the trade in pre-war Germany and in particular\, the more modern approach there compared to Britain. The expulsion of Jews and pathways into Britain follows\, and then the wartime production changes. Individual case studies then show the refugees’ wide range of experiences in this country\, but also their contribution to all aspects of the industry from manufacture to display. \nAbout the Presenter\nAnna Nyburg’s PhD in 2009 was in Exile Studies and focused on the refugees from Nazism who transformed art publishing. The doctorate formed the basis of her book Emigres: The Transformation of Art Publishing in Britain. Since then she has published further books on design and related areas\, as well as co-making a film called Refuge Britain: Stories émigré Designers to be shown at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The Clothes on our Backs is her third book. \nNow a trustee of Insiders/Outsiders\, she works on events for their festival. As a committee member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies\, she is organising a conference on the Refugees in Trade and Industry in 2023. \nDr. Nyburg is an Honorary Lecturer in the Centre for Languages\, Culture and Communication at Imperial College London where she taught languages for some 3 decades. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/refugees-from-nazism-in-the-british-clothing-industry-by-anna-nyburg-phd-london/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/23-02-28_RefugeesFromNazismInBritishClothingIndustry_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230412T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230412T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20220801T210805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T081613Z UID:10671-1681322400-1681329600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'On Metrology' by Terry Quinn (CANCELLED - please read) DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, due to the uncertain nature of events in France and particularly in Paris\, our lecturer is unable to travel to give his lecture. This event has therefore been cancelled & will be rescheduled at a later date.\nThis event is both an in-person and on-line event. To reserve a spot for either option\, please visit the lecture’s Eventbrite page. \nTerry Quinn graduated in physics just one year before the great revolution in metrology began with the redefinition of the Metre in terms of the wavelength of light. From antiquity\, practical dimensional measurement standards had all been based upon material artifacts and measurement of time on the rotation of the Earth. All of that changed in 2018 when the base units of the SI were redefined in terms of fixed values of a set of fundamental and atomic constants. In this lecture\, Quinn will explain how practical measurement standards can be obtained from such definitions. \nThe above image shows “Toise du Perou” (the official unit of length in France just before the metric system). This is one of two Toises that were used to decide between two theories for the shape of the Earth – one by Newton in which the earth was flattened at the Poles and one supported in France by Cassini\, who maintained that it is pointed like an upright rugby football. One Toise was taken to Lapland (the Toise du Nord) and one (this one) to Perou where the length on the ground of one degree of latitude was measured. The expeditions lasted some years in the 1740s and\, of course\, the results supported Newton’s theory. (Photo TJQ at the Paris Observatory 2017). \nAbout The Lecturer\nTerry Quinn graduated in Physics from Southampton University in 1959\, moving to Oxford for his D. Phil in what was then the Metallurgy Department. The thesis supervisor was Professor William Hume-Rothery FRS. \nIn 1962\, Quinn joined the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington where he worked on high-temperature measurement and standards. In 1967/68\, Quinn spent a year at the then National Bureau of Standards in Washington\, moving to the BIPM\, Paris in 1977 as Deputy Director\, becoming Director in 1988. He was Lady Margaret Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory\, Cambridge in 1984/84 and retired from the BIPM in 2003. Quinn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/on-metrology-by-terry-quinn-postponed-from-jan-2022/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/23-04-12_Metrology_TerryQuinn_ToiseDuPerou_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230308T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230308T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20220801T205806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230113T114236Z UID:10665-1678298400-1678305600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Edmund Beckett Denison\, the father of Big Ben' by Chris McKay DESCRIPTION:This event is both an in-person and on-line event. To reserve a spot for either option\, please visit the lecture’s Eventbrite page. \nWhen the Old Houses of Parliament burned down in 1844\, the plan was for a magnificent new replacement complete with clock tower. \nFrom the very beginning the clock procurement was fraught with difficulties.  A change happened when George Biddle Airy\, the Astronomer Royal\, was appointed referee for the Great Clock.  He specified that the first blow on the hour bell should be accurate to a second.  London clockmakers said the specification was impossible but Edward John Dent wanted to tender for the clock.  Airy co-opted the help of Edmund Beckett Denison\, a successful lawyer who had been educated in mechanics by a village carpenter. \nDenison wrote a book in 1850 ‘A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks Watches and Bells’.  It was the first easy-reading on clocks.  Denison was a crusty character – if it was not for his determination and faith in himself\, then the Great Clock might still be under construction! \nAbout The Lecturer\nAfter graduating from Sussex University\, Chris McKay spent 23 years in the electronics industry.  Following redundancy\, he fell into teaching technology in schools\, ending up as the head of department in a top prep school.  Following this\, he spent some years restoring turret clocks. \nMcKay has always been interested in turret clocks and his book ‘The Turret Clock Keeper’s Handbook’ explains how to look after the church clock.  ‘The Repair\, Restoration\, Conservation and Preservation of Turret Clocks’ followed to fill a big gap in horological education. \nWhen 13 years old\, McKay found Edmund Beckett Denison’s book on Clocks Watches and Bells and was fascinated by the description of Big Ben.  After many years and much research\, in 2010 Oxford University Press published Chris’s book ‘Big Ben:  The Great Clock and Bells at the Palace of Westminster’. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/edmund-beckett-denison-the-father-of-big-ben-by-chris-mckay/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/23-03-10_EdmundBeckettDenisonTheFatherOfBigBen_ChrisMcKay_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230208T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230208T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20220801T082302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234309Z UID:10653-1675879200-1675886400@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Mechanisation in UK Coal Mining - the Nationalised Years' by Drs Mark Pegg & John Kanefsky DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Crown Copyright (Expired – Pre 01-06-1957) \nThis event is both an in-person and on-line event. To reserve a spot for either option\, please visit the lecture’s Eventbrite page. \nThe rise and fall of the coal industry was one of the key drivers of Britain’s industrial\, technological and economic history over three centuries and more. \nIncreasing mechanisation under the nationalised industry after WW2\, and the managed retreat from large scale coal mining\, presents a fascinating study in the history of engineering and technology. \nDrs Pegg and Kanefsky had ringside seats in the cataclysmic changes in the industry from the late 1970s\, both as researchers and managers.  This presentation focuses on how the previously sluggish mechanisation of mining under private ownership accelerated under state ownership\, and analyses the key economic and technical drivers of increasing capital intensity.  As well as the better known underground mines\, it also looks briefly at how the mechanisation of the opencast sector developed. \nLarge scale coal mining is of course now a thing of the past in the UK\, and seems likely to remain so as geology\, politics and economics combine against any revival\, but is still a huge industry worldwide. \nAbout The Lecturers\nDr Mark Pegg  MA(Oxon) D.Phil Cgr CCMI FCIPD\nMark teaches\, consults and researches on strategy\, leadership and team development. After Oxford University he worked in the UK coal mining industry in deep mines and headquarters where he was the Chairman’s personal assistant researching modern coal mining history. After working as a management consultant\, he became a Director of a Business School and CEO of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education with extensive experience in the UK\, Europe\, Middle East\, Far East and Africa.  Recent clients included Rolls-Royce plc and the UK Senior Civil Service. He is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. \nDr John Kanefsky PhD MBA\nJohn studied and taught at the University of Exeter in the 1970s\, and was awarded his PhD “The Diffusion of Power Technology in British Industry 1760-1870” in 1979. \nHe then joined the National Coal Board\, first as one of the authors of their history of coal mining and co-curator of the COAL art exhibition then\, until privatisation\, in management at national HQ (focusing on capital investment and corporate affairs) and at Opencast HQ where he led on planning and licensing.  He was subsequently at the Coal Authority and thereafter had a varied career in the NHS and educational research before retirement. \nHe is now an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter.  His current research focuses on 18th century steam power and on Devon in the 18th and 19th centuries. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/mechanisation-in-uk-coal-mining-the-nationalised-years-by-mark-pegg-john-kanefsky/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/23-02-08_MechanisationInUKCoalMiningV2_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230111T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230111T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20220801T081530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230103T132905Z UID:10647-1673460000-1673467200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Presidential Address: 'Trying to secure the past' - innovation studies & the evolution of technology by Jonathan Aylen DESCRIPTION:This event is also the Society’s Presidential Address & is both an in-person and on-line event. To reserve a spot for either option\, please visit the lecture’s Eventbrite page. \nTechnical development often follows an evolutionary path.  There may be a variety of solutions to a technical problem. A preferred approach often emerges.  In turn\, this may become a “dominant design”.  Sometimes technology gets locked-in to a preferred solution which may not be the best outcome\, but satisfactory for the time being. Evolution need not produce optimal outcomes. \nThis lecture gives examples of the evolution of technical knowledge\, showing practical engineering solutions adopted by a range of twentieth century technologies.  Evolution of technology is “Lamarckian” rather than “Darwinian” as solutions are directly incorporated into successive generations of a technology. \nThe central problem of an evolutionary approach is the elimination of human agents from the story – those who create the technology and those who guide its adoption.  But evolution does have much to teach us\, for example about selection of new technologies for a low carbon future. \nAbout the Lecturer\nDr Jonathan Aylen is immediate past President of the Newcomen Society who has researched a range of twentieth century technologies including missile guidance systems\, nuclear weapons\, rolling mill design and computer use in steel production and on the railways.  Currently Dr Aylen is a visiting senior research fellow at the University of Manchester. For more info please visit his Newcomen profile Dr. Jonathan Aylen URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/presidential-address-trying-to-secure-the-past-innovation-studies-the-evolution-of-technology-by-jonathan-aylen/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/23-01-11_SecuringThePast_Argus-200-Ferrite-Core-Memory-JA-copyright_1920x1272.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221214T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221214T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20220731T145733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221202T210555Z UID:10632-1671040800-1671048000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:POSTPONED - 'The Vierendeel bridge story' by Bernard Espion DESCRIPTION:DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED \nCHECK BACK LATER FOR RESCHEDULED DATE \nThe bridge’s origins and fate in the introduction of electrical arc welding in Belgium \nThis presentation will trace the history of the application of the girder without diagonals to steel bridges from 1895 onwards\, when the Belgian engineer Arthur Vierendeel (1852-1940) filed a patent for it. Vierendeel then began a long battle\, both in Belgium and abroad\, to promote and impose the use of ‘his’ girder\, which was not really accepted in Belgium – and still very cautiously – until the 1920s. \nThe presentation will also trace the circumstances that led to the massive use of this type of beam by the Administration des Ponts et Chaussées for the construction of some fifty bridges to cross Belgium’s Albert Canal in the years 1933-1938. This was the first time that electric arc welding was used on a massive scale\, without any real hindsight\, to make connections in steel bridges. It led to the collapse without warning of the Hasselt bridge on 13 March 1938\, a date that can be considered as the beginning of another story\, that of the brittle failure. The presentation will also discuss the aftermath of this resounding accident in its scientific and technical dimensions. \nAbout the Lecturer\nBernard Espion is Professor emeritus from the University of Brussels (ULB) where he has taught structural analysis and design for 40 years\, directing the laboratory of civil engineering 2000-2021. He has written numerous construction history papers dealing with heritage structures\, bridges\, reinforced and prestressed concrete structures\, engineers and contractors\, especially in Belgium. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/welded-steel-bridges-by-bernard-espion/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TheVierendeelBridgeStory_BrianEspion_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221109T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221109T203000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20220731T142617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T161634Z UID:10614-1668018600-1668025800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED : 'Newcomen Engine illustrations' by David Perrett DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed due to rail strikes.  \nPlease visit the website at a later date for details on rescheduled event. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/newcomen-engine-illustrations-by-david-perrett/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/22-11-09_NewcomenEngineIllustrations_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221012T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221012T203000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20220731T142924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T075304Z UID:10618-1665599400-1665606600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Learning Through Archaeology: The ROCKET Project' by Michael Bailey DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/rocket-by-michael-bailey/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/22-10-12_TheRocketProject_MichaelBailey_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220511T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220511T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20220508T080653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220731T121446Z UID:10506-1652292000-1652299200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:The Call To Arms (Dickinson Memorial Lecture) by Stephen Furber DESCRIPTION:An in person and online presentation by Professor Stephen Furber\nThe ARM microprocessor dominates the world of mobile and embedded computing with over 200 billion ARM-powered microchips manufactured to date. \nThe origins of the ARM can be traced back to a small UK supplier of desk-top machines\, Acorn Computers Ltd in the early 1980s\, for whose staff the original ARM (then the ‘Acorn RISC Machine’) was a first attempt at designing a microprocessor. \nA lot has changed over the subsequent 40 years\, and today the ARM is used in almost all mobile phones\, the world’s fastest supercomputer\, and many other computing systems including the SpiNNaker brain-modelling computer at the University of Manchester. \nThis lecture is now available to watch in full on the Dickinson Memorial page. \nAbout the Speaker\nProfessor Stephen Furber \nSteve Furber is the ICL Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. He received his B.A. degree in Mathematics in 1974 and his Ph.D. in Aerodynamics in 1980 from the University of Cambridge\, England. From 1981 to 1990 he worked in the hardware development group within the R&D department at Acorn Computers Ltd\, and was a principal designer of the BBC Microcomputer and the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor\, both of which earned Acorn Computers a Queen’s Award for Technology. Upon moving to the University of Manchester in 1990 he established the Amulet research group which has interests in asynchronous logic design and power-efficient computing\, and which merged with the Parallel Architectures and Languages group in 2000 to form the Advanced Processor Technologies group. From 2003 to 2008 the APT group was supported by an EPSRC Portfolio Partnership Award. \nSteve served as Head of the Department of Computer Science in the Victoria University of Manchester from 2001 up to the merger with UMIST in 2004. \nSign Up For This Event Here URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-call-to-arms-dickinson-memorial-lecture-by-stephen-furber/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22-05-11_AcornARM-3UM_939x528.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211208T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211208T190000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20211019T150730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T083233Z UID:8058-1638986400-1638990000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Industrial Steam Power In London 1780 – 1805 DESCRIPTION:An in-person and streamed (Zoom) lecture by Dr. John Kanefsky\nThe role played by London in the classic period of the Industrial revolution (say 1760-1815) has long been a topic of debate among historians of technology. Some have argued that London was unimportant; others that it was a driving force as much as Lancashire or the coalfields. \nThe existence of the huge Boulton and Watt (B&W) archive and the mythology that grew up promoting the firm has led to over-concentration on their output: as recently as 2016 a researcher could write that they had a monopoly of engine building in the capital. This is patently untrue: they were the most important\, but only one of the players in the market for steam engines. \nThis paper examines\, from a wide range of sources\, actual engine numbers built\, as far as they can be ascertained\, and places them in the national context. Moreover\, a survey of steam engines at work in the capital was made by Farey in 1804/5 and published in his famous Treatise in 1827 (see event image). To benchmark this Dr. John Kanefsky‘s online database of Watt and other engines installed up to 1800 has been extended to 1805 for London\, not just for B&W engines but also other makers including Trevithick. The results are instructive and unexpected. \nAttending the Lecture\nIn-Person meeting at the Alan Baxter Gallery\nFor those of you who wish to join us in person\, we will meet from 6:00 pm as usual. \nOnline Meeting\nFor those of you who wish to join us online\, please book via the link below. You will then receive a separate email with a link to access the online event via Zoom on the evening prior to the event. Please note that each link is unique and should not be shared. This link will be available from 6:00 pm and as this is a Zoom Webinar\, whilst you will be able to see and hear the Chairman and Speaker\, they will not be able to see you and you will not be able to see other participants. \nThe Newcomen Society reserves the right to alter the event and its line-up or cancel the event. The Newcomen Society will not be liable for any additional expenses incurred by ticket holders in relation to the event. \nBooking is essential. \nSign Up For This Event Here (Eventbrite) URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/industrial-steam-power-in-london-1780-1805-by-dr-john-kanefsky/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/A_Treatise_on_the_Steam_Engine_1827_Plate_22_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211110T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211110T190000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20211019T150540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T083732Z UID:8056-1636567200-1636570800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:"Industry before the industrial revolution" by Dr Justine Bayley DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/industry-before-the-industrial-revolution-by-dr-justine-bayley/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211019T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211019T200000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20211019T111217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T083939Z UID:8034-1634666400-1634673600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:"Metallurgical Myths and Other Misapprehensions of the Jet Engine and Jet Aircraft Era" by Dr.Fred Starr DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/metallurgical-myths-and-other-misapprehensions-of-the-jet-engine-and-jet-aircraft-era-by-dr-fred-starr/ LOCATION:This is an Online Event CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211013T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211013T190000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20211020T085235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T085235Z UID:8081-1634148000-1634151600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:"A curator at the height of his powers: HW Dickinson\, James Watt\, and the Newcomen Society\, 1919-1930" by Ben Russell DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/a-curator-at-the-height-of-his-powers-hw-dickinson-james-watt-and-the-newcomen-society-1919-1930-by-ben-russell/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200513T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200513T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20200117T152822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T155932Z UID:4261-1589391900-1589391900@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:POSTPONED tbc History of ARM and Trends in AI DESCRIPTION:THE DICKINSON MEMORIAL LECTURE: A presentation by Professor Steve Furber – one of the developers of the Reduced Instruction Set Chip used extensively in your mobile ‘phone discusses the history of ARM and recent trends in Artificial Intelligence URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/history-of-arm-and-trends-in-ai/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:Centenary,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ARMandAIEventImage_1920x1184.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200408T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200408T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20190812T110554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T160527Z UID:3218-1586367900-1586367900@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED Edward Snell DESCRIPTION:LIFE & TIMES OF A YOUNG WEST COUNTRY ENGINEER IN THE 1840s: A presentation by John Cattell (Historic England) URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/edward-snell-the-life-and-times-of-a-young-west-country-engineer-in-the-1840s/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/edwardsnell-geelong_1500x969-edit.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200311T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200311T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20190812T105644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T095212Z UID:3216-1583948700-1583948700@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Joseph von Baader (1763-1835) DESCRIPTION:INSPIRED BY BRITISH INVENTIONS: A presentation by Michael Eckert – \nBavaria offered little incentive for the new industrial age around 1800. Yet – due to the activities of the entrepreneurial scientist Joseph von Baader – the Industrial Revolution became manifest in Bavaria at least marginally in the form of hydraulic machinery\, steam engines\, gas light and other novel technologies. Baader’s innovations were inspired by extended sojourns in Great Britain where he had visited James Watt’s steam engines\, John Wilkinson’s iron works and other industrial sites. \nUnlike the breeding grounds of the Industrial Revolution in England and Scotland\, however\, the Bavarian sites and circumstances for the realization of new technological inventions were unusual. Baader used the transformation of the Nymphenburg castle park in Munich from the Baroque into the then fashionable English landscape garden as an opportunity to install new pumps for powerful fountain jets. \nThe castle park also served him as a proving ground for the demonstration of other new technologies (transportation systems\, steam engines and gas light). The presentation will illustrate Baader’s activities with authentic documents\, drawings\, photographs and videos. The fountains at Nymphenburg are still driven by Baader’s hydraulic machinery which can be observed in operation at the original site. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/inspired-by-british-inventions-joseph-von-baaders-1763-1835-technological-innovations-in-bavaria-from-hydraulic-machinery-to-gas-light/ LOCATION:LONDON Hans Rausing Lecture Theatre\, The Science Museum\, Exhibition Road\, London\, SW7 1AL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Centenary,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/josephvonbaader_1661x1124.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200212T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200212T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20191217T094727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191217T162408Z UID:4129-1581529500-1581529500@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:From Airships to the Space Race (After AGM) DESCRIPTION:SOME WOMEN AND THEIR ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS: (Following the AGM) A presentation by Dr Nina Baker – bringing to life engineering stories with which members may not be so familiar – those of some pioneering women engineers in the past century. From the women who made the first airships and the woman who made her name in their design\, these stories will move onto the multitude of ‘lady boffins’ at the Royal Aircraft Establishment who helped take British aviation from biplanes to the first steps into space. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/from-airships-to-the-space-race/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/WomenInEngineering_1200x903.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200108T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200108T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20190812T103723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T154103Z UID:3212-1578505500-1578505500@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Metallurgical Myths of 18th Century Iron Making DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Richard Williams –  \nA ferrous metallurgist with a doctorate in metallurgical thermodynamics and 10 years’ experience of the foundry industry\, Richard Williams has for the last seven years been studying both the science and the history of the change from charcoal to coke in all the iron making processes of the 18th Century\, the essential pre-requisites for the industrial revolution. During that period our knowledge of the subject has improved significantly.  His updating of ‘myths’ will include (inter alia) the extent of the foundry industry that existed before Darby\, the manner in which a small cold blast coke furnace really worked\, the role of the Newcomen engine in allowing coke iron to be used in the forges for the first time and the real reason why Cort’s puddling process\, as detailed in his patent\, did not work. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/great-metallurgical-myths-of-18th-century-iron-making/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/aalto_university_metallurgical_thermodynamics_en_1380x600-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191211T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191211T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20190812T102729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T154351Z UID:3210-1576086300-1576086300@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Development of Rail: London Docklands DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Jon Willis –  \nLondon Docklands has seen two periods of intensive development. The first period in the early 19th Century saw the creation of the working docks. The second period followed their demise and has spanned the period from the 1980’s to  the present day.  Railways played an important role in serving the working docks from the mid-19th Century onwards and they are now again a vital part of the regeneration process.  \n  \nThe lecture will briefly cover the creation of the docks and the plans for regeneration following their demise. It will cover the early proposals for transport solutions\, the ideas for Underground extensions and the background to the selection of the Initial Docklands Light Railway (DLR). With the sudden massive forecasted increase in employment and population in the late 1980’s\, the lecture will cover the need for the expansion of the DLR\, followed by the Jubilee Line extension and finally Crossrail which will provide a major new strategic service for Docklands. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-development-of-rail-transport-in-london-docklands/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/docklands.jpg_1000x750.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191127T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191127T170000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20190808T161717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T112059Z UID:3158-1574848800-1574874000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Security & Intelligence DESCRIPTION:A CONFERENCE organised by the Defence Electronics History Society and supported by the Newcomen Society\, to coincide with the Science Museum exhibition ‘Top Secret: From Ciphers To Cybersecurity’. \nCost £25.00 \nTo book contact Keith Thrower at: kthrower@waitrose.com URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/security-and-intelligence-conference/ LOCATION:LONDON Smith Centre\, The Science Museum\, Exhibition Road\, London\, SW7 2DD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Visitors-at-Top-Secret-From-ciphers-to-cyber-security-at-the-Science-Museum_917x525.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191113T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191113T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20190812T101826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T154535Z UID:3208-1573667100-1573667100@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:John ‘Longitude’ Harrison DESCRIPTION:WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY ACHIEVE? A presentation by Douglas Bateman –  \nIt is well known that John Harrison’s watch was the first to demonstrate that longitude could be determined at sea with the aid of a time-piece. Much has been written about his clocks and the watch\, with the emphasis on the ‘story’. However\, many writers ignore the importance of other workers and astronomers\, and reluctantly mention that Harrison’s watch was completely uneconomic. Doug Bateman outlines the problem of accurate timekeeping and its potential solutions\, through to the appearance of the box chronometer. The lecture mentions the Sheffield clockmaker\, Benjamin Huntsman\, who turned to developing crucible steel; the huge significance of Ramsden and his sextants; and Nevil Maskelyne\, the Astronomer Royal\, who helped to assess the watch\, and pioneered the publication of the Nautical Almanac. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/john-longitude-harrison-what-did-he-actually-achieve/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/JohnLongitudeHarrison_1224x800.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191009T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191009T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20190812T100232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190930T092304Z UID:3206-1570643100-1570643100@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Managing Naples’ Water Supply 1500-1750 DESCRIPTION:COOL AND TASTY WATERS? – A presentation by Professor David Gentilcore \nThe water supply of early modern Naples was consistently praised by contemporaries for its quantity\, quality and accessibility. This praise may come as some surprise to those who know Naples and its more recent history\, when the safety of its water supply was frequently called into question. Studies on the management of the water supply in early modern Naples are sorely lacking\, despite growing interest in the subject at both an Italian and European level. \nThis paper attempts to fills this gap. It outlines and evaluates the Neapolitan water supply as it existed in the period when the city\, capital of the Kingdom of Naples\, was governed by Spanish viceroys\, based on archival records and published sources. It focuses on water availability and accessibility\, by examining the hydraulic structure and its management\, as well as the technicians and trades involved in its execution\, maintenance and delivery\, before turning to questions of water quality\, by analysing contemporary attitudes and perceptions. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/cool-and-tasty-waters-managing-naples-water-supply-1500-1750/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/naples_1500x953.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190510T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190511T170000 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20190330T195721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190506T063302Z UID:2958-1557482400-1557594000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:The Changing Role of Consultants in Industry 1850–2000 DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers & Workshop in Oxford on 10-11 May 2019\nOrganisation of the Workshop\nThe workshop will be based on pre-circulated papers of approximately 5\,000 words and a selection of workshop contributions will be published in an edited volume. \nThe organisers are: Peter Reed (Independent Researcher)\, Jonathan Aylen (University of Manchester and the Newcomen Society) and Viviane Quirke (Oxford Brookes University). \nPlease contact Jonathan Aylen on Jonathan.Aylen@manchester.ac.uk for further information. \n\nConsultants – A Neglected Group\nConsultants have been neglected by historians of engineering and technology. They are one professional group that is overlooked when discussing innovations. With few exceptions\, only passing reference is made to their background and training\, the circumstances of their engagement\, the nature of the work and its success. \nYet it is clear that consultants were often a key resource in knowledge management for firms\, especially in emerging sectors making the transition from craft-based traditions to use of scientific knowledge. \nAs the modern corporation arose during the late 19th century\, firms faced a growing problem of managing knowledge. They set up in-house laboratories and began to develop R&D programmes. But\, at the same time\, consultants played a key role in spreading new technologies across firms\, improving operating practices within factories\, establishing standards and helping develop key supply industries. \nA Widely Supported Conference\nTo help explore these issues\, the Newcomen Society has agreed to support a Conference in 2019 on the “Changing Role of Consultants in Industry\, 1850 to 2000. Other supporters include: the British Society for the History of Science\, Oxford Brookes University and the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. The Workshop is to held in Oxford on 10th  & 11th May 2019. The Society would welcome papers on a range of issues. \nThis workshop will address the role of consultants in various industrial sectors across Europe and in the United States\, and attempt to establish evidence on who the consultants were\, the market for consultants and their impact. Questions that arise include: \nWho are the consultants? Studies of individuals or consultancy firms which illustrate the role of consultants.\nShifting definitions of consultants over time: how has this changed and how has the profession evolved? \nWhat of the emergence of professional service firms and process plant contractors who bundle consultancy with the supply of design\, plant or buildings\, commissioning\, training and start-up? \nHow Did Someone Become A Consultant?\nWhat gave consultants the expertise (and standing) to undertake such work? What networks did consultants operate in to sustain their work? What levels of remuneration were available? \nThe Market For Consultants\nWho employed consultants? What are the challenges for a business in defining a consultant’s project? How readily is the consultant’s report utilised by the business? What kind of consultancy work was undertaken? Did it vary over time? At what point was the consultant’s work taken inside the business? Did any conflicts arise? If so\, how were they resolved? To what extent were patents involved? What about the use of industrial consultants by banks\, stockholders\, financiers and/or government departments or agencies to evaluate capital schemes and projects? \nThe Impact Of Consultants\nHow did consultants contribute to innovation and diffusion of technology? What types of knowledge were transferred? What was their relationship to formal in-house R&D – complement or substitute? Has their influence shifted over time? How has their technical advice influenced government industrial policies? \nThe workshop is supported by grants from the British Society for the History of Science\, The Newcomen Society\, Oxford Brookes University and the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-changing-role-of-consultants-in-industry-1850-2000/ LOCATION:OXFORD Maison Française d’Oxford\, 2-10 Norham Road\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX2 6SE CATEGORIES:Ireland,UK - London Branch,UK - Midlands Branch,UK - North East Branch,UK - North Western Branch,UK - Scottish Branch,UK - South Yorkshire Branch,UK - Southern Branch,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EventImage_Consultants_1_1440x600.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Midland Branch":MAILTO:midlands@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190508T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190508T194500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20180828T104640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190223T163447Z UID:2273-1557337500-1557344700@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:William Fairbairn – The Experimental Engineer DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Richard Byrom: William Fairbairn – the Experimental Engineer URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/william-fairbairn-experimental-engineer/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WilliamFairbairn_TheExperimentalEngineer_960x540.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190410T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190410T194500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20180828T102230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190223T155945Z UID:2265-1554918300-1554925500@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:From Peenemunde to Dortmund via Korea: A history of the Corporal Missile DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Simon Jump: From Peenemunde to Dortmund via Korea: A history of the Corporal Missile. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/from-peenemunde-to-dortmund-via-korea-a-history-of-the-corporal-missile/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MGM-5_CorporalNuclearMissile_1024x576.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190313T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190313T174500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20180828T094821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T234956Z UID:2254-1552499100-1552499100@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:W J Macquorn Rankine’s early years DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Ben Marsden: W J Macquorn Rankine’s early years. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/w-j-macquorn-rankines-early-years/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ProfessorWJMacquornRankine_1820–1872_960x541.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190213T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190213T194500 DTSTAMP:20260709T114433 CREATED:20180828T090546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T231305Z UID:2242-1550079900-1550087100@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:The Presidential Address DESCRIPTION:The Presidential Address by Robert Taylor. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/presidential-address-london/ LOCATION:LONDON Dana Centre\, Wellcome Wolfson Building\, 165 Queen's Gate\, Kensington\, London\, SW7 5HD CATEGORIES:UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Newcomen_Logo_Colour_1080x608-v2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR