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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240516T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240516T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20240430T105128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T105303Z UID:14984-1715887800-1715893200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Reflected Glory - From Coal Fires to Parabolic Reflectors' by Julia Elton DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ONLINE – Please click this Zoom link 10 mins before event to join us. \nThe development of an effective lighting system by the British Lighthouse Service in the 18th and early 19th centuries \nLighthouses were built to contain lights to guide mariners past dangerous rocks and currents. This being so\, it is all the more surprising that almost none of the dozens of books on lighthouses pay any attention to the lights. \nAlthough there have been some studies on the Fresnel refracting lens\, including one by the present speaker\, the earlier system of catoptric lights has been almost entirely overlooked. The catoptric system combined parabolic reflectors\, which project a powerful parallel beam\, with the smokeless Argand lamp. This technology represented the first application of science to lighthouse illumination and was introduced in the mid-1750s. \nThis lecture will look at the steps taken to develop an effective system\, which was easy to maintain and continued in use long after the introduction of the Fresnel lens. The subject forms the subject of Julia’s PhD thesis and she will reveal new facts and insights about this previously unstudied period. \nAbout the Speaker\nJulia Elton read Music and Icelandic at Leeds University before training as an antiquarian book dealer at B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd. She went on to run her own business\, Elton Engineering Books\, the only firm to specialize exclusively in the history of engineering. \nJulia has written and lectured widely on historic engineers and engineering and is now reading for a PhD at UCL on the history of lighthouses. She is a long-standing member of the Institution of Structural Engineers History Study Group and a past president of the Newcomen Society. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/reflected-glory-from-coal-fires-to-parabolic-reflectors-by-julia-elton/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24-05-16_ReflectedGloryFromCoalFirestoParabolicReflectors_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - North Western Branch":MAILTO:catherine.casson@manchester.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20240402T113314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T081221Z UID:14719-1713468600-1713474000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'The Closed Cycle Gas Turbine' by Dr Fred Starr DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ONLINE – Please click this Zoom Link 10 mins before event to join us (to be added). \nThis talk is about the Closed Cycle Gas Turbine but Dr Fred Starr will also discuss the CCGT or Combined Cycle Gas Turbine\, which supplies up to 65% of Britain's electrical power when the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining. In actual fact\, in the section of British R&D\, in which he worked\, the Closed Cycle Gas Turbine project was deliberately set up to compete with early forms of the CCGT. The Closed Cycle Gas Turbine uses pressurised air\, helium or argon\, in a sort of continuous closed loop. It uses a complex and efficient thermodynamic cycle\, giving a potential advantage over aero-derived and industrial gas turbines. \nThe closed cycle was invented in Switzerland in the 1930s\, at Escher Whyss AG. But another Swiss company\, Brown Boveri AG\, had twenty years experience in the development of the gas turbine for industrial use. Its efforts culminated in the world's first industrial gas turbine at Neuchatel in 1939. There was obviously a flow of information between the two companies\, even though they were in competition. \nThe principal advantage of the Closed Cycle Gas Turbine is that it can use coal or heavy oil\, an impossibility with normal gas turbines. In the post war era\, a number of units were built in countries that had good coal supplies but were short of oil\, and where district heating was common. There was sporadic interest in Britain using peat as a fuel and waste heat from a gas works and some blue skies thinking with the closed cycle in nuclear powered aircraft. The big shortcoming of the closed cycle was that improvements in efficiency demanded a "heater" with tubing that had more high temperature strength and better resistance to corrosion from coal and heavy oil ash. In consequence\, interest died\, apart from a German led programme using a pebble bed high temperature nuclear reactor. \nThe British Gas effort\, around 1990\, was built around the realisation that a new range of "mechanically alloyed" high temperature steels had been developed\, and that natural gas\, when burnt\, does not produce a corrosive ash. Dr Fred Starr "sold" the idea of a high temperature closed cycle to his Assistant Director\, GH Gibson and was told to get on and build a "demonstrator". This was to test out this new high temperature heater\, and incorporate all the salient features of a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine. There will be a brief run through of pictures of the installation. \nReal advances in the nuclear field will come from concepts like the Molten Salt and Molten Lead Reactors. If these were to come about\, the Closed Cycle Gas Turbine fits in very well with these sources of high temperature heat. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr Fred Starr graduated as Metallurgist from Battersea College (now the University of Surrey) in 1966. After a short period\, training to be a shift engineer on a steam reforming plant at Hitchin\, he joined British Gas\, London Research Station\, in Fulham where he remained for 30 years. Initially he did failure investigation on steam reforming plants\, some of which included visits to the sites at Breakwater\, Plymouth\, and Seabank\, Bristol. In this respect\, a big regret was not knowing that the Newcomen Society used to meet at the Science Museum\, just up the road from where he worked in Fulham. \nMuch of Fred’s time at London Research was spent on materials for high temperature gasifiers. When this work terminated\, he came up with novel ideas for generating electricity using natural gas. This included the concept of incorporating a Stirling Engine within a gas boiler\, and the Closed Cycle Gas Turbine project. His deep interest in aircraft and aircraft engines and background in steam reforming were key to the success of the Closed Cycle Gas Turbine “demonstrator”. Privatisation killed real R&D\, and he left British Gas in 1996. Fred’s most important job after leaving British Gas was with the EU’s Joint Research Centre in the Netherlands\, where he did the basic design for a HYPOGEN plant making hydrogen from coal. Despite this\, he is extremely cynical about the hydrogen economy. \nFormally “retiring” in 2007\, Fred became an active member of the Newcomen Society. With the help of Bryan Lawton\, John Anning and Ed Marshall he got the Society to put on a conference on The Piston Engine Revolution (the development of the IC engine). Later on\, he came up with the Swords into Ploughshares conference (how WWI transformed British Engineering). URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-closed-cycle-gas-turbine-by-dr-fred-starr/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24-04-18_TheClosedCycleGasTurbine_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20240312T094221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240312T110057Z UID:13558-1710444600-1710450000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Brunel's Swivel Bridge & Severn Tunnel’s Other Pumping Station' by Geoff Wallis & David Hardwick DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ONLINE – Please click this Zoom link 10 mins before event to join us. \nThis is a joint meeting with the Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society \nTwo short talks: \nUPDATE on Brunel's Swivel Bridge (AKA BOB- Brunel's Other Bridge)\nSpeaker – Geoff Wallis\nIn 2022\, The Newcomen Society's published volume 92 of " The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology" which was an edition focusing on this bridge regarding its history\, technical significance and the work that was being undertaken to preserve it. BIAS Newsletters have have also contained updates and information on progress on this important project. This talk will pull together recent developments and the latest regarding works undertaken and the options for preservation. \nThe Severn Tunnel's Other Pumping Station\nSpeaker – David Hardwick\nThe Severn Rail Tunnel and the pumping engines at Sudbrook have been the subject of various articles\, talks and publications. As well as a general overview\, this talk considers the lesser known pumping station on the opposite bank of the river. Very little has been written about this. The speaker recently obtained a number of historic images and this talk is intended as a discussion starter regarding what else might be available. \nAbout the Speakers\nDavid Hardwick is a Chartered Building Surveyor with over 35 years' experience\, mostly relating to historic properties. His Master's degree\, in Historical Archaeology of the Modern World from Bristol University\, reflects his passion for industrial heritage. He is a founder member of the South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group and a member of several other mining and industrial heritage organisations\, including the Newcomen Society for which he is currently both a trustee and the Western Region Chairman. David runs his own design and surveying consultancy\, specialising in building recording and analysis\, with an emphasis on historic buildings. He also provides trainings and lectures both locally and nationally at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels on heritage topics as well as building defects and construction technology\, both modern and historic. He is currently actively researching early engine house construction and the Celestine mining industry. \nGeoff Wallis is one of the founders and past managing directors of Dorothea Restoration Engineers Ltd\, the UK's foremost conservators of architectural & structural metalwork\, traditional mills and historic machinery. He is a Past President of the Newcomen Society and the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society\, Course Leader of the Architectural & Structural Metalwork Conservation course at West Dean College\, and Council member of the National Heritage Ironwork Group\, The Avon Industrial Buildings Trust and the Museum of Bath at Work. Geoff has contributed to a number of books on practical conservation\, and lectures widely on the subject. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/brunels-swivel-bridge-severn-tunnels-other-pumping-station-by-geoff-wallis-david-hardwick/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/24-03-14_BrunelsSwivelBridge_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20240112T143130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T093719Z UID:13455-1708025400-1708030800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Drifting into Digital Dependence - Control Systems in Merchant Shipping' by Vaughan Pomeroy DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ONLINE – Please click this Zoom Link 10 mins before event to join us. \nDigital systems can be found in all sorts of unlikely\, and arguably sometimes unnecessary\, places that we increasingly depend on in modern life. Unlike most changes in technology where take-up follows a similar pathway from early adoption to market dominance\, the digital revolution is more subtle. The distance between the operator or user and the 'machine' she controls becomes invaded by digital systems which have the seductive power to lull a sense of security whilst being an incomprehensible black box. \nUsing the modern merchant ship as the basis\, the talk will consider the pathway towards adoption of new technology\, the development of automation and the resulting impact on usability. When did we become dependent on digital systems without a manual work around? How should this sort of development be recorded for historical purposes to inform future generations? The speed of change is extraordinary\, and the drivers for adoption are not always clear. \nAbout the Speaker\nVaughan Pomeroy joined the British Aircraft Corporation at Weybridge from school in 1970 as an undergraduate apprentice. His daughter points out that it is now a museum! After graduating\, Vaughan returned to Weybridge working on aircraft systems\, particularly avionics. He joined the consulting engineers Mott\, Hay and Anderson in 1974 working on a variety of infrastructure projects\, before joining Lloyd's Register of Shipping in 1980. \nVaughan retired in 2010 as Technical Director\, since when he has worked with Southampton University and with universities in Singapore. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/drifting-into-digital-dependence-control-systems-in-merchant-shipping-by-vaughan-pomeroy/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24-02-15_DigitalDependence_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240118T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240118T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20240108T165815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T173105Z UID:13306-1705606200-1705611600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Iron Stone & Steam: Brunel's Railway Kingdom' by Tim Bryan DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ONLINE – Please click this Zoom link 10 mins before event to join us. \nIsambard Kingdom Brunel: Victorian icon\, engineer\, artist\, architect\, designer and visionary\, entrepreneur and celebrity. His astounding feats changed the British landscape\, and this talk tells the story of his achievements and innovations as a railway engineer. \nNew to the developing world of railways in the early 1830s\, Brunel soon came to rival George and Robert Stephenson\, as he embarked on what he called ‘the finest work in England’. The construction of the Great Western Railway\, arguably the most revolutionary of British railways\, opened in 1841. The talk chronicles how\, in almost thirty tumultuous years\, Brunel created a rail network covering much of the South and West of England\, the Midlands and Wales. \nThe talk will also describe how Brunel’s successes were matched by ‘monumental failures’ – the ill-fated atmospheric system used on the South Devon Railway\, and the far-reaching implications of the broad gauge for his railways\, which ultimately cost millions of pounds when abolished. Iron\, Stone and Steam is also the story of the great engineer’s complex character and the roles of the people who helped the creative\, and sometimes dictatorial\, genius create his railway. \nAbout the Speaker\nTim Bryan was born in Bristol and since graduating from the University College of Wales Aberystwyth\, has worked extensively with industrial maritime and transport collections\, leading the curatorial team during the development of the STEAM Museum at Swindon\, before moving to the British Motor Museum as Head of Collections & Interpretation in 2004. He joined the SS Great Britain Trust as Director of the Brunel Institute in 2019\, and leads the collections\, conservation\, education and research teams there. \nA Fellow of the Museums Association and Chair of the Association of British Transport & Engineering Museums\, Tim has presented at conferences and seminars in the UK\, Italy\, Germany and the USA on a variety of railway\, museum and heritage subjects. and has written more than twenty books on railway history. His most recent title ‘Iron Stone & Steam: Brunel’s Railway Kingdom‘ was published in November 2023. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/iron-stone-steam-brunels-railway-kingdom-by-tim-bryan/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24-01-18_BrunelsRailwayKingdom_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20230911T105816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T113158Z UID:12683-1700767800-1700773200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Simon Goodrich's Tour in 1799' by John Kanefsky DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ONLINE – please click this Zoom link 10 mins before the event to join in. \nSimon Goodrich was the Mechanist (Chief Engineer) of the Portsmouth Dockyard. In November and December 1799 he made fact-finding visits to a number of industrial cities and sites\, and his detailed notes\, preserved in the Science Museum\, contain many observations on the industrialists he met\, factories he visited and other aspects of his travels. \nThey are an important window on a critical period in the Industrial Revolution\, when new technologies and materials were being innovated\, and entrepreneurs were changing the economy of England. \nAbout the Speaker\nJohn Kanefsky 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 joined the National Coal Board\, first as one of the authors of their history of coal mining then in management until privatisation. 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 research focuses on 18th century steam power and on Devon in the 18th and 19th centuries. \nClick here to join via Zoom URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/simon-goodrichs-tour-in-1799-by-john-kanefsky/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/23-11-23_SimonGoodrichTour1799_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231019T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231019T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20230927T083900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T131801Z UID:12730-1697743800-1697749200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'History of Diamond Core Drilling' by Professor Roger Burt 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 \nDiamond drilling was one of the most important\, yet under-researched mechanical technologies to be introduced during the late nineteenth century. A relatively simple arrangement\, it was designed on a principle first explored by the ancient Greeks using a round\, hollow drill-bit\, tipped with rough diamonds\, working by rotation rather than impact\, to cut through rock and extract an intact 'core' of the ground through which it passed. \nIt provided the first opportunity for exploration geologists and miners to 'see' into the underlying geological strata\, without the costly and time-consuming process of sinking man-sized shafts and tunnels. It proved critical to the discovery and development of the world's non-surface exposing mineral deposits – such as the great Minnesota iron range – and thus facilitated the great outpouring of metalliferous minerals that has supplied world industrialization. \nLater it became the principal method for discovering and producing oil\, and today it provides the base technology for fracking. As we begin the exploration of the moon\, mars and the planets and asteroids around us\, it continues to provide the main means of examining the surface and the rocks below. \nAbout the Speaker\nProfessor Roger Burt is the Emeritus Professor of Mining History at the University of Exeter and past President of the American Mining History Association and the International Mining History Congress. \nProfessor Burt has published numerous books and articles on mining history in the UK and overseas and his forthcoming book on Cornish mining during the early twentieth century\, to be published later this year\, discusses many of the issues raised in this lecture. \nSign Up For This Event Here URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/history-of-diamond-core-drilling-by-professor-roger-burt/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/23-10-19_HistoryOfDiamondCoreDrilling_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230518T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230518T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20220801T211341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T112943Z UID:10675-1684438200-1684445400@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Medieval Windmills to Turbines' by Dr Bryan Lawton 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. \nThe talk describes the experimental and theoretical work on windmills from Bacon‘s early experiments using paper sails and a bellows\, through Smeaton‘s rotating arm device\, Perry‘s more sophisticated rotating arm\, and into the present day use of wind tunnels.  The developments in scientific understanding are outlined. \nAbout The Lecturer\nDr Bryan Lawton was a Western Region committee member for more than 20 years and recently stood down as Chairman.  He has published five papers in the TNS/ IJHET and was one of the organisers of the “Piston Engine Revolution” and “Swords into Ploughshares” conferences.  His two-volume work on the early history of mechanical engineering was given the American Society of Mechanical Engineers “Engineering Historian” award. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/medieval-windmills-to-turbines-by-bryan-lawton/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/23-05-17_MedievalWindmillsToTurbines_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20230322T103310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T082454Z UID:12400-1682013600-1682020800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Newcomen Engine Buildings in 18thC Europe' by David Hardwick 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. \nA Comparative Architectural History – This talk is adapted from one that the lecturer David Hardwick was asked to present to the conference on Early Steam Engines in Central European Mining on 8th October 2022\, held in Banská Štiavnica\, Slovakia. It builds on his previous research into the engine houses in Brislington (nr Bristol\, England)\, Auchenharvie (Ayrshire\, Scotland) and Dannemora (Sweden)\, to consider the evidence available\, both physical and documentary\, regarding what buildings elsewhere in Europe may have looked like. \nAbout The Lecturer\nDavid is a self employed chartered building specialist in historic buildings and particularly industrial archaeology.  For more than a decade\, he has been researching the nature of the construction of the buildings that housed the first engines following the invention of the atmospheric engine by Thomas Newcomen. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/newcomen-engine-buildings-in-18thc-europe-by-david-hardwick/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/23-04-20_NewcomenEngineeringBuildings18C_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230216T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230216T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20220801T082616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230113T111152Z UID:10655-1676575800-1676583000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'The Development of Road Transport Technology in the Turnpike Age' by Dr John Kanefsky DESCRIPTION:The fascination of historians and technologists with the railway\, and the vast documented history thereof\, has led to the under-appreciation of the huge advances in road transport during the century after 1750 – the so-called “Turnpike Age”\, when long-distance travel within England became much faster\, safer\, more reliable and more comfortable. \nThis talk seeks to correct that gap.  It examines how the technology of road transport developed in three broad areas: \n\nthe design and engineering of the roads\, especially turnpikes;\nthe techniques of road construction and maintenance; and\nthe design and construction of the vehicles – coaches and waggons\n\nThe presentation will use examples from a wide range of sources\, but with special emphasis on the South West and the roads between Devon and Bristol / Bath. \nAbout The Lecturer\nDr John Kanefsky studied and taught at the University of Exeter in the 1970s. \nHe then joined the National Coal Board history project\, afterwards moving into management. Following privatisation\, Dr Kanefsky had a varied career at the Coal Authority; in the NHS; in educational research; and lecturing in economic history. \nHe is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter.  As well as Dr Kanefsky’s better-known research on steam power\, he has written extensively about turnpike roads and is working on a monograph about the industrial history of Devon\, with emphasis on road transport. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-development-of-road-transport-technology-in-the-turnpike-age-by-john-kanefsky/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/23-02-16_DevOfRoadTransportTechInTheTurnpikeAge1stMailCoach_1920x1277.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230119T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230119T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20221212T142257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T143439Z UID:11243-1674154800-1674162000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Industrial & Maritime Heritage At Risk In Bristol's Western Harbour' by Geoff Wallis DESCRIPTION:A number of interesting and important eighteenth century structures survive in the Cumberland Basin area of Bristol City Docks\, both maritime and industrial.  Many are still working\, some have been abandoned\, and not all are listed. \nThis lecture will look at the threats and opportunities presented by Bristol City Council‘s new Western Harbour Scheme. \nAbout The Lecturer\nGeoff Wallis is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer who trained as an apprentice at Rolls-Royce\, Bristol.  During this time he worked for four years as a volunteer at Crofton Pumping Station\, which changed the direction of his career. \nFor thirty years he ran Dorothea Restoration Engineers in Bristol\, specializing in the practical conservation of traditional wind & water mills\, historic machinery and metalwork. \nIn 2007 Geoff became a consultant and is now trying to retire\, so far without success! URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/industrial-maritime-heritage-at-risk-in-bristols-western-harbour-by-geoff-wallis/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/23-01-19_IndustrialMaritimeHeritageAtRiskInBristolsWesternHarbour_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221117T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221117T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20220731T143146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220801T060020Z UID:10620-1668713400-1668720600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Fore & Aft - The Severn Ships Graveyard' by Paul Barnett DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/fore-aft-the-severn-ships-graveyard-the-largest-in-the-uk-by-paul-barnett/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/22-11-17_SevernShipsGraveyard2b_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221020T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221020T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20220731T134452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221018T100646Z UID:10597-1666294200-1666301400@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'RAF Planes that won the Battle of Britain were built by German Machinery' by Dr. Jonathan Aylen DESCRIPTION:Having enlightened the people of Manchester in late September\, Dr. Jonathan Aylen takes his fascinating account of Ludwig Loewy to the people of Bristol. \nWhy the Jewish Refugee Engineer\, Ludwig Loewy was crucial to Britain \nLudwig Loewy was a Jewish engineer who left Nazi Germany in 1936 to set up an engineering firm in London as a refugee.  Britain was re-arming and a new generation of aircraft was being developed based on light alloy “stressed skin” construction.  Loewy Engineering had 2\,000 German drawings and the expertise needed to build machinery urgently needed for alloy fabrication. The machines were otherwise supplied from Germany at a time of growing tension. \nLoewy’s company developed rapidly\, helped by a workforce of refugee engineers and managers.  Loewy became a trusted advisor to the Government’s production programme for aircraft until his death in 1942.  His former firm in Düsseldorf\, Schloemann\, was ‘Aryanised’ after his departure and continued to supply equipment to the UK until the outbreak of war and went on to help the German and Italian war effort. \nLudwig Loewy’s rapid assimilation owed much to earlier contacts with the UK\, his welcome expertise in a sector that was growing at break-neck speed and customers who needed his technology.  The Government welcomed his contribution to aircraft production at a time of rapid re-armament. Ludwig Loewy’s experience supports the view that German speaking refugee engineers were readily accepted in the UK over the period 1933 to 1945. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/raf-planes-that-won-the-battle-of-britain-were-built-by-german-machinery-by-dr-jonathan-aylen/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EventImage_Aero-Legends-Website-Design_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220519T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220519T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20211024T134044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220124T054015Z UID:8313-1652988600-1652995800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Henry Ford’s Holiday in 1928' by David Perrett DESCRIPTION:An in person presentation by David Perrett. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/henry-fords-holiday-in-1928-by-david-perrett/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/22-05-19_HenryFordHoliday1928_1200x675.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220421T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220421T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20211024T133901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220409T114906Z UID:8311-1650569400-1650576600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'South Wales Colliery Winding Engines' by Brian Davies. DESCRIPTION:An in person presentation by Brian Davies \nAn illustrated talk using slides of surviving and many old and now demolished winding engines. The talk will be in three sections – first a survey of the steam winding engines that survived into the 1960s\, illustrated by photos that Brian took then. Some of them on a tour with George Watkins; then a survey of the engines that survive; and finally he will detail some of the restoration work on the 1875 Barker & Cope engine at the Great Western Colliery near Pontypridd. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/south-wales-colliery-winding-engines-brian-davies/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/22-04-21_SouthWalesCollieryWindingEngines_1200x675.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220317T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220317T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20211024T133751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T151046Z UID:8309-1647545400-1647552600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Crossrail' by Christian Wolmar DESCRIPTION:An in-person meeting presented by Christian Woolmar\nAbout the Speaker\nChristian Wolmar is a writer and broadcaster specialising in transport. He frequently appears on TV and radio talking about current issues\, notably about the railways. \nwww.christianwolmar.co.uk URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/crossrail-by-christian-wolmar/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/22-03-17_CrossRail_ChristianWolmar_1024x576.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220217T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220217T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20211024T133637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220116T135328Z UID:8307-1645126200-1645133400@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Stroud’s Other Industries' by Ray Wilson. DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Ray Wilson\nThis is an in person meeting. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/strouds-other-industries-by-ray-wilson/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/22-02-17_StroudNewsAndJournal_ZS2568H04_EbleyMills_1080x608.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220120T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220120T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20211024T133524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220111T112608Z UID:8305-1642707000-1642714200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Annual Joint Meeting with the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society (BIAS) DESCRIPTION:The Socety’s annual joint meeting with the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society (BIAS) has been postponed do to Covid. \nInformation regarding the rescheduling of this event will be posted on the website when clarified. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/joint-meeting-with-bias/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Newcomen_BIAS_CombinedLogo_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20211024T133410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211024T134952Z UID:8303-1637263800-1637271000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:“Transport without Petrol: a Pictorial History” by Robert Everett. DESCRIPTION:In person meeting. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/transport-without-petrol-a-pictorial-history-by-robert-everett/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211021T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211021T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20211024T135131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211024T135131Z UID:8321-1634844600-1634851800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:"Thomas Pearson\, Engine Erector" by Ian Broom". DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/thomas-pearson-engine-erector-by-ian-broom/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200521T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200521T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20190812T093610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T154856Z UID:3201-1590089400-1590089400@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED Henry Ford’s Holiday 1928 DESCRIPTION:A presentation by David Perrett – Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society Meeting (BIAS) URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/henry-fords-holiday-in-1928-2/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/EventImage_18-10-10_HenryFordSummerHoliday1928.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200416T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200416T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20190812T093056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T160327Z UID:3199-1587065400-1587065400@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED Colliery Winding Engines of South Wales DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Brian Davies – Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society Meeting (BIAS) URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/colliery-winding-engines-of-south-wales/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CollieryWindingEngine_1024x750.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200319T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200319T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20190812T092646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T160906Z UID:3196-1584646200-1584646200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED Transport without Petrol DESCRIPTION:A PICTORIAL HISTORY: A presentation by Rob Everett – Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society Meeting (BIAS) URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/transport-without-petrol-a-pictorial-history/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nopetrol.jpg_1280x827.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200220T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200220T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20190812T092120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200218T172018Z UID:3194-1582227000-1582227000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:The Brunel Institute & Library DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Nicholas Booth URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-brunel-institute-and-library/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/brunel-inst-library.jpg_800x600.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200116T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200116T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20190812T091554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190814T153159Z UID:3191-1579203000-1579203000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Joint Meeting with BIAS DESCRIPTION:Joint meeting with Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society (BIAS) – Speakers to be advised URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/joint-meeting-with-bristol-industrial-archaeology-society-bias/ LOCATION:BRISTOL Industrial Archaeology Society\, Keynsham British Legion\, Charlton Road\, Keynsham\, Somerset\, BS31 2JA CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SS-Great-Britain_1280x768.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20190812T085926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190812T214646Z UID:3189-1574364600-1574364600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Concorde\, An Alternative View DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Fred Starr – Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society Meeting (BIAS) URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/concorde-an-alternative-view/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/British_Airways_Concorde_G-BOAC_03_14400x929.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191017T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191017T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20190812T085431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190923T115150Z UID:3187-1571340600-1571340600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:The Letters of James Watt & Joseph Fry DESCRIPTION:SEVEN ENGINES AND AN ALKALI WORKS: A presentation by Rod Dowling – Bristol Industrial Archaeology Meeting (BIAS) \nRod will concentrate on Jonathon Hornblower’s engine at Radstock\, and the others in passing. All this\, and the Battersea Alkali works too\, should make for an enjoyable evening. \nPlease note that\, due to refurbishment work at the BAWA\, we will meet in the Concorde Room. \nAfter the meeting\, the committee and speaker usually retire to the Bristol Concorde for supper and/or a drink (alcoholic or otherwise)\, and you are most welcome to join us. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/james-watt-joseph-fry-letters-three-steam-engines-alkali-works/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WattSteamEngine.jpg_1280x960.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190516T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190516T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20180828T105215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190223T165027Z UID:2275-1558035000-1558042200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:SS Xantho and the Penn Engine DESCRIPTION:A lecture by John Anning: SS Xantho and the Penn Engine. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/ss-xantho-and-the-penn-engine/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SS-Xantho-WAs-First-Coastal-Steamer.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190510T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190511T170000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 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:20190418T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190418T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T160712 CREATED:20180828T102828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190223T160406Z UID:2267-1555615800-1555623000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:Severn Bridge DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Don Hillman. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/severn-bridge/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SevernBridge_2400x1350.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR