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SUMMARY:'The Pentrich Engine' by David Hulse
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 Pentrich engine\, designed by Francis Thompson\, was constructed in 1791 to pump water out of a coal mine at Pentrich in Derbyshire. \nDavid Hulse will describe its features and tell its history\, based on his research while building a detailed 1/16th scale model of the original engine. Pictures of the model will be used to illustrate the talk. \nAbout The Lecturer\nIn 1970\, David Hulse started a project which was to occupy all his spare time for the next 45 years! He has researched and constructed in miniature the important steam engines which were built in the eighteenth century. \nThese engines paved the way for the industrial revolution in the British Isles and which spread to many other countries throughout the world. These eighteenth century engines are usually grouped together and called steam engines\, however\, they were not steam engines. Steam was used as a means of creating a vacuum against which the earth’s pressure could act. The correct terminology is that they were atmospheric engines. \nPlease visit David’s website: davidhulse.co.uk for more info.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-pentrich-engine-by-david-hulse/
LOCATION:BIRMINGHAM Think Tank\, Birmingham Science Museum\,\, Curzon Street\, Birmingham\, West Midlands\, B4 7XG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Midlands Branch
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230119T190000
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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
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SUMMARY:'Things that go "Bang" in the Night' : A Short History of Industrial Explosives by Ian McKay
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URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/things-that-go-bang-in-the-night-a-short-history-of-industrial-explosives-by-ian-mckay/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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SUMMARY:'The History & Development of Autogyros & Early Rotary Wing Aircraft' by Capt. R Savage & Wg. Cdr.  M. Quinn
DESCRIPTION:The talk will chart the history of the development not only of the early Autogyros (as they were then referred to) but also rotary-wing flight in general. In broad terms\, without the technology created in developing the Autogyro\, we wouldn’t have Helicopters! \nIt’ll also touch on how the autogyro became the Cinderella to the helicopter\, following the latter’s concentrated development during WW11 – and how the whole story of the autogyro may well be turning full circle! \nVarious personal flying adventures in gyroplanes may also be of interest\, including Wing Commander Mark Quinn’s military helicopter flying and Paul Clark\, known affectionaly to his friends as Kamikaze Clarky may also wish to describe learning to fly a gyrocopter – but that depends upon how much comedy the audience can stand! \nAbout the Presenters\nCaptain R. Savage is a long-time pilot of Sport Gyroplanes\, as well as helicopters and aeroplanes\, while Wing Commander Mark Quinn is a retired RAF Puma Helicopter captain and now a Gyroplane Flight instructor.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-history-development-of-autogyros-early-rotary-wing-aircraft-by-capt-r-savage-wg-cdr-m-quinn/
LOCATION:MANCHESTER International Anthony Burgess Foundation\, Engine House\, Chorlton Mill\, 3 Cambridge Street\,\, Manchester\, M1 5BY
CATEGORIES:UK - North Western Branch
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