BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Newcomen.com - ECPv6.17.1//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: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:20240207T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240207T210000 DTSTAMP:20240131T161900Z CREATED:20240123T101730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T161900Z UID:13474-1707332400-1707339600@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'The RAF Aircraft that won the Battle of Britain were made on German Machinery - in Birmingham' by Dr Jonathan Aylen DESCRIPTION:An in-person event only. No need to sign up\, just come along – all are welcome. \nThis is a joint meeting with Thinktank: Birmingham Science Museum \nDr Jonathan Aylen tells the story of how British aircraft were built on German machinery\, including complete factories built in the West Midlands just before WW2. \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. \nAbout the Speaker\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. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-raf-aircraft-that-won-the-battle-of-britain-were-made-on-german-machinery-in-birmingham-by-jonathan-aylen/ LOCATION:BIRMINGHAM Think Tank\, Birmingham Science Museum\,\, Curzon Street\, Birmingham\, West Midlands\, B4 7XG ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/23-12-13_RAFPlanesThatWonBattleOfBritain_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Midland Branch":MAILTO:midlands@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T200000 DTSTAMP:20240111T095248Z CREATED:20230904T152130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T095248Z UID:12642-1707933600-1707940800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'The Dickinson Lecture - Animal\, Vegetable & Mineral | a survey of materials used for balloon\, airship & aircraft coverings' by Dr Nina Baker 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 survey of some materials used for balloon\, airship and aircraft coverings \nThe gas envelopes and outer coverings for early hot air and gas balloons\, airships and aircraft were made from a wide variety of natural fabrics with or without a similarly wide variety of coatings. Later on\, the march of progress produced artificial fibres and coatings. This paper will examine the origins and properties of the different animal and plant sources of the materials that made such flight possible. \nThe lecture will also delve into what is known of the women who did most of the actual work. From the earliest days of balloons and airships\, women's expertise was central to their construction\, starting with the Weinling family who\, in the 19th century\, were the first women employed by the UK government in technical work. The Weinlings introduced the use of cows' guts for the internal gas envelopes for military balloons and airships. These are stories almost unknown even to aviation enthusiasts more familiar with the famous male designers or even the famous female aviators\, but without these women's work none of the lighter-than-air aviation and much of the later heavier-than-air aviation would have happened.\n \nAbout the Lecturer\nDr Nina Baker has had a varied career\, having become a merchant navy deck officer on leaving school and later receiving an engineering design degree in her 30s\, from the University of Warwick. She then gained a PhD in concrete durability from the University of Liverpool. She has lived with her family in Glasgow since 1989\, working variously as a materials lecturer in further education and as a university research administrator and\, until 2017\, as an elected city councillor. \nNow retired\, her interest in promoting STEM careers for girls has led her to become an independent researcher\, mainly specialising in the history of women in engineering. She is Deacon of the Incorporation of Hammermen of Glasgow for 2022-2023. She has been a Deputy Lieutenant in the Glasgow Lieutenancy since 2017 and was appointed an OBE in the 2023 New Year's Honours' list\, for services to the history of women in engineering. \nSign Up For This Event Here URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-dickinson-lecture-animal-vegetable-and-mineral-by-dr-nina-baker/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/24-02-14_TheDickinsonLectureBalloonMaterials_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T210000 DTSTAMP:20240208T093719Z 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:20240219T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T201500 DTSTAMP:20240213T102911Z CREATED:20231002T142852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T102911Z UID:12752-1708367400-1708373700@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Progress in Design and Manufacture: The Steam Locomotive 1825-1830' by Dr Michael Bailey DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – to book an online place\, please visit: Book A Ticket. Zoom link will be sent out to those who have booked on weekend of 17/18th February \nRobert Stephenson & Co. of Newcastle on Tyne was set up to manufacture equipment for the emerging railway industry\, particularly locomotives\, in 1823. The company developed the locomotive\, already successfully operated at Killingworth and Hetton Collieries\, for ever-more demanding duties on the earliest steam operated public railways. \nGiant strides were made in improving design\, materials and manufacturing techniques before the ‘Stephenson’ form of locomotive was developed\, suitable for main line operation on the Liverpool & Manchester and other early main line railways in Britain\, Europe and the United States.\n \nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Michael Bailey is the President of the Stephenson Locomotive Society and a Past-President of the Newcomen Society. He has undertaken considerable work on the archaeology of early steam locomotives and has written extensively about early locomotive design and manufacturing progress during the 19th century. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/progress-in-design-and-manufacture-the-steam-locomotive-1825-1830-by-dr-michael-bailey/ LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/24-02-19_RobertStephensonSteamLocomotive_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240227T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240227T200000 DTSTAMP:20231017T084234Z CREATED:20230818T102307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T084234Z UID:12571-1709058600-1709064000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Going Underground: Tunnelling on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway' by Anthony Dawson & Eric Shenton DESCRIPTION:An in-person event only. No need to sign up\, just come along – all are welcome. \nThis is a joint meeting with the Stephenson Locomotive Society \nThe Liverpool & Manchester Railway was probably unique in being a mainline passenger railway with rope-worked inclines at either terminal. The first part of the talk will examine the stationary engines\, and the operation of the Wapping\, Crown Street\, and Lime Street tunnels of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1830-1845 and briefly consider those at Manchester Victoria. \nThe second part will describe the 1977-79 excavations at the site of the Edge Hill Engine Station and discuss the findings and implications for the future exploration of this archaeology and how the site may be made available for the public to visit once again. \nAbout the Lecturers\nAnthony Dawson B.Sc Hons Dip. PT\, M.Res is a graduate of the University of Bradford and the University of Leeds. He is a professional historian\, writer and field archaeologist and also a museum professional. He has written over twenty books on early railways and the Crimean War\, including The Liverpool & Manchester Railway: An Operating History\, Locomotives of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway and The Railway Which Helped Win a War. He is a member of the Railway & Canal Historical Society; the Heritage Railway Association Museum’s Committee; the 1722 Waggonway Project; the 8th Early Railways Conference organising committee and is preparing to start his PhD – on railways. \nEric Shenton Cert Ed. BA. trained as a teacher at Chester College and later gained a BA degree at the Open University. Taking part in some of the “digs” at the Edge Hill Engine Station site\, he became a director of the Edge Hill Railway Trust (1980-82). Currently he is Chair of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/going-underground-tunnelling-on-the-liverpool-manchester-railway-by-anthony-dawson-and-eric-shenton/ LOCATION:MANCHESTER International Anthony Burgess Foundation\, Engine House\, Chorlton Mill\, 3 Cambridge Street\,\, Manchester\, M1 5BY CATEGORIES:UK - North Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/24-02-27_TunnellingLiverpoolAndManchesterRailway_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - North Western Branch":MAILTO:catherine.casson@manchester.ac.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR