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SUMMARY:'Mushroom Clouds: The Hidden Enemy Within Britain's Wooden Walls' by Laurence Scales
DESCRIPTION:This event is both an in-person and on-line event. No need to register – just come along or click this zoom link to join on-line. \nA wine bottle labelled in Michael Faraday’s hand\, preserved in his laboratory at the Royal Institution\, and a startling letter in the archive of the Royal Society of Arts\, hinted at a centuries long naval battle\, rarely heard about.  \nThe Royal Navy struggled just to keep its vessels afloat. The enemy was fungal timber rot. Many lives were lost and various solutions were tried. Some of the experiments in search of a cure were dramatic and even caused their own fatalities.\n \nAbout the Speaker\nLaurence Scales has a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering\, and subsequently worked for Lloyds Register of Shipping\, offshore engineering contractor Brown & Root and defence electronics manufacturer Thales.  \nLatterly\, Laurence has been an archive volunteer at both the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the Royal Society of Arts. He devises and leads London tours themed around the history of science\, technology and medicine. Customers have included Imperial College\, King’s College London\, Purdue University\, Ove Arup & Associates\, and the FBI.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/mushroom-clouds-the-hidden-enemy-within-britains-wooden-walls-by-laurence-scales/
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:20250127T183000
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SUMMARY:'The Background to the 1925 Stockton & Darlington Centenary Celebrations' by Les Turnbull
DESCRIPTION:This is an in-person and on-line event – please sign up to this eventbrite link to register your attendance for either option \nThis is a joint meeting with the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers \nWhen the North Eastern Railway organised the 50th anniversary Jubilee celebration of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) in 1875\, it elevated a largely colliery focussed railway to international status and created a fictitious narrative of history. \nUsing recently discovered archival and archaeological evidence\, the author argues for a different interpretation\, which gives more weight to the railways which had existed for more than 200 years before the opening of the S&DR. \nIt considers the ideas of William Thomas\, voiced in 1800\, for a novel railway system to transport not only minerals but also merchandise and people. Thomas’ ideas reached fruition at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830\, which provided the model for other railways across the world. \nAbout the Speaker\nLes Turnbull graduated in history at Durham University and worked as a schoolmaster\, university lecturer and senior education adviser. Upon retirement he became a volunteer at NEIMME where now serves as a member of Council. \nLes has written several books on the history of mining and his particular interest\, the early railways of the Great Northern Coalfield. He is frequently called upon to lecture both within the region and beyond.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-background-to-the-1925-stockton-darlington-centenary-celebrations-by-les-turnbull/
LOCATION:NEWCASTLE Neville Hall\, Westgate Rd\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, Tyne & Wear\, NE1 1SE
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250128T183000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED | 'Stephen Carter and the Micrarium in Buxton' by Viviane Quirke
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED \nAn in-person event only. No need to sign up\, just come along – all are welcome. \nFrom pharmaceutical innovation to public engagement in the North West \nIn 1981\, a new kind of museum opened in Buxton’s old Pump room. It was the ‘Micrarium’\, created by Stephen Carter\, who had previously been involved in cancer research at ICI’s Pharmaceutical Research Centre at Alderley Park in Cheshire. The Micrarium’s ambition was to make the microscopic world\, which Carter had explored in his work for ICI\, more readily accessible to the wider public. Unfortunately\, Carter’s premature death in 1987\, and the eventual displacement of the apparatus used in the Micrarium by digital technology\, led to the ultimate demise\, not only of the Micrarium itself\, but of its idea as a museum.  \nThis talk will illustrate the short-lived ‘World First’ use of microscopes in a dedicated museum setting which\, through Carter\, bridged the gap between scientific innovation and public engagement. It will touch on the importance of place – Carter’s home\, where he did much of the work for the Micrarium\, was situated between Alderley Park\, with which he retained useful contacts even after he had retired\, and Buxton in the Peak District. However\, considering the resistance and sometimes outright opposition directed against the museum by some of the local inhabitants\, my paper will also ask whether this was the right place to set up such a museum\, at a time when the microscopic world was attracting public interest\, but which perhaps clashed with the image of a traditional spa town.  \nAbout the Speaker\nViviane Quirke is a historian of science\, technology and medicine. She has worked on the history of drugs and the pharmaceutical industry in Britain\, France and the USA\, and has published several articles\, chapters and books on the subject.  \nViviane retired from Oxford Brookes University in 2023\, and is currently Research Associate at the University of Oxford and at University College London.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/stephen-carter-and-the-micrarium-in-buxton-by-viviane-quirke/
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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