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James Sutherland, Past President

The Society is saddened to report the death of James Sutherland, aged 90, on 18 May after a short illness. He was a Past President of the Society, a renowned civil engineer, founder of the Institution of Structural Engineers History Study Group and author of numerous papers on current and historical subjects. A full obituary will appear in due course.

Introduction

The Newcomen Society was founded in 1920. It is the oldest society in the world specialising in the history of engineering and technology and has published over a 1000 papers, an invaluable archive of original research material for historians. The Newcomen Society takes its name from Thomas Newcomen (bap. 1664, d.1729) who invented the first practical working steam engine, but its interests are broad and international, embracing all aspects of engineering from ancient times and the great inventions of the 18th and 19th centuries through to the sophisticated technologies of the 20th century and into the digital age.

The New Website & Database (January 2013)

The Newcomen Society is happy to report that development on its new website is well underway as you will see from the way news and events now appear.

However, work on the database is still being carried out and is not expected to be completed for a few weeks. Please note that because the site is being developed live, some things appear to work when they don’t. In particular it is not yet possible to log in to the Members Area or join the Society over the internet. If you wish to join please contact office@newcomen.com.

Although the facility for members to download copies of archived papers is not yet in place, full members can apply to the office and pdfs of papers will be emailed free of charge. Contact office@newcomen.com.

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