Shed Talks (Newcomen Online)
Wealden Iron
This is an Online EventAn Online Lecture from Dr Tim Smith [...]
Cold War To Coal Trains: TOPS
This is an Online EventAn Online Lecture from Jonathan Aylen British Railways’ [...]
Babbage And The Abstraction Of Mechanism
This is an Online EventAn Online Lecture from Professor Adrian Johnstone. Charles Babbage has been called the ‘Great-Uncle’ of modern computing, a claim that rests simultaneously on his demonstrable understanding of most of the architectural principles underlying the modern computer, and the almost universal ignorance of Babbage’s work before 1970.
The Famous ‘Flying Scotsman’ – Marketing, Circumstance and Chance
This is an Online EventAn Online Lecture from Bob Gwynne. In the UK approximately 110,000 steam locomotives were built, but just one seems to be universally known amongst the British public. Author, curator and Flying Scotsman expert Bob Gwynne will attempt to answer the question as to why the ‘Flying Scotsman’ is so famous.
The Newcomen Society AGM 2021
This is an Online EventThe Annual General Meeting of The Newcomen Society for [...]
Industrial Steam Power In London 1780 – 1805
LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery 75 Cowcross St, Clerkenwell, LondonAn in-person and streamed (Zoom) lecture by Dr. John [...]
ONLINE ONLY – ‘Poking its Nose into Everything’ – The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
This is an Online EventA presentation by Susan Bennett MA This event is [...]
The Varied Life and Career of William Bragge
SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum Alma Street, Sheffield, South YorkshireAn In Person & Online Presentation by David Boursnell [...]
‘Women of Steel’ by Michelle Rawlins (with the SMEA & SYIHS)
SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, South YorkshireA joint meeting with the Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering [...]