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The International Society for the History of Engineering & Technology. Please visit website for events schedule, access to archive & membership details 🔧⚙️
UK (8 Branches)
Joined February 2016
Our next #event on 3rd Dec is: ‘The #History of Measurement of #Oxygen in #Medicine’ by #DrJohnMoyle 💬 Join us in-person at #Birmingham's #ThinkTankMuseum or on-line via zoom 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇😀 #science #technology
https://t.co/TsPPgDZjAO
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Our #event on 25th Nov is: ‘Radical adoption of computer technology at Llanwern steelworks, South Wales – an object lesson for AI’ by #JonathanAylen💬 In-person only at #Manchester's @anthonyburgess Foundation💻 All are welcome. Details via link😀 https://t.co/VMDNknqxS6
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Join us on Nov 24th for an enthralling event: ‘A short version of the long history of automation on the railways’ by #FelixSchmid 💬 In-person at #Sheffield's #KelhamIslandMuseum or on-line (zoom) 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇🛤️ https://t.co/T2kiKmV584
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Coming up on 18th Nov, join us for a fascinating #presentation on ‘Broadcast Britain’ by #DrMarkPegg 📺 An in-person #event at #London's #AlanBaxterGallery or on-line via zoom 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇😀 #History #Technology
https://t.co/mUwJC2XwYo
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Our next #event on 5th Nov is: ‘History of Research in British Gas – Part 2’ by #ChrisHodrien 💬 Join us in-person at #Birmingham's #ThinkTankMuseum or on-line via zoom 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇😀 #science #engineering #history
https://t.co/OzX1rar9Lf
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Join us on 28th Oct for an enthralling #presentation on ‘The Archaeology & History of LOCOMOTION No.1’ by #PeterDavidson & #MichaelBailey💬 An in-person only #event at #Manchester's @anthonyburgess Foundation 🚂 All are welcome. Details via link 😀 https://t.co/bRKoZO5sMY
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Coming up on 27th Oct, join us for ‘New Maps of Hell: the first years of naval drones & anti-shipping guided missiles’ by #DrPhilJudkins💬 In-person at #Sheffield's #KelhamIslandMuseum or on-line (zoom)💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 🚢 https://t.co/ZkGduplvmk
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Join us on 21st Oct for our Presidential Address: a lecture on 'Maritime Regulation, a force for good?’ by #VaughanPomeroy💬 Join us in-person at #London's #AlanBaxterGallery or on-line via zoom💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇🚢 #history
https://t.co/ncNgbBDLBI
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Our upcoming #event on 1st Oct is: ‘The Hallmarking of Silver & Gold’ by Dr Jim Andrew 🪙 Join us in-person at #Birmingham's #ThinkTankMuseum or on-line via zoom 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇😀 #science #technology #engineering #history
https://t.co/YzIEZLDdJ4
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Join us on Sept 29th for a fascinating #presentation on: ‘The Development of the HF Transceiver’ by #BobHarris 📻 An in-person #event at #Sheffield's #KelhamIslandMuseum or on-line via zoom 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇😀 @SheffMuseums
https://t.co/vmfu66ZjZ0
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Our #events schedule is kicking off & the first one on Sept 23rd is: ‘The Polaris Missile System: Development and Operations’ by #JohnBoyes🚀 An in-person only #event at #Manchester's @anthonyburgess Foundation👩💻 All are welcome Details via link 👇😀 https://t.co/jzE3jxpc34
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The latest #NewcomenLinks is here! Edition 264 features IN FOCUS: Rolex is not a watch but a discourse in excellence⌚️INNOVATIONS: Defy Gravity: Raising the River Seine to Versailles 🇫🇷 INVESTIGATIONS: The undulating railway🛤️ Members log-in via link😀 https://t.co/cRvMbi20fm
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Don't miss an enthralling #presentation on: ‘Went the day well? We plan, the Gods laugh: Success & Failure on D-Day’ by #DrPhilJudkins💬 In-person on 19th May at #Sheffield's #KelhamIslandMuseum or on-line (zoom)💻 All welcome. Details via link👇👨💻 https://t.co/Wyg61JrbLu
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Join us on May 14th for a fascinating #presentation on ‘The Trinity House Story’ by David Whitehead & Mike Hawthorne 💬 An in-person #event at #London's #AlanBaxterGallery or on-line via zoom 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇👨💻 https://t.co/H1ymPQW1bo
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Coming up on May 7th: ‘From craftsman’s bench to factory floor: the Birmingham Rule Trade 1750-1920’ by #DavidBryden 💬 Join us in-person at #Birmingham's #ThinkTankMuseum or on-line via zoom 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇🧑💻 https://t.co/Uf3mScMyLG
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Join us on April 28th for a fascinating #presentation on ‘The life of L.T.C Rolt’ by #DrVictoriaOwens 💬 Join us in-person at #Sheffield's #KelhamIslandMuseum or on-line via zoom 💻 All are welcome ... Details via link 👇👩💻 @SheffMuseums #History
https://t.co/4eKiNa6PjV
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Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up, there’s no need to register please email [email protected] for zoom link In 1926, Tom Rolt who was then sixteen years old, abandoned his public school...
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Our Presidential address on April 9th is 'A short version of the long history of automation on the railways’ by Professor #FelixSchmid💬 An in-person #event at #London's #AlanBaxterGallery or on-line (zoom)💻 All welcome ... Details via link 🧑💻 https://t.co/vZW4GyJ6j3
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The Ken Barraclough Memorial Lecture is on March 25th: 'New discoveries of Sheffield industrial metallurgical history post Barraclough’ by #AshleyTuck💬 In-person at #Sheffield's @CP_RoyalVic or on-line via zoom 💻 All welcome ... Details via link 👇🧑💻 https://t.co/J6INxbRxsx
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The latest #NewcomenLinks is here! Edition 263 features GREEN REVIEWS: Adani Green Energy Gallery🌬️ INNOVATIONS: Railway innovation through history🚆 INVESTIGATIONS: Henry VIII: father of the Industrial Revolution?👑 Members log-in via link below 👇😀 https://t.co/cRvMbi20fm
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Join us on March 18th for a #presentation on: ‘Marshall the energy: Stories about the life & work of Dr Walter Marshall’ by #DrVictoriaMarshall 💬 An in-person only #event at #Manchester's @anthonyburgess Foundation👩💻 All welcome. Details via link 👇😀 https://t.co/Qz8zxh8nJJ
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