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The latest Newsletter- April 2008- is now available online packed with news and articles of interest.
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History of Technology Professional Network Meetings
Detailed information on previous meetings which have been indexed by location, contents of the programme for each year, author and subject.
20 May 2008: A technical presentation on the history of military communications followed by a visit to the national museum of Army communications and the exhibits and displays which show the part that communications have played in the many wars and campaigns of the last 150 years. Click on the link above for details on the events calendar.
A lecture by Shaun Farrelly on 17th June at 14.15 at Stone Station Conference Centre, Staffordshire. Click on the link above for details on the events calendar.
Digital 60- The Kilburn Lecture- The Relentless March of the Microchip
Lecture 20 June 2008 to be given by Professor Steve Furber CBE at the University of Manchester. This is part of the Digital 60 Celebrations which are to commemorate the anniversary of the successful running of a program on the 21st June 1948 on the 'Baby', the first operational stored program digital computing machine which was built by Williams and Kilburn. For more information please click on the link above for the Events Calendar entry.
Science and the Public 2008 Conference
21-22 June, University of Manchester, UK
Today the sciences are linked to society through many different channels of communication. This interdisciplinary conference brings together diverse strands of academia in order to consider science, technology and medicine as they intersect with non-professional cultures in both contemporary and historical settings. Please click on the link above for more details.
Communication is central to all human relationships and to the functioning of all societies. Its nature from classical times to the present day is therefore an appropriate topic for the 77th Anglo-American conference. for more information, programme and registration please click on the link above.
Three Societies 2008: Connecting Disciplines
The sixth joint meeting of the British Society for the History of Science, the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, and the History of Science Society will take place at Keble College in Oxford, UK, on 4-6 July 2008. The theme of the meeting will be Connecting Disciplines and it will feature over 350 papers delivered over 3 days in up to 10 parallel sessions. These range chronologically from Ancient Science to the present with a wide thematic and geographical range. Please click on the link above for more information.
Conference- Scientific Voyages: Histories and Comparisons 8-10 July 2008
A three-day international interdisciplinary conference exploring relations between maritime exploration and the sciences in the period from the seventeenth century to the large-scale scientific expeditions of the nineteenth century. Jointly organized by the National Maritime Museum, the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, and the Royal Society. Please click on the link above for for more details and programme.
Institute of Physics: The Rayleigh Laboratories
17 July 2008, Institute of Physics, London
The laboratories and equipment used by the Third Baron Rayleigh (John William Strutt) and his son, the Fourth Baron Rayleigh (Robert John Strutt), remain largely as they were when used by these great scientists. This unique inheritance from an earlier age provides a fascinating insight into the way that science was conducted at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries.This half-day meeting will provide an opportunity to hear about these laboratories and to learn about the scientific contributions made by the Third Baron Rayleigh. For more information please click on the link above.
Many important conservation projects are often neglected after completion and important knowledge that could be shared is lost. This meeting, held jointly with the Historical Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, will discuss conservation science, conservation of objects and conservation heritage projects. The meeting open to all, will be held in the recently refurbished Grade One listed building of the Royal Institution which has undergone a number of major conservation projects. There will be an opportunity, the previous evening, to visit the new exhibition spaces and heritage building.
Please click on the link above for the event flyer. For a more detailed breakdown on the event please see the separate Conservation in Context Programme.
Newcomen Society Programme of events 2007-2008
The Newcomen Society for the study of the history of engineering and technology have posted their branch evening meetings on their website. For more information click on the link above.
The Defence Electronics History Society (DEHS) 2008 Events
The DEHS cordially invites HoT TPN members to its 2008 events. The Spring Lecture in May features two presentations: The US airborne acoustic torpedo – 1943-45 by John Beattie and Bletchley Park & the Y-Service, Sigint and the Allied Bombing Offensive by John Stubbington. Our Summer Visit to Amsterdam in September is to see Arthur Bauer’s extensive collection of German WW2 electronics artefacts. The Autumn Symposium will take place at Shrivenham in October. Details of all events, including booking forms, can be downloaded from the website www.dehs.org.uk .
Histelcon 2008- IEEE History of Electrochnology
Call for Papers for the Conference 'From Semaphore to cellular radio telecommunications' Paris 11-12 September 2008. Please click on the link above for more details.
BCS publishes Proceedings on the history of electronic computing
The British Computer Society has published the Proceedings from the conference 'Alan Mathison Turing 2004: A celebration of his life and achievements' held in Manchester (UK) 5 June 2004. Access to the full text conference papers is available by clicking on the link above.
History lectures in Bromley, Kent April-May 2008
The IET Retired Engineers Section of SE London and NW Kent would like to invite all members and the public to their lectures. Of particualr interest is 'The Restoration of the Crossness Engines' looking at the state of London's sewage problem in the 1850s and the creation of the pumping station at Crossness. Also 'The History of Radar to 1945' by Phil Judkins of the DEHS. Lectures are held at Bromley Central Library 2 April and 7 May respectively at 10am. Please click on the link above for more details.
New Exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Small Worlds: the art of the invisible: offers novel ways for visitors to enjoy the Museum's collection of Victorian and Edwardian microscopical specimens, in an exhibition of images, animation and poetry, made in collaboration with artist Heather Barnett and poet Will Holloway. The exhibition will continue until 6 April 2008. Please click on the link above for information.
Royal Society spring events programme 2008
Lectures are held on Friday lunchtime from 7 March to 9 May, open to all. Topics of interest include apothecaries, gardens and Britains obsession with gardening including a talk on Kew Gardens, the dark side of technological advancement and the bitter rivalries behind new discoveries, the domestication of electricity and its reception in the early 20th century, the drawings of John Smeaton, civil engineer, 17th century medicine and London's time carriers. Please click on the link above for more information.
Manchester Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine lunchtime seminars Feb-June 2008.
Held at the University of Manchester during the teaching semester. Topics of interest include British science and technology in WWII, medical trade catalogues, the invention and historiography of the Jet, computers in the banking business, the 1980s home microcomputer in Britain, British television systems in 1936 and scientists in the Civil Defence Corps 1945-1968. Please click on the link above for more details.
New History Project- reminiscences sought!
Dr Colin Hempstead would like to begin research on a project that will involve talking to or communicating with engineers and scientists about their memories when they first started their careers in the 1940s-1960s. If you would like to get involved or find out more please click on the link above. Those interested can contact Colin directly on colin.hempstead1@ntlworld.com
New Book releases!
Coming soon from Duke University Press: Communication and Empire: Media, Markets and Globalization 1860-1930 by Dwayne R. Winseck and Robert M. Pike. For a description please click on the title of the book above.
"A Hundred Years of Speed with Safety: The Inception and Progress of the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd, 1881 - 1981", O S Nock, Eds Stuart Angill, John Francis, Mark Glover and Mike Stone.
The legendary railway author Ossie Nock's Centenary History of the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company has finally been published - 25 years after it was written. The book covers the companies exploits in Signalling, Brakes, Rectifiers, Semiconductors and Control technology from 1881 to 1981.
258 pages, approx 150 b&w photographs, ISBN 0-946418-51-9, £12.95 from Hobnob Press www.hobnobpress.co.uk.
Model of Drakelow "A" Power station looking for a home!
A model cross-section of Drakelow "A" power station during construction c.1949, once displayed at the Science Museum, is now looking for a new home. Approximate size: 2 x 1.5m x 1m height. For more information about the model and contact details please click on the link above.
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