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Title
Miscellaneous airship lecture notes and materials
Reference
BNW/BB8/7
Production date
14-05-1926 - 14-06-1933
Scope and Content
Miscellaneous lecture notes and materials about airships: - Notice of general meeting of the Barrow and District Association of Engineers on 9 November 1928 at which Barnes Wallis gave a lecture on airships - Nine pages of notes about airships for a lecture at the Institution of Civil Engineers - Lists of slides - Diagram comparing the evolution of British and German airship shapes between 1900-1919 - Postcard commemorating the history of the first British Airmail flight from Hendon, arriving at Teller Alaska on 14 May 1926. Addressed to Mr Frederick G Foley - Postcard to mark the crash of the 'Italia' airship polar expedition and those who died attempting to rescue them, May-July 1928
Extent
1 file
Language
English
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science Museum, London

Associated people and organisations

Institution of Civil Engineers Biography Biography
In 1818 a small group of young engineers met in a London coffee shop and founded the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the world’s first professional engineering body. They had hoped that lots of engineers from different engineering backgrounds would join the institution. However, civil engineering hadn't really become an official profession yet. Before the 18th century most engineers were in the armed forces. After two years of struggling to attract new members, ICE asked Thomas Telford to become its first President. Telford’s appointment gave the institution a boost and played a huge part in shaping ICE as it is today. ICE was granted a Royal Charter in 1828 and has subsequently become home to many of history’s greatest engineers as presidents and members. Today it has 92,000 members around the world.

Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
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Finding aids
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