BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - Model Newcomen Steam Engine - IMechE Engineeri ng Heritage Award Presentation\n\nEvent Type: Technical visit\n\nIndustry Sector: Coal / Oil / Gas\n\nSpeak Details: \n\nDescription : This is the 1 27th Engineering Heritage Award being awarded by the IMechE. \;\nThe H unterian Musuem at Glasgow University and Engineering Heritage Awards Comm ittee would like to invite the local IMechE membership and the general pub lic to this prestigious celebration at Glasgow University on Monday 19 Aug ust 2019.\n\nAbout the recipient\n\nRepairing this model steam engine for the University of Glasgow in the early 1760s led the young James Watt to c onsider improvements to steam engine technology\, and ultimately the creat ion of the separate condenser\, a crucial development in the Industrial Re volution.\n\nIn the early 1710s Thomas Newcomen (1664-1729) invented an at mospheric steam engine\, principally for pumping water out of mines. A boi ler produced steam\, which entered a open-topped cylinder. Within the cyli nder was a movable piston\, attached by a chain and a pivoting beam to pum p rods which descended into the mine. When a spray of cold water was injec ted inside the cylinder\, the steam condensed\, which formed a partial vac uum. The greater atmospheric pressure outside the cylinder pushed down the piston\, which in turn raised the pump rods. Numerous full-size Newcomen engines were built across the United Kingdom in the middle of the 18th cen tury\, enabling deeper and more extensive extraction of resources such as coal and metals.\n\nIn the 1750s this model Newcomen engine resided in the University of Glasgow's premises on the High Street. It was presumably us ed for teaching\, demonstrating and experimenting. In 1756 the 20-year-old Scottish instrument maker\, James Watt (1736-1819) was employed by Profes sor of Natural Philosophy Robert Dick (1722-1757)\, to repair some astrono mical instruments. This resulted in Watt establishing a workshop within th e University and styling himself 'Mathematical Instrument Maker to the Uni versity'. In this role Watt was exposed to the vibrant community of experi menters and theorists in Enlightenment Glasgow\, such as Dick's successor\ , John Anderson (1726-1796)\, chemist Joseph Black (1728-1799)\, who was d eveloping a theory of latent heat\, and many others.\n\nWatt was asked by Anderson to repair the University's model Newcomen engine in the winter of 1763-4\, which led him to consider experiments to improve it. Watt's real isation in 1765 was that a great deal of heat was wasted in the condensati on process\, as the cylinder was repeatedly cooled and heated. His key inn ovation to steam engine technology was the invention of the separate conde nser\, which condensed the steam in a separate vessel\, reducing the heat wastage and greatly improving the engine's efficiency. In collaboration wi th his later business partner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809)\, Watt's improve d steam engines were significantly more efficient than Newcomen's\, a busi ness success\, and a milestone in the Industrial Revolution. Although ther e is no evidence that Watt ever attached a separate condenser to this spec ific model engine\, it remains a highly important object in the world hist ory of engineering and industry.\n\nProgramme of Events\n\n\n \n \n \n Time\n \n \n Feature\n \n \n \n \n 1245 \n \n \n Registration\n \n \n \n \n 1300\n \n \n Host Welcome\n Steph Scholten\, Director\, The Hu nterian\, University of Glasgow\n Frank Coton\, Vice-Principal\ , University of Glasgow\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1310\n \n \n Alan Stewart\, \;IMechE Scottish Regional Chair \;- Bac kground to the Heritage Awards\n \n \n \n \n 1320\n \n \n \n Host Presentations\n Nicky Reeves\, curator of scientific a nd medical history collections\, The Hunterian\, University of Glasgow &nd ash\; James Watt and the University of Glasgow&rsquo\;s Newcomen Engine\n David Cumming\, Chair of Electronic Systems and Head of School\ , James Watt School of Engineering\, University of Glasgow &ndash\; The Ja mes Watt School of Engineering\n Colin McInnes\, James Watt Cha ir\, Prof of Engineering Science\, University of Glasgow &ndash\; James Wa tt&rsquo\;s Engineering Legacy\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1340\n \n \n Alan Stewart\, IMechE Scottish Regional Chair \;- Un veiling of plaque\, photos etc.\n \n \n \n \n 1400\n \n \n Networkin g Time &\; Sandwich Lunch\n \n \n \n \n 1400\n \n \n Opportunity to inspect Hunterian Museum collections and visit James Watt and Glasgow\, 1819 &ndash\; 2019 exhibition at University Library\n \n \n \n \n 1500\n \n \n Event End\n \n \n \n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker : Alan Stewart\, Scottish Regional Chair\n\nContact Details: Alex Boardman \nAddress: 1 Birdcage Walk\, Westminster\, London\, SW1H 9JJ\, United King dom. DTEND:20190819T150000 DTSTAMP:20260714T191730Z DTSTART:20190819T123000 LOCATION:The Hunterian Museum\, University of Glasgow\, Glasgow\, G12 8QQ\, United Kingdom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Model Newcomen Steam Engine - IMechE Engineering Heritage Award Pre sentation UID:f0bac9a8-fa09-45ad-8bf6-b484f1619461 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR