ICE Smeaton Lecture: Professor Gordon Masterton

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 17:30 to 19:30

You are invited to join this year’s Institution of Civil Engineers Smeaton lecture, delivered by Professor Gordon Masterton.

"Smeaton & Watt: Unleashing the power that changed the world"

The lecture will explore the inventions and innovations of two engineers – James Watt and John Smeaton – which lay behind some of the most remarkable and unprecedented advances in our ability to harness power during the Industrial Revolution.

It is free and open to all.

Further Information

A drawing of James Watt’s Steam Engine printed in the 3rd edition Britannica 1797
A drawing of James Watt’s Steam Engine printed in the 3rd edition Britannica 1797 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WattsSteamEngine.jpeg DigbyDalton [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)])

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Lynn Dow (ICE)

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