Reginald Mitchell Memorial Lectures

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Science lectures held in honour of the Spitfire designer 1946 The Advent of The Aircraft Gas Turbine by Air Commodore F Whittle CBE 1947 Development of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes by Prof ML Oliphant Ph.d, FRS 1948 Radar - The Complement of the Spitfire by Sir R Watson-Watt CBE, FRS 1949 Practical Problems of a Television Service by Sir Noel Ashbridge BSc, MICE, MIEE, FKC, FIRE 1950 The Structure of the Universe by Sir Harold Spencer Jones FRS 1951 Atomic Patterns in Everyday Materials by Sir Wm L Bragg OBE, FRS 1952 Locomotive Development Past, Present and Future by Sir WA Stanier FRS, Hon MI Mech.E 1953 Modern Jet Aircraft by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland CBE, FRAeS 1954 Development of Penicillin and other Anti-Biotics for use in Medicine by Sir Howard Walter Florey FRS, MD 1955 Atomic Power for Industrial Purposes by Sir John D Cockcroft CBE, FRS 1956 Power and National Prosperity by Albert Parker CBE, DSc 1957 Development of Ceramic Technology by AT Green CBE , DSc, FRIC 1958 The New Science of Radio Astronomy by Prof ACB Lovell OBE, FRS 1959 Supersonic Communications Throughout the Commonwealth by Dr Barnes Wallis CBE, FRS, DSc, M Inst CE, FRAeS 1960 Tomorrow’s Radio and Television by Hon RTB Wynn CBE, MA, MIEE 1961 Electrical Power in England and Wales by Sir Christopher-Hinton KBE, FRS, MA 1962 Some Mysteries of Metals by Prof EN Da C Andrade FRS, F inst P, DSc 1963 The Future Development of Air Travel including Supersonic Flight by Sir George R Edwards CBE 1964 Space Research by Sir Harrie Massey FRS 1965 Global Communications by RJ Halsey CMG BSx (Eng), FCGI, DIC, MIEE 1966 Biological Engineering by Norman Capener CBE FRCS 1967 The Hovercraft by CS Cockerell CBE, MA 1968 Development of Float Glass Process by Alastair Pilkington MA 1969 Propulsion without Wheels - The Linear Motor & Its Applications by Prof RR Laithwaite DSc, PhD, C Eng, FIEE, FIEEE 1970 From Spitfire to Harrier by SG Hooker CBE DSc, DPhil, FI Mech E, FRS, FRAeS 1971 From War to Peach - Missiles and Satellites by D Rowley MA (Cantab), CEng, FRAeS 1972 The Growing Scope of Ocean Science by Sir George Deacon CBE, FRS, FRSE, FRAS 1973 Light and Life by Sir George Porter, FRS BSc, MA, PhD, ScD, FRIC 1974 The Aims and Techniques of Modern Astronomy by RC Maddison BA, PhD, FInstP, FRAS 1975 British Energy: The View of a Geologist by Sir Kingsley Dunham DSc, SD, ScD, FRS, Hon FIMM 1976 The X-Ray Scanner - Computerised Tomography by Godfrey N Hounsfield FRS 1977 The New Mars by Patrick Moore OBE 1978 Electronics and the Future by Clive Sinclair 1979 Reflection of a Most Secret War by Prof RV Jones CBE, DSc, FRS, FRSE 1980 Engineering in Miniature by Prof Iann M Barron 1981 Technology and Medicine by OF Phoenix BSc (Eng), CEng, FIMech, ARAeS 1982 Flying Without Wings by Wing Commander KH Wallis CEng, FRAes, FRSA, RAF (Retrd) 1983 Excavation and the Raising of the Tudor Warship Mary Rose by Mrs Margaret Rule FSA 1984 Design and Development of the DFV Grand Prix Engine by Keith Duckworth BSc (eng), ACGII 1985 Gene Evolution from Space by Prof Sir Fred Hoyle FRS, Man, CANTAB 1986 Thirty years of Test Flying by B Trubshaw CBE, MVO, FRAes 1987 Design and Construction of the Thames Barrier by RA Horner OBE, TD, EEngRg, FICE, MIMechE 1988 1958-1988 Thirty Years of V.Stol, P1127 and AV 8B by Sir Robert Lickley CBE, DSc, FRSE, FEng 1989 From Spitfire to Space Shuttle by Prof CJ Humphreys BSc, MA, PhD, CEng, FIM, FInstP 1990 From Early Semaphores to Satelite by Prof HCE Hankins BSc. Tech, PhD, FIEE 1991 James Brindley and the Early Canals by Cyril TG Boucher PhD, MSc, CEng, MIStructE 1992 Astronaut Wanted by Helen Sharmen OBE, BSc, CIChem, MRSC 1993 The Brunels by Prof AW Crook BSc, PhD, DSc, CEng, FIMechE 1994 Aero-Engines Vision to Reality by Stewart Miller CBE, FEng, BSc, HonDTech, FRAeS, FIMechE 1995 My Love Affair with Michell’s Brainchild by Raymond Baxter FRSA, Comp (Hon)RAeS 1996 Will There Be Council Tax on Mars by Prof E Heinz S Wolff BSc, FIBiol, FIEE, FRSA, FBES 1998 Cosmologists, Astronomers and Engineers in Victorian Britain by Dr Allan Chapman MA, D.Phil., FRAS 2000 Liverpool Telescope Project - A Unique New Eye on The Universe by Prof MF Bode BSc, PhD, FInst P, CPhys, FRAS 2002 Thrust SSC. The First Supersonic Land Speed Record by Richard Noble 2004 Starchaser - Your Future in Space by Steve Bennett 2006 Beagle 2 and Beyond by Prof Colin Pillinger

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