Tragedy at sea recalled
By Laura Gardner, .
Those who perished in the Titanic disaster included three IMechE members – one of them the ship’s designer
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Keeping up with the Germans
By Laura Gardner, .
Foreign competition eventually spurred the UK to set up the state-funded National Physical Laboratory, which has since proved its worth
Raising water by fire
By Laura Gardner, .
Eighteenth-century writers thought Newcomen was too uneducated to have developed the steam engine
A real beauty
By Laura Gardner, .
The Jaguar E-Type was once every schoolboy’s dream car. PE explains its enduring appeal
The greatest show on earth
By PE, .
Early members of the IMechE played big parts in the Great Exhibition
Unsung hero of the Battle of Britain
By Laura Gardner, .
Railway engineer Sir Ernest Lemon masterminded aircraft production in the run-up to the Battle of Britain
Explosion of creativity
By Laura Gardner, .
Two 19th-century Italians have been credited with developing the internal combustion engine, but the pair failed to profit from their invention
Roll of honour
By PE, .
Biographies of all the honorary fellows of the IMechE have recently been added to the Engineering Heritage website. To celebrate, here is a look at these members in numbers
On the right track
By PE, .
The Institution of Locomotive Engineers had a long and distinguished history that eventually led to it being amalgamated with the IMechE, leading to the creation of the Railway Division
All steamed up
By Laura Gardner, .
James Watt’s name will forever be associated with the steam engine. But he has also been described as the first hero of the Industrial Revolution
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