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THE LEONARDO DA VINCI SOCIETY
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hafvm/leonardo/index.html
The Royal Institution of Great Britain
www.rigb.org
R E C O N S T R U C T I O N S
in the History of Science and Technology
Tuesday 15 July 2003
at the Royal Institution
21 Albemarle St, London W1S 4BS
Building a bird-like flying machine from a design by Leonardo da
Vinci is fun. But what do we learn by making machines or repeating
experiments? This conference looks at various reconstructions,
ranging from Leonardo's glider to a Colossus machine used in
codebreaking at Bletchley Park, taking in famous experiments by
Galileo and Faraday, and Edison's invention of the electric light
bulb. There will of course be live demonstrations.
P r o g r a m m e
0930 REGISTRATION
1000 Martin Kemp and Steven Roberts Leonardo's glider
1100 COFFEE
1130 Thomas B. Settle Experimental research: the case
of Galileo
1230 LUNCH (not provided, but there are many cafés nearby)
1400 David Gooding Faraday
1500 Tim Hunkin Reinventing Electricity
4.00 TEA
1630 Tony Sale World War II Colossus
1745 RECEPTION
1900 Adam Hart-Davis Reconstructions I have Known,
Loved, and Hated
P o s t e r s
Posters will include
Dr Boris Rankov (London): The Athenian trireme
Michael Wright (Science Museum, London): Ancient gearing
Matthew Landrus (Oxford): Leonardo da Vinci's crossbow
Dr Allan Mills (Leicester): Insulated wire
John Harper (Computer Conservation Society):
The Turing bombe rebuild
Christopher Burton (Computer Conservation Society):
The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine ('Baby')
The registration fee for the complete meeting is £29 (£25 Ri and LdV
Society members and concessions). The fee for attending only the
evening lecture is £8 (£5 Ri and LdV Society members and concessions).
BOOKING LINE +44.20.7670.2985 (visa and MasterCard only)
INFORMATION Tel: +44.20.7409.2992, Fax: +44.7670.2920.
The meeting will take place at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle St, London W1S 4BS. The nearest tube station is Green Park.
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