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Dear all, This is a reminder that the SHAC Spring Meeting 'High Pressure in the Interwar Period' will be held on Thursday 11 February 2016 at the Dana Research Centre and Library, 165 Queens Gate, London SW7 5HD. Details of the papers to be presented are listed in the programme below. After the papers, the Morris Award will be presented to Tony Travis. This will be followed by the Morris Award Lecture and the Morris Award Reception. The registration fee for the meeting is £10 for SHAC members and Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group members. Others are welcome at £15. A registration form for the meeting can be found at http://www.ambix.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Final-SHAC-Science-Museum-2016-Meeting-Flyer.pdf For catering purposes, the deadline for registration is THURSDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2016. SHAC gratefully acknowledges the support of the Science Museum for this event. Programme 13.00: Registration and coffee (lunch is not provided) 13.25: Peter Reed, “The Hesitant Emergence of Chemical Engineering and the Chemical Engineer in Britain, 1909– 1930” 13.55: Thijs Michels, "Antonius Michels, His High Pressure Research and the Origins of Polyethylene" 14.25: Robert Bud, “Oiling the Wheels of Coal: High Pressure and the Benefits of Science” 14:55: Tea 15.15: Alan Dronsfield, “The Ammonia Problem and its Solution” 15.45: Peter Morris, “A Different Kind of High Pressure Chemistry: The Birth of Reppe Chemistry” 16.15: Ernst Homburg, “From Bergius to Dubbs: Unexpected Links between Coal and Oil” 16.45: Presentation of the Morris Award to Tony Travis 17.00: The Morris Award Lecture, by Tony Travis: “Nitrogen Capture: The Emergence of a Global Industry, 1920- 1935” 18.00 – 19.00: Morris Award Reception (at no extra cost) Sent on behalf of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry by Anna Simmons, Membership Secretary and Acting Hon. Secretary.