A few tickets are left for the joint meeting of the Royal Society of
Chemistry Historical Group and the Gunpowder & Explosives History Group on
Friday 8 November 2002 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Sir
Frederick Abel. The meeting will be held at the Royal Gunpowder
Mills, Waltha Abbey. Tickets for the meeting are £10.00 and a buffet lunch
is available for £7.00 IF ORDERED by Thursday 30 October. Book by e-mail
to [log in to unmask] Further details are available from the RSC
Historical Group web site at:
htp://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/rschg/
The speakers will be:
Professor Sy Mauskopf, Long Delayed Dream: Sir Frederick Abel and the
Development of Cordite
Graham Vincent, Decontamination of Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbbey
Wayne Cocroft, Chemical Archaeology of Explosives
Dr Brenda Buchanan, Sir Charles Frederick, Controller of the Royal
Laboratory Woolwich, 1746-1782
Simon Coleman, Oswald Silberrad, Superintendent of Research Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
Wesley Harry, The Chemical Laboratories at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich
The meeting starts 10.50 (coffee from 10.15) and ends 17.10.
Gerry Moss
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Dr GP Moss Telephone: +44 20 7882 3262
Department of Chemistry
Queen Mary University of London Facsimile: +44 20 7882 7794
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London E1 4NS, United Kingdom E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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