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  1. Newcomen’s Atmospheric Engine

    Date released
    1952
    Series name
    Shell Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    20
    NoS ID
    349968
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI Summary - one of the oldest steam engines in the world at work Shell synopsis: The first feature is entitled ‘Newcomen’s Atmospheric Engine’.  In 1705 Thomas Newcomen, a Devonshire ironmonger,...

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  2. Steam As It was (1985 Video)

    Director
    Ken Wrench
    Producer
    Ken Wrench
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col.

    Finely constructed working models are used to trace the development of steam power from Heron of Alexandria and Branca, via Newcomen and Trevithick to heavy industrial and marine engines.

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  3. The golden age for London - the Victorian civil engineers (1993)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview

    The Golden Age for London - The Victorian Civil Engineers, presented by Lawrence Spicer. Looks at nineteenth-century civil engineering projects in London and the creation of the sewer system and underground...

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  4. Developmental Assessment of Infants and Pre-School Children (4 Parts) (1976 Video)

    Director
    David Sharp
    Producer
    David Sharp
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 24, 28, 38, 37 min.

    The tests are performed by Dr Dorothy Egan, Consultant Paediatrician, Newcomen Clinic, Guy’s Hospital. Each programme is prefaced by a short introduction describing the aims of development assessment. The...

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