Records of the Institute of Engineers & Shipbuilders of Scotland, trade association, Glasgow, Scotland

• Minutes 1857-1959
• Financial records 1857-1952
• Roll book 1902-1945
• Proceedings book 1893-1896

The Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland was founded in 1857  to promote the advancement of engineering science and practice. Its founders included James Napier, engineer; Walter Watson; and Andrew McOnie, engineer. From its early days the institution had a student section. Past presidents have included William Macquorn Rankine, engineer; Walter Montgomerie Neilson, locomotive builder, and Robert Stephenson, civil engineer. Early honorary members included the physicists Lord Kelvin, James Prescott Joule, R Clausius and the engineer Henry Besemer. Membership of the institution is open to all engineering disciplines. The Institution continues to exist in 2002.

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Loan : Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland : Glasgow : 1982

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Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 3 May 2002