The Bristol Scientific Club is delighted to announce the dates of meetings and dinners at Trinity College on:

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The Bristol Scientific Club is delighted to announce the resumption of meetings and dinners at Trinity College on:

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As a consequence of the current covid-19 emergency, The Bristol Scientific Club has regrettably had to cancel the meeting and dinner at Trinity College on

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The Bristol Scientific Club congratulates member Dr John Manley, BSc (Bristol), PhD (Bristol) on being declared High Sheriff of the County and City of Bristol on Thursday, 19^th March 2020.

Dr Manley comments that “The office of High Sheriff is the oldest secular office in the country dating back to Saxon times – 959 AD under King Edgar is often quoted. It will be a year unlike any recent one. Over the centuries the office has responded in times of national crises and challenges. It always adapts to support the Crown, the Judiciary and the different branches of law and order; it will again.”

Our very best wishes to him.

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The Bristol Scientific Club congratulates member Dr Eric Albone, MBE, who on 29^th April 2017 was honoured by the Government of Japan conferring upon him The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, in recognition of his “distinguished contribution to promoting the the development of human resources for science and technology and mutual understanding through student exchange between Japan and the United Kingdom”.
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Dr Albone, Co-founder and Director of the Clifton Scientific Trust, established the UK-Japan Young Scientist Workshop Programme in 2001. Since then a thousand talented post-16 school and college students from Japan and the UK have participated in nineteen such workshops hosted in universities in both countries.
Our very best wishes to him.

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Date: Saturday, 20th May 2017
Meet at 11:00 in the Underfall Boatyard Visitor Centre (Cumberland Road, Bristol BSI 6XG) for a private tour of the Pump Room, Workshops and Sluice Room.
The tour costs £5.00 per person (£3.00 concessions) and lasts approximately 1hr 30minutes.
Then afterwards for lunch at The Rose of Denmark (6 Dowry Place, BS8 4QL).

Use the Booking Form to reserve your place.
For further details please contact Brian.Vincent@bristol.ac.uk.
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The Bristol Scientific Club is delighted to announce that member Dr John Phillips has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by the University of Plymouth on Thursday, 19th January 2017 for his thesis entitled “MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELLING OF A FLOATING CLAM-TYPE WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER” supervised by Professors Deborah Greaves and Alison Raby.
John was supported in his physical modelling experiments by the technical staff of the COAST Laboratory (Plymouth), which hosted a visit by members of the BSC on Monday, 25th April 2016.
Our very best wishes to him.

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In his thought-provoking talk “The Driverless Car Revolution: coming to a driveway near you!” at The Bristol Scientific Club on Saturday, 19 November 2016, Professor Tony Pipe (Tony.Pipe@brl.ac.uk) included a showing of the short (1′:12”) film ‘Rush Hour’ as a projection of future road traffic flow.
‘Rush Hour’ may be viewed here.

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The Bristol Scientific Club congratulates member Dr Timothy Chambers, OBE, JP, DL, FRCP on receiving an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Bristol on Wednesday 20^th July 2016.
“Dr Chambers’ vision of embedding research in clinical practice in the development of the Bristol Paediatric Nephrology service at Southmead Hospital, and latterly Bristol Children’s Hospital, has resulted in a vibrant research-lead clinical department.”

Dr Chambers is currently Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the County & City of Bristol.
Our very best wishes to him.

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This October marks the 130^th anniversary of the Inaugural Meeting of the Bristol Scientific Club in 1886.

The anniversary is to be commemorated and toasted at the club dinner on Saturday, 22 October 2016.

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“The Herapaths of Bristol – a Medical and Scientific Dynasty”,
by Brian Vincent, (2016) Avon Local History & Archaeology (ALHA).

Further details from the author, Brian.Vincent@bristol.ac.uk
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Date: Monday, 25th April 2016
Provisional Itinerary:-
Depart: 9:26 Bristol Parkway (or 9:44 Temple Meads, same train)
Arrive: 11:44 Plymouth (10 minute walk to the university)
Tour: 14:00 We will visit three facilities:-

• Coast Laboratory
• Ship Simulator
• Electron Microscopy Centre

Depart: 17:25 Plymouth (or one hour earlier if you wish to get back to Bristol sooner)
Arrive: 19:39 Bristol Parkway (or one hour earlier)
For further details, please ‘Contact Us’.
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The Bristol Scientific Club has received an enquiry from Giovanni Maga of the Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR, Pavia, Italy, who has an interest in microscope makers of the Victorian age.
He is currently researching James Blake Gardiner, optician at 2 Clare Street, Bristol from 1863 to 1867, and is particularly interested in any information about J.B. Gardiner’s business (advertisements, type of instruments, etc.) and biography.
Should you be able to help Dr. Maga please ‘Contact Us’ and we will put you in touch with him or visit his web-site.
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The development of a web-site for the Bristol Scientific Club is currently underway!
This is version 1.0
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