Category: Magazine

This section has been created as a vehicle for keeping our members informed of association news and by reporting current events etc. related to the wide spectrum of engineering. Contributions by members will always be welcome, but no politics or religion please.

Follow up to the ‘Zero Point Energy’ lecture by Barrie Yates…..

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Gordon in Magazine.

  Barrie Yates contacted the Website Editor recently and asked for a link to be posted following a request from a guest at the lecture. The link details the ‘Bob Boyce 101 Plate Cell‘ with ‘Toroid Coil‘ and plans to build these devices. You can find details if you copy and paste the link below into your web browser:- http://www.free-energy.hu/pajert61/BB101.pdf … Continue reading “Follow up to the ‘Zero Point Energy’ lecture by Barrie Yates…..”

‘Meccano’ Lecture – Leeds Phil. & Lit. Society…..

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Gordon in Lecture, Magazine, Social.

There is a lecture this Thursday 20th February 2014 in the programme of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society to be give by Jim Gamble on the subject of ‘Meccano‘. This is a public lecture and so all are welcome.  You can see more details by downloading the poster using this link:  Meccano Lecture Poster Lecture information supplied courtesy of … Continue reading “‘Meccano’ Lecture – Leeds Phil. & Lit. Society…..”

Keighley Association of Engineers – 114th Anniversary Dinner…..

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Gordon in Correspondence, Dinner, Magazine, Social.

Members of the Leeds Association of Engineers have been invited to join our good friends the Keighley Association of Engineers to celebrate their 114th Anniversary at a dinner to be held on Friday 25th April.   (Full details are on their dinner form…) ‘Keighley Engineers’ have supported us at our annual dinners for many years and it would be a good … Continue reading “Keighley Association of Engineers – 114th Anniversary Dinner…..”

2014 Golf Tournament…. Make a note of the date !

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Gordon in Golf, Magazine, Social.

The 2014 Golf Tournament will be held at Scarcroft Golf Club on Monday 30th June. Steve Stacey – Hon. Golf Secretary commented…… It is a bit unusual to play it on Monday. I have settled on this to get a good price and also later in the week we could have road problems due to the Tour de France starting … Continue reading “2014 Golf Tournament…. Make a note of the date !”

Happy New Year !!!!!

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Gordon in Magazine.

The President and Council of the Leeds Association of Engineers would like to wish all members, their families and friends and their associates a very Happy and Prosperous New Year ! ———————————– Please mark in your new diaries (or in your electronic gizmos !) the forthcoming events in the next few months.  There are Lectures, Visits and the prestigious Annual … Continue reading “Happy New Year !!!!!”

John Harrison Lecture – Leeds Phil. & Lit. Society… Please note revised venue details !

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Gordon in Lecture, Magazine.

Barrie Yates – LAE Vice-President – has advised the following information which should be of interest to members… This is advance notice of a lecture entitled  ‘Putting John Harrison in his place‘.  It is not a Leeds Association of Engineers lecture but is part of the programme of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.     Link:-  Leeds Phil & Lit … Continue reading “John Harrison Lecture – Leeds Phil. & Lit. Society… Please note revised venue details !”

A Manifesto for Manufacturers….. Some sound advice from the past for young engineers…..

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Gordon in Magazine.

A Manifesto for Manufacturers ‘The Unwritten Laws of Engineering’ by W. Julian King was first published in 1944 as three articles in ‘Mechanical Engineering’ magazine. It has been in print as a book ever since.  So, however trite you find the language and the message just remember that the advice is still as good today as it was when first … Continue reading “A Manifesto for Manufacturers….. Some sound advice from the past for young engineers…..”