GB 0098 B/UNWIN - UNWIN, Professor William Cawthorne (1838-1933)

6 boxes

GB 0098 B/UNWIN Created 1856-1952 Collection (fonds) 6 boxes Unwin , William Cawthorne , 1838-1933 , engineer
Born Coggeshall, Essex, 1838; educated at City of London School; lay student at New College, St John's Wood, London; employed by Sir William Fairbairn, [1856-1861]; Manager of Engineering works, 1861-1868; Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1867; instructor at the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at Kensington, 1868-72; Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, 1872-1884; Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1878; Professor of Engineering, Central Technical College of the Guilds of London (later City and Guilds College), 1884-1904, Dean, 1884-1896, 1902-1904; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1886; Honorary Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1886; Honorary Member of the Franklin Institute and of the American Philosophical Society, 1890; President of section G of the British Association, 1891; member of the Council of the Royal Society, 1894-1896; Honorary Membership of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1898; member of the General Board of the National Physical Laboratory, 1900; member of the Senate of the University of London, 1900-1905, 1911-1923; member of the Governing Body of Imperial College of Science and Technology, 1910-1926; President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1911; member of the Delegacy of the City and Guilds College, 1911-1926; President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1915-1916; awarded the first Kelvin Medal, 1921; Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1922; died, 1933.
Publications: include: Wrought Iron Bridges and Roofs .. With examples of the calculation of stress in girders, etc (London, 1869); On the Movement of the water in a tidal river, with reference to the position of sewer outfalls E & F N Spon, London, 1883); Exercises in Wood-Working for handicraft classes in elementary and technical schools (Longmans & Co, London, 1887); The Testing of Materials of Construction: a text-book for the engineering laboratory and a collection of the results of experiment (Longmans & Co, London, 1888); On the Development and Transmission of Power from central stations, being the Howard Lectures 1893 (Longmans & Co, London, 1894); A Treatise on Hydraulics (Adam & Charles Black, London, 1907).

The papers were presented in 1936 by Professor Unwin's cousin, Miss Dorothy Unwin. The additional material was transferred from the Lyon Playfair Library.

Papers of Professor William Cawthorne Unwin, 1856-1952, comprising correspondence, principally concerning engineering matters, 1856-1931, 1950,1952, notably with Edward Dean Adams, including the Niagra Falls Scheme, 1890-1929, Sir Benjamin Baker, including the Forth Bridge, dam schemes, 1882-1898, Sir William Fairbairn, including experiments, appointments, 1856-1874, Thomas Hardy, concerning astronomy, 1881, Imperial College, 1910-1926 (as representative of the Institution of Civil Engineers);
research papers, 1859-1924, notably Fay and Newall brakes, 1859, observations on the Thames, 1882-1883, Nile Project Committee, 1919, dam schemes, 1899-1905;
speeches and addresses to various institutions, including presidential addresses to the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1912, and Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1916; engineering drawings, 1875-1906, of apparatus, machinery, sections of the Thames, Telok Ayer key wall, Singapore; two portraits of Unwin, undated;
additional material, comprising papers relating to Windsor Water Works arbitration, 1884; reports on compression gauges, 1886-1887; Birmingham dams, 1895; notes on dam theory, 1905; papers relating to Stockport water supply and Kinder Dam, 1905; notes relating to schemes for Niagra and central London.

The papers are arranged in sections as follows; general correspondence, research reports and other papers, speeches and addresses, drawings and portraits.

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
English, French.

A catalogue is available in the reading room of the College Archives.

Notes on lectures given by Professor Unwin, 1885-1887, (FC-FS), correspondence and papers concerning the Unwin Memorial Fund, 1928-1938 (B/WILSON), papers concerning the Unwin scholarship, 1935-1976 (K), held at Imperial College.

The Life and Work of William Cawthorne Unwin by E G Walker (London, 1938).

Sources: Who Was Who (A & C Black, 1947, volume III); British Library On-Line Publications Acess Catalogue 97; National Register of Archives; The Life and Work of William Cawthorne Unwin E G Walker (London, 1938). Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. November 2000 Adams , Edward Dean , 1845-1931 , engineer Africa Astronomy Baker , Sir , Benjamin , 1840-1907 , Knight , civil engineer Bridges Civil engineering Construction engineering Dams Drawings Egypt Engineers England Europe Fairbairn , Sir , William , 1789-1874 , 1st Baronet , engineer Hardy , Thomas , 1840-1928 , poet and novelist Hydraulic engineering Hydraulic structures Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Mechanical Engineers London Nile, river North Africa Research work Rivers Scientific personnel Scientists Singapore South East Asia Surface water Technical drawings Telok Ayer Thames, river Transport infrastructure UK Unwin , William Cawthorne , 1838-1933 , engineer Visual materials Water resources Water resources management Water supply Western Europe Windsor Water Works Illustrations Engineering personnel Personnel People by occupation People

The papers were presented in 1936 by Professor Unwin's cousin, Miss Dorothy Unwin. The additional material was transferred from the Lyon Playfair Library.

Papers of Professor William Cawthorne Unwin, 1856-1952, comprising correspondence, principally concerning engineering matters, 1856-1931, 1950,1952, notably with Edward Dean Adams, including the Niagra Falls Scheme, 1890-1929, Sir Benjamin Baker, including the Forth Bridge, dam schemes, 1882-1898, Sir William Fairbairn, including experiments, appointments, 1856-1874, Thomas Hardy, concerning astronomy, 1881, Imperial College, 1910-1926 (as representative of the Institution of Civil Engineers);
research papers, 1859-1924, notably Fay and Newall brakes, 1859, observations on the Thames, 1882-1883, Nile Project Committee, 1919, dam schemes, 1899-1905;
speeches and addresses to various institutions, including presidential addresses to the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1912, and Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1916; engineering drawings, 1875-1906, of apparatus, machinery, sections of the Thames, Telok Ayer key wall, Singapore; two portraits of Unwin, undated;
additional material, comprising papers relating to Windsor Water Works arbitration, 1884; reports on compression gauges, 1886-1887; Birmingham dams, 1895; notes on dam theory, 1905; papers relating to Stockport water supply and Kinder Dam, 1905; notes relating to schemes for Niagra and central London.

The papers are arranged in sections as follows; general correspondence, research reports and other papers, speeches and addresses, drawings and portraits.

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English, French.

Notes on lectures given by Professor Unwin, 1885-1887, (FC-FS), correspondence and papers concerning the Unwin Memorial Fund, 1928-1938 (B/WILSON), papers concerning the Unwin scholarship, 1935-1976 (K), held at Imperial College.

A catalogue is available in the reading room of the College Archives.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• English