Letter from A[lexander] L. Mellanby, Royal Technical College, Glasgow, to Thomas O'Beirne

• Reference:GB 249 OM/472/1/2
• Dates of Creation:10 January 1934
• Name of Creator:
  Mellanby, Alexander Lawson, 1871-1951, engineer
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 p.

• Scope and Content

  Reply to O'Beirne's letter of 7 January 1934 regarding the National Certificate Committee's regulations on examinations: 'It is unfortunate that the somewhat stupid rules of the National Certificate Committee should give you so much trouble, but I think the procedure indicated in your letter . . . is the one proper to take in the circumstances.'

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Barnard Castle School, County Durham, c 1882-1887
  Apprenticeship at Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool, 1887-1892
  BSc in Engineering, Durham College of Science, 1892-1895
  MSc, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1895-1896
  Chief Technical Assistant, Messrs. T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool, 1897
  Chief Lecturer in Engineering, Battersea Polytechnic, 1898
  Designer, Manchester School of Technology, 1899. Subsequently appointed Executive Engineer and then Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering.
  Professor of Mechanism and Prime Movers, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, 1905
  Professor of motive power engineering, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, 1906-1911
  Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Royal Technical College, 1911-1924
  Professor of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, 1924-1936

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  Barnard Castle School, County Durham, c 1882-1887
  Apprenticeship at Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool, 1887-1892
  BSc in Engineering, Durham College of Science, 1892-1895
  MSc, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1895-1896
  Chief Technical Assistant, Messrs. T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool, 1897
  Chief Lecturer in Engineering, Battersea Polytechnic, 1898
  Designer, Manchester School of Technology, 1899. Subsequently appointed Executive Engineer and then Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering.
  Professor of Mechanism and Prime Movers, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, 1905
  Professor of motive power engineering, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, 1906-1911
  Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Royal Technical College, 1911-1924
  Professor of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, 1924-1936

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