Institute+of+Engineers+and+Shipbuilders

=[|The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland]=

Company Number: SC000358 Date of Incorporation: 24 July 1871 Contact Details: Clydeport Building, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8DS Operating Details: Active Other names (if known): None Function of Company*: Other service activities (9305) Headquarters/Base of Operations Location: Glasgow Area of Operation: Scotland
 * Taken from Standard Industrial Classification 2003, as used by Companies House in 2010

Records
Held By: Glasgow University Archive Services GB0248

Scope/type: Minutes 1857-1959; Financial Records 1857-1952; Roll book 1902-1945; Proceedings Book 1893-1896

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Company History
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 the present day