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	Livery Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 107 Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London, each known as the Worshipful Company of the relevant trade or profession.
		The Livery Companies originally developed as guilds and were responsible for the regulation of their trades, controlling, for instance, wages and labour conditions.
		Among the earliest companies known to have possessed halls were the Merchant Taylors and Goldsmiths in the 14th century, but neither theirs nor other companies' original halls remain; the few survivors of the Great Fire were destroyed, along with many reconstructed ones, during the Blitz.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Livery_company (829 words)

	The London Bridge Museum & Educational Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Although the Glaziers Company would have had regular meetings since its founding in 1328, the first reference to a specific Hall occurs in 1601 when the Glaziers Company are recorded as having a Lease on a Hall in Five Foot Lane off the present Upper Thames Street.
		Instrument Makers and subsequently by the Launderers' Company.
		In 1981 the Worshipful Company of Glaziers invited the Company of Launderers to share their Hall by making an investment in it, and after the Agreement was signed, the Company moved into their new home in 1982.
	www.oldlondonbridge.com /glzh.shtml (888 words)

	Livery Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London.
		For instance, the Scriveners' Company regulates and oversees Notaries Public of the City of London.
		In 1515, after years of dispute, an order of precedence was settled for the Livery Companies of the time based on the Companies' economic or political power.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/livery_company.html (530 words)

	Company histories
		Blackwell Scientific for The Worshipful Company of Barbers, 1979.
		Published by authority of the Court of Assistants [of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers], 1978.
		[Scientific Instrument Makers] The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers, London.
	www.bl.uk /collections/britirish/britcoms.html (2173 words)

	Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The Company promotes science by offering scholarships to science students.
		The Company ranks eighty-fourth in the order of precedence for Livery Companies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Scientific_Instrument_Makers (111 words)

	Cambridge University Engineering Department: About the Engineering Department
		The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers is a livery company in the City of London.
		The criteria for selection are (a) relevance of the research to the field of instrumentation (interpreted in its broadest sense), (b) the excellence of the research and (c) financial need (candidates who are already in receipt of more than a standard research council grant may not be considered eligible for this additional support).
		The Scientific Instrument Makers Company may be contacted through their clerk Mr Neville Watson (Email: theclerk@wcsim.co.uk).
	mi.eng.cam.ac.uk /~rwp/sim (398 words)

	:: KT Programme ::
		On 21 October 2003, NPL's Brian Goody and Martin Milton were presented with the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM) award for the best paper published in Measurement Science and Technology during 2002.
		The award was made at a lunch held at the Institute of Physics attended by officers from the WCSIM and Julia King, the Chief Executive of the IOP.
		This instrument is used to dilute standard gas mixtures and enables NPL to carry out calibrations at any concentration value between the fixed points at which standards are maintained.
	www.ktprogramme.org.uk /View_Article.asp?id=53 (554 words)

	edie news centre - Award for novel wet gas meter
		The award is made by the City of London livery company for outstanding contributions to British scientific instrument making in "...research, design, development, new applications and techniques or any meritorious efforts in the field of scientific instrumentation".
		To qualify for the award, instruments must be technologically innovative and represent a significant advance in their field.
		The instrument is innovative because it uses new algorithms based on the Murdock correction technique to estimate the gas mass fraction (GMF).
	www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=5175&channel=0 (295 words)

	Millbrook Scientific Instruments plc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Millbrook Scientific Instruments plc, the manufacturer of a unique desktop surface analysis instrument, is raising £950,000 and seeking admission to Ofex, the smaller companies share market.
		He combines a wide knowledge of scientific instrumentation with expertise in software design, and is the Group's internal software consultant.
		The award from the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM) is perhaps the most prestigious of these, having been won in the past by world beating instruments such as the Scanning Electron Microscope.
	www.citytext.co.uk /press_releases/millbrook.html (1288 words)

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	David A. Spencer - Qualifications & Responsibility: Academic Dress
		Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers, City of London, UK Approved to wear a royal blue silk gown having the forearm seam open and being without cord, button or pleats.
		The coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers appears on the left sleeve.
		Steward (Junior Warden's and Senior's Warden's) of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers, City of London, UK Approved to wear a scarlet gown having the forearm seam open and being without cord, button or pleats.
	www.davidaspencer.com /063qualificationsacademic.html (908 words)

	Scientific Instrument Makers Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Scientific Instrument Makers are a Livery Company in the City of London.
		Students at Cambridge University, with an interest in instrumentation, have the opportunity to compete for up to three Scientific Instrument Makers' Awards, each worth 1000 pounds.
		Any student who has completed at least one year of their course, and has at least one year of scheduled course left to run is eligible to enter.
	www.eng.cam.ac.uk /DesignOffice/prizes/cuedweb/sciinst/info.html (248 words)

	Arun Technology metals analysis systems
		CCD technology enables a single, small and robust instrument to measure the whole spectrum in a chosen range.
		It also maintains close links with universities and scientific institutions where Arun is involved in expanding the application of its CCD array technology within and beyond the metals industry.
		In 1998 Arun Technology was awarded the annual Achievement Award of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers for its Metalscan 2000 product.
	www.aruntechnology.com (298 words)

	The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
		A livery company of the City of London
		The Company's new website was brought into use on 2nd May 2006.
		This site developed for the WCSIM by Paul Doherty.
	www.wcsim.co.uk /index.php?option=com_login&Itemid=59 (57 words)

	Welcome to Strainstall Monitor
		Awarded the prestigious Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers Annual Achievement Award for 2005, the CrackFirst system indicates the portion of design life that has been consumed on any structure on which it is installed.
		Unlike a typical strain gauge which monitors the amount of strain at the point where it is attached to the structure, CrackFirst senses the actual amount of fatigue damage that a structure has suffered.
		Strainstall's approved isolation amplifier was also selected as the interface between the CM system and the pin, to ensure both mechanical and electrical safety resided with one company.
	www.strainstallonline.com (643 words)

	Reporter 26/5/99: Department of Engineering
		Any student, graduate or undergraduate, who has completed at least one year of his or her course, and has at least one year of scheduled course left to run is eligible to enter.
		Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this technique in the context of its use in your chosen company.
		Each entry should be submitted in a sealed envelope with 'Scientific Instrument Makers' Award Entry' and the entrant's name printed clearly on the outside.
	www.admin.cam.ac.uk /reporter/1998-9/weekly/5775/37.html (401 words)

	Trevor Smith Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers is one of the Guilds of the City of
		The Scientific Instrument Makers' Annual Achievement Award was made to Arun Technology Ltd in 1997.
		The Scientific Instrument Makers 1997 Achievement Award is made to Arun Technology Ltd. for their highly successful technical development and market penetration of their range of spectrometers culminating in the Metalscan 2000 Desktop Metals Analyser.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /trevorsmith/SIMC.html (267 words)

	Millbrook Scientific New orders
		AAF is acquiring sophisticated scientific equipment that can be used in partnership work with private industry and government agencies.
		Aquila Instruments Limited (Cambridge) The acquisition of Aquila Instruments Ltd by the group in March 2003 broadened the portfolio to include instrumentation for measurement and investigation of thin films - in particular optical coatings.
		Millbrook and its operating companies have won a range of prestigious scientific and commercial accolades, including: the Achievement Award of the UK Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers; three DTI Smart Awards; a DTI Smart Achievement Award; Millennium Product status; and numerous local business awards in the North West.
	www.advfn.com /news_new-orders_10297436.html (671 words)

	Millbrook Scientific Placing
		Application for the admission to AIM of the new ordinary shares has been made and dealings are expected to commence on 6 April 2006.
		Millbrook Instruments Limited (Blackburn) Millbrook Instruments Limited is the nucleus around which the Millbrook Group has been built.
		Aquila supplies spectrophotometers known as the nkd7000 and the nkd8000, which enable measurements of thickness, refractive index and extinction coefficient to be made simultaneously on surface coatings.
	www.advfn.com /news_Placing_14883632.html (522 words)

	Event information - City University London
		Edwards Lecture Series in association with the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
		The Lecture commemorates the work of F D Edwards who was a staff member of City’s predecessor institution and Master of the Livery Company.
		He founded the Edwards Company which is now part of The BOC Group.
	www.city.ac.uk /whatson/events/2005/08032005_2_-_Sir_Pet.html (371 words)

	2000 SIC Symposium - Programme
		Astronomical instruments heritage: the example of the observatory of Nice (in collaboration with Françoise Le Guet Tully and Anthony Turner)
		Professor of pathological anatomy of Tartu University during 1884-1894 Richard Thomas (1847-1923) and instruments constructed by him.
		The treatise on the composition and the use of the astrolabe by Cristannus of Prachatice
	www.sic.iuhps.org /conf2000/ox_paper.htm (672 words)

	Edward Lecture introduces Nobel Laureate to City - City University London
		This year’s Edwards Lecture on Tuesday 8 March will be delivered by Professor Mansfield, joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2003, on the subject of Real time Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Echo-planar imaging.
		The Edward Lecture is organised in association with the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers.
		Professor Sir Peter Mansfield is from the Magnetic Resonance Centre in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham.
	www.city.ac.uk /citynews/archive/2005/210232005_3.html (322 words)

	MIT wins several awards - MIT News Office
		Harling's citation acknowledges his "outstanding contributions to the conception, design and construction of an improved neutron inelastic scattering spectrometer." This instrument enabled the measurement of inelastic scattering spectra at much higher energies than had previously been possible.
		Harling was also recognized for his work on boron neutron capture therapy, a form of radiation therapy that can destroy cancerous cells while sparing adjacent healthy cells.
		Heywood, a London native, delivered the University's Edwards Lecture, sponsored by the City of London's Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/2004/aandh.html (1005 words)

	Renishaw - Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Raman microscope received The Prince of Wales Award for Innovation in 1993 and the 1995 Award by the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers.
		During 2000, the company has been honoured with "Business of the Year" award from Gloucestershire Newspapers Ltd, sponsored by HSBC, a "Winners" trophy from Deloitte & Touche "Technology Fast 50" and the Gloucestershire Ambassadors Furniss Cup, 2000 "for the company making the biggest contribution to the well-being of the County".
		In June, in the Manufacturing Excellence Awards, MX2000, the company was judged Winner of the KPMG Award for Product Innovation, together with Runner-up for the KPMG Foresight Award for Manufacturing Excellence and 2nd Place Award for Process Innovation.
	www.renishaw.com /client/category/UKEnglish/CAT-386.shtml (605 words)

	The Morrells - Modern Morrells
		For much of his career with Racal, Douglas was tireless in promoting the company's sales and in establishing Racal in emerging markets around the world.
		Douglas was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (FIEE) in 1962, having previously been made a member in 1936.
		He was also a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers, a livery company of the City of London, though he would resign in 1982, the year of his retirement.
	www3.sympatico.ca /rjwmorrell/modern.htm (1455 words)

	Lifeboat Foundation Bios: Dr. David A. Spencer
		He was honored with the 1996 "Outstanding Young Scientist" Award from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology> (ETH-Zürich) and has received numerous scholarships and awards for his geological research.
		He has given scientific lectures at numerous universities and has developed a strong publication record during his professional career, with over 200 scientific papers, articles, abstracts and reports (consultant, expedition and research).
		He is also a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers, London, UK and received the
	lifeboat.com /ex/bios.david.a.spencer (373 words)

	Sphæra issue no. 2: article 8
		The Measurers: a Flemish Image of Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century opened on the 3rd of July (see Sphæra, Issue no. 1) and there were 3,900 visitors during August, despite the Museum being closed for a few days for essential electrical work.
		The exhibition was sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers and the Fédération Internationale des Géomètres.
		This generous financial assistance allowed a full-colour poster and an illustrated catalogue to be printed; the latter may be ordered for £5.00 including postage.
	www.mhs.ox.ac.uk /sphaera/issue2/articl8.htm (432 words)

	CrackFirst wins national award
		The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers have awarded their prestigious Annual Achievement Award for 2005 to the CrackFirst sensor system.
		The award is given to recognise outstanding contributions to the British scientific instrument industry.
		No warranty expressed or implied is given regarding the results or effects of applying information or advice obtained from the website, nor is any responsibility accepted for any consequential loss or damage.
	www.twi.co.uk /j32k/unprotected/band_1/nrcrackfirst.html (337 words)

	Valid Analytical Measurement - News Item
		On 21 October 2003, NPL’s Brian Goody and Martin Milton were presented with the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM) award for the best paper published in
		This is the first time that this award has recognised work carried out as part of the VAM Programme, and only the second time that it has been awarded to NPL.
		The procedure works by 'cascading' a calibration from a single mass-flow controller to a series of others organised with flows that increase according to a binary sequence.
	www.vam.org.uk /news/news_item.asp?intNewsItemID=305 (352 words)

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