Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines, a history of the Women's Engineering Society by Henrietta Heald – starring Rachel Parsons and Katharine Parsons, along with a host of other astonishing trailblazers – is now available in paperback from Unbound. Read more...
The pioneering individuals who created the Women's Engineering Society a century ago each had their own extraordinary stories to tell. They included (from left) Margaret Rowbotham, Beatrice ('Tilly') Shilling and Margaret Partridge. Caroline Haslett is on the right of the picture. Read more...
Turbinia is the supreme symbol of the steam turbine, which revolutionized propulsion of ships and allowed electricity to be generated on a vast scale. Its inventor, Charles Parsons, was described as the man who invented the modern world. His influence is ranked with that of Watt and Faraday. Read more...
Birr Castle, County Offaly, is the ancestral home of the Parsons family and the site of Ireland’s Historic Science Centre. The giant telescope known as the Leviathan of Parsonstown, created by William Parsons, third earl of Rosse, can still be seen in the castle grounds. Read more...