The Vernier Society was formed in 1942 when the government was unable to get the manufacture of necessary wartime supplies to the requirement of time and volume.
The government asked a number of prominent engineers to advise them how to achieve the required results to satisfy the war effort.
The group of engineers met over lunch over a period of time until they came up with the solutions to the manufacturing problems. While solving the problems they also enjoyed the company of other engineers and the opportunity to talk over their own problems in an excellent arena and to keep in touch with industry outside their own firm. Hence the group decided to form a society to meet monthly, a constitution was written and the Vernier Society came into being. We now have 68 members from the engineering fraternity.
The English Engineering Council started us thinking about interesting young people in Science and Engineering. The English Engineering Council ran a competition for kindergarten children to draw or paint something that was made by an engineer that they had used. The prize astounded us, because it consisted of a trip to “ANY” destination for the child and his family, British Airways was one of the sponsors. The recent prizes have been a trip to Europe Disneyland for 2 weeks for the child and their family.
The Society is named after the French mathematician Pierre Vernier, and uses the Vernier Scale as its symbol