Jenkin, Fleeming

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  • Professional services Engineering consultancy services - electrical
  • Professional services Engineering consultancy services - mechanical

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Fleeming Jenkin, 1833-85, was an electrical and mechanical engineer much involved with electrical telegraphy, especially submarine telegraphy, although his early life was spent in the employ of leading mechanical engineering businesses. From 1861 in partnership with H C Forde and from late 1860s with Sir William Thompson (later Lord Kelvin) and C F Varley. Professor of Engineering, initially at University College, London, and from 1868 at Edinburgh

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