Jenkin, Fleeming
Other Business Names:
- Forde, H C
- Thompson, Sir William, later Lord Kelvin
- Varley, C F
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - electrical
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - mechanical
Notes:
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
Publications:
- A Victorian Scientist and Engineer. Fleeming Jenkin and the birth of electrical engineering by Cookson, Gillian, & C A Hempstead
- 'Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin' in R L Stevenson, Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin. Records of a Family of Engineers by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- 'Reconstructing a lost engineer. Fleeming Jenkin and problems of sources I' in A Jarvis & K Smith (eds), Perceptions of Great Engineers II by Cookson, Gillian
- 'Reconstructing a lost engineer. Fleeming Jenkin and problems of sources II' in A Jarvis & K Smith (eds), Perceptions of Great Engineers II by Hempstead, C A
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Forde, H C
- Thompson, Sir William, later Lord Kelvin
- Varley, C F
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - electrical
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - mechanical
Notes:
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 EdinburghPublications:
- A Victorian Scientist and Engineer. Fleeming Jenkin and the birth of electrical engineering by Cookson, Gillian, & C A Hempstead
- 'Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin' in R L Stevenson, Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin. Records of a Family of Engineers by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- 'Reconstructing a lost engineer. Fleeming Jenkin and problems of sources I' in A Jarvis & K Smith (eds), Perceptions of Great Engineers II by Cookson, Gillian
- 'Reconstructing a lost engineer. Fleeming Jenkin and problems of sources II' in A Jarvis & K Smith (eds), Perceptions of Great Engineers II by Hempstead, C A