Fleeming Jenkin

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  • Reference
    • GB 254 MS 240
  • Former Reference
    • GB 254 MS 15/242
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1874
  • Physical Description
    • 0.02 linear metres

Scope and Content

Includes an address delivered to the Edinburgh and Leith Engineers Society by Fleeming Jenkin, President; letter dated 11 February 1874 on same subject; and notes for lecture on Navigation. Jenkin was the first Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, and a friend of Lord Kelvin. He was a designer of transoceanic cables, and was an innovator in evolutionary biology and economics. MS. [Taken from Department of Engineering].

Arrangement

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Access Information

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

The material is on paper.

Archivist's Note

Description compiled by Mareike Platt

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Accruals

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Additional Information

Published

Catalogued

MS 240