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].
Fleeming Jenkin
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- GB 254 MS 240
- Former Reference
- GB 254 MS 15/242
- Dates of Creation
- 1874
- Physical Description
- 0.02 linear metres
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MS 240