Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming
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(Henry Charles) Fleeming Jenkin (1833–1885); electrical engineer and university teacher.
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(Henry Charles) Fleeming Jenkin (1833–1885, Oxford DNB); electrical engineer and university teacher. Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, and known as the inventor of the cable car or telpherage. One of the founding members of the Society of Authors.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912. https://archive.org/details/memoiroffleeming00stevuoft.
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“Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming,” The History of the Society of Authors, 1884–1914, accessed September 9, 2024, https://historysoa.com/people/Jenkin-Henry-Charles-Fleeming.
