Victorian Scientist and Engineer
Victorian Scientist and Engineer
Fleeming Jenkin and the Birth of Electrical Engineering
Hempstead, Colin; Cookson, Gillian
Taylor & Francis Ltd
03/2000
280
Dura
Inglês
9780754600794
In a life of only 52 years, Fleeming Jenkin established a reputation as a pioneer in the new world of electrical engineering, known for his work on undersea telegraphs and more. This biography illuminates his life, aspects of Victorian intellectual society and the organization of science.
A young man of remarkable ability; employed about the ocean cables (appendix - Thomson's mirror galvanometer); an electrical engineer of high standing; a philosophic electrician (appendix - Jenkin on truth); untiring zest for life; the soul of the enterprise; bibliographical notes on the history of submarine telegraphy.
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In a life of only 52 years, Fleeming Jenkin established a reputation as a pioneer in the new world of electrical engineering, known for his work on undersea telegraphs and more. This biography illuminates his life, aspects of Victorian intellectual society and the organization of science.
A young man of remarkable ability; employed about the ocean cables (appendix - Thomson's mirror galvanometer); an electrical engineer of high standing; a philosophic electrician (appendix - Jenkin on truth); untiring zest for life; the soul of the enterprise; bibliographical notes on the history of submarine telegraphy.
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