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Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
This memoir details the life of Fleeming Jenkin, an English engineer and inventor, exploring his background, family history, and the various influences that shaped him into an individual whose contributions, though perhaps lesser-known, were significant.
"M"emoir of Fleeming Jenkin" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a biographical account. This memoir details the life of Fleeming Jenkin, an English engineer and inventor, exploring his background, family history, and the various influences that shaped him into an individual whose contributions, though perhaps lesser-known, were significant.
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The Jenkins of Stowting—Fleeming’s grandfather—Mrs. Buckner’s fortune—Fleeming’s father; goes to sea; at St. Helena; meets King Tom; service in the West Indies; end of his career—The Campbell-Jacksons—Fleeming’s mother—Fleeming’s uncle John.
In the reign of Henry VIII., a family of the name of Jenkin, claiming to come from York, and bearing the arms of Jenkin ap Philip of St. Melans, are found reputably settled in the county of Kent. Persons of strong genealogical pinion pass from William Jenkin, Mayor of Folkestone in 1555, to his contemporary ‘John Jenkin, of the Citie of York, Receiver General of the County,’ and thence, by way of Jenkin ap Philip, to the proper summit of any Cambrian pedigree—a prince; ‘Guaith Voeth, Lord of Cardigan,’ the name and style of him. It may suffice, however, for the present, that these Kentish Jenkins must have undoubtedly derived from Wales, and being a stock of some efficiency, they struck root and grew to wealth and consequence in their new home.
Contents
- 01Preface to the American Edition.
- 02Chapter I.
- 03Chapter II. 1833–1851.
- 04Chapter III. 1851–1858.
- 05Chapter IV. 1859–1868.
- 06Chapter V.—Notes of Telegraph Voyages, 1858 to 1873.
- 07I.
- 08II.
- 09III.
- 10IV.
- 11V.
- 12VI.
- 13Chapter VI.—1869–1885.
- 14I.
- 15II.
- 16III.
- 17IV.
- 18V.
- 19Chapter VII. 1875–1885.
- 20Appendix.
- 21I. Note on the Contributions of Fleeming Jenkin to Electrical and Engineering Science. By Sir William Thomson, F.r.s., Ll. D., etc., etc.
- 22II. Note on the work of Fleeming Jenkin in connection with Sanitary Reform. By Lt. Col. Alexander Fergusson.
About this edition
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 172 pages
- This edition
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