W. J. M. R.Educated at the University of Edinburgh. A founder of the science of thermodynamics, and an influential theorist of the steam engine. Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Glasgow (1855-1872). Author of Songs and Fables (1874). Biographical information: ODNB. (KF, AC)
Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
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The Engine-Driver to His Engine | 1862-12 | Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine | Poet | 9659 |
The Coachman of the “Skylark” | 1862-12 | Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine | Poet | 9660 |
What Shall We Do For Coal? | 1866-07 | Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine | Poet | 9832 |