Henry Palmer
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Henry Palmer may refer to:
- Henry Palmer (Royal Navy officer)Henry Palmer (Royal Navy officer)-Life:His family was from Tottington by Aylesford. He is first mentioned as commanding a squadron of the queen's ships on the coast of Flanders in 1576. From that time he was constantly employed in the queen's service. In 1580 and following years he was a commissioner for the repair and maintenance...
(d. 1611), Surveyor of the Navy from 11 July 1589 to 20 December 1598 - Henry Robinson PalmerHenry Robinson PalmerHenry Robinson Palmer was a British civil engineer who designed the world's first monorail system and the first elevated railsystem...
(1795-1844), English engineer, in 1824 produced designs for a horse-drawn suspended monorail, precursor of the Schwebebahn WuppertalSchwebebahn Wuppertal- Current modernisation :The Wuppertal Schwebebahn nowadays carries up to 82,000 passengers a day through the city. Since 1997, the supporting frame has been largely modernised, and a lot of stations have been reconstructed and brought technically up to date... - Henry Spencer PalmerHenry Spencer PalmerMajor General Henry Spencer Palmer was a British army military engineer and surveyor, noted for his work in developing Yokohama harbor in the Empire of Japan as a foreign advisor to the Japanese government-Biography:...
(1838-1893),British army military engineer and surveyor - Henry Wilbur PalmerHenry Wilbur PalmerHenry Wilbur Palmer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry W. Palmer was born in Clifford Township, Pennsylvania. He attended Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, and Fort Edward Institute in Fort Edward, New York...
(1839-1913), US politician