James R. Barr
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James Robertson Barr A.M.I.E.E. (1885 – December 1910) was a Scottish
engineer
and lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Heriot-Watt College
, Edinburgh.
He was an apprentice to Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd.
and spent a year at the Leith
Power Station. He then was designer to the Electric Construction Company and took some plant to West Africa for erection.
In October 1905 he was appointed assistant lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Heriot Watt College. He was elected associated member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
in 1906.
Despite his death by tuberculosis at the age of 26, his 1908 textbook Principles of Direct-Current Electrical Engineering was revised and reprinted until the 1950s. The companion volume The Design of Alternating Current Machinery was written but not yet revised for publication at the time of his death. Robert Archibald from Dundee Technical College
revised and corrected the proofs for its publication in 1913.
He was awarded three medals for student achievement:
Scotland
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engineer
Engineering
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and lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Heriot-Watt College
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University is a university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The name commemorates George Heriot, the 16th century financier to King James, and James Watt, the great 18th century inventor and engineer....
, Edinburgh.
He was an apprentice to Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd.
Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd.
Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd. was an Edinburgh industrial electrical engineering company founded as D. Bruce Peebles & Co. by Scottish engineer David Bruce Peebles in Edinburgh in 1866...
and spent a year at the Leith
Leith
-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....
Power Station. He then was designer to the Electric Construction Company and took some plant to West Africa for erection.
In October 1905 he was appointed assistant lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Heriot Watt College. He was elected associated member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Institution of Electrical Engineers
The Institution of Electrical Engineers was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and Information Technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. The I.E.E...
in 1906.
Despite his death by tuberculosis at the age of 26, his 1908 textbook Principles of Direct-Current Electrical Engineering was revised and reprinted until the 1950s. The companion volume The Design of Alternating Current Machinery was written but not yet revised for publication at the time of his death. Robert Archibald from Dundee Technical College
University of Dundee
The University of Dundee is a university based in the city and Royal burgh of Dundee on eastern coast of the central Lowlands of Scotland and with a small number of institutions elsewhere....
revised and corrected the proofs for its publication in 1913.
He was awarded three medals for student achievement:
- Physics & Mathematics, 1900-1901 Session, Leith Technical College.
- Advanced Electricity & Magnetism, 1901-1902 Session, Herriot-Watt College.
- Mathematics Stage III, 1902-1903 Session, Herriot-Watt College.