80 MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN 



of slush in waste places inhabited by wandering 

 locomotives, grows visibly stronger, has dismissed 

 his office cough and cured his toothache.' ' The 

 whole of the paying out and lifting machinery must 

 be designed and ordered in two or three days, and I 

 am half crazy with work. I like it though : it 's 

 like a good ball, the excitement carries you through.' 

 * I was running to and from the ships and ware- 

 house through fierce gusts of rain and wind till 

 near eleven, and you cannot think what a pleasure 

 it was to be blown about and think of you in your 

 pretty dress.' * I am at the works till ten and 

 sometimes till eleven. But I have a nice office to 

 sit in, with a fire to myself, and bright brass scientific 

 instruments all round me, and books to read, and 

 experiments to make, and enjoy myself amazingly. 

 I find the study of electricity so entertaining that 

 I am apt to neglect my other work.' And, for a 

 last taste, * Yesterday I had some charming electrical 

 experiments. What shall I compare them to a 

 new song ? a Greek play ? ' 



Fieeming It was at this time besides that he made the 

 Thomson.' acquaintance of Professor, now Sir William, Thom- 

 son. To describe the part played by these two in 

 each other's lives would lie out of my way. They 

 worked together on the Committee on Electrical 

 Standards ; they served together at the laying 

 down or the repair of many deep-sea cables ; and 

 Sir William was regarded by Fieeming, not only 



