User talk:Andrew Macklin

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Speedy deletion nomination of Logan Henderson (engineer)

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A tag has been placed on Logan Henderson (engineer) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a real person or group of people that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Good morning, Xegma --

Really sorry you did not find my article of <Logan Henderson (engineer)> significant enough for an entry.

Henderson was one of several assistants referenced in the the book, "James Watt and the Steam Engine," which is probably the most complete reference on Watt. But Henderson is the only one without an Wikipedia entry.

(There is a Wikipedia entry on Logan Henderson, an actor, who I had not heard of before; I drafted the article after discovering my linked entry led to an article about him, not the engineer.)

Henderson was significant for his role in the 1770s in inventing "The Counter", a device that was the predecessor of all the various devices we use today to measure the number of operations a machine performs -- like electric meters, automobile odometers, task logs, etc. Henderson appears often in the Boulton & Watt archives at Birmingham and is probably a familiar name to those who study the early history of industrialization, but there is no stand-alone biography of him to cite.

Can you send me a recovered copy of my text? I may work on it further, or use the content to add to the entries on Watt or his other assistants.

Thanks; regards --

Andrew Andrew Macklin (talk) 15:48, 13 March 2024 (UTC)