Introduction. Industrial Switzerland | xiii |
CHAPTER I. Fischer’s Industrial Career | |
1. THE CRAFTSMAN | 1 |
2. THE INVENTOR | 2 |
3. THE ENTREPRENEUR | 7 |
4. THE DIARIST | 10 |
CHAPTER II. J. C. Fischer’s Visits to London | |
1. METALWORKERS AND ENGINEERS | 24 |
London as an Engineering Centre | 24 |
1794. Samuel Rhee | 24 |
1814. Edward Stammers, Holtzapffel | 25 |
1825-7. Joseph Egg, John Martineau, Marc Isambard Brunel, Jacob Perkins, Thomson & Johnson | 26 |
1845-61. Phoenix Foundry, Robinson and Russel | 33 |
The Gas Industry | 34 |
2. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS | 36 |
Michael Faraday and the Royal Institution | 36 |
W. T. Brande and the Royal Mint | 37 |
The Apothecaries Hall | 39 |
Woolwich Arsenal | 39 |
The Patent Office | 41 |
The British Museum | 41 |
3. THE GREAT EXHIBITION | 42 |
CHAPTER III. Fischer in the Manufacturing Districts | |
Introduction | 56 |
1. THE TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS | 57 |
Philips and Lee of Salford | 57 |
Benjamin Gott of Leeds | 58 |
2. A VISIT TO ETRURIA | 61 |
3. THE MANCHESTER ENGINEERS | 62 |
Sharp, Hill & Co. | 62 |
Richard Ormrod | 62 |
William Fairbairn | 63 |
Thomas C. Hewes | 63 |
4. THE STEELMAKERS AND CUTLERS OF SHEFFIELD | 64 |
The Huntsman Family | 64 |
Sanderson Brothers | 65 |
Charles Cammell | 65 |
Thomas Turton & Sons | 66 |
Three Sheffield Cutlers | 67 |
5. THE IRONMASTERS AND ENGINEERS OF THE MIDLANDS | 68 |
The Soho Foundry | 68 |
The Level Ironworks near Dudley | 69 |
The Ironworks near Wednesbury | 70 |
6. A VISIT TO LIVERPOOL | 70 |
CHAPTER IV. The Rise of the Firm of Georg Fischer | |
1. GEORG FISCHER II AND HIS FITTINGS | 84 |
2. GEORG FISCHER III: STEEL CASTINGS AND ELECTRIC FURNACES | 88 |
APPENDIX | |
APPENDIX I. Documents | 95 |
APPENDIX II. Extracts from Fischer’s Diaries | 125 |
APPENDIX III. Money, Weights and Measures in Switzerland,1815-48 | 168 |
MAPS | 169 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 177 |
MANUSCRIPTS IN THE FISCHER ARCHIVES | 178 |
INDEX | 179 |