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GFA 30/6: William O. Henderson: J. C. Fischer and his diary of industrial England 1814-1851

William O. Henderson: Johann Conrad Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814-1851. London 1966. 212 Seiten.

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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

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