Contents
- 1. Title page
- 2. The birth of the nickel-steel alloy
- 3. Schaffhausen–Audincourt, 26–30 May 1825
- 4. Business in Audincourt and Montbéliard, 30-31 May 1825
- 5. Montbéliard–Calais, 1-6 June 1825
- 6. Calais–London, 7 June 1825
- 7. Arrival in London, 7 June 1825
- 8. Acquaintance with Michael Faraday, 8 June 1825
- 9. London highlights, 9 June 1825
- 10. Attending a lecture on chemistry, 10 June 1825
- 11. Exhibition about the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I, 10 June 1825
- 12. Acquaintance with Jacob Perkins, 10 June 1825
- 13. Fischer in the London Journal for Arts and Sciences, 10 June 1825
- 14. Tour of Apothecaries Hall, 11 June 1825
- 15. Departure for Birmingham, 11 June 1825
- 16. London–Birmingham, 11-12 June 1825
- 17. Arrival in Birmingham, 12 June 1825
- 18. Fischer’s business objectives in Birmingham, 13 June 1825
- 19. A novel beverage pump, 13 June 1825
- 20. Britannia metal, 14 June 1825
- 21. Interesting wire drawing plant, 14 June 1825
- 22. Visit to a malleable iron factory, 14 June 1825
- 23. Fascinating iron foundry on the canal, 15 June 1825
- 24. Acquaintance with Henry Adcock, 15 June 1825
- 25. Cooperation with Henry Adcock, 16 June 1825
- 26. Birmingham–Manchester, 17 June 1825
- 27. With Johann Georg Bodmer and William Fairbairn, 18 June 1825
- 28. Sunday with fellow countrymen, 19 June 1825
- 29. Visit to Sharp Hill & Comp., 20 June 1825
- 30. Visit to St. George’s Foundry, 20 June 1825
- 31. Visit with friends, 20 June 1825
- 32. Thoughts on the flow of money in England, 21 June 1825
- 33. Visit to the Philips & Lee cotton mill, 21 June 1825
- 34. Bellhouse’s sawmill, 22 June 1825
- 35. The country home of the Philips family, 22 June 1825
- 36. Back in town, 23 June 1825
- 37. A longed-for reunion, 23 June 1825
- 38. The country home of the Lee family, 24 June 1825
- 39. Manchester–Leeds, 25-26 June 1825
- 40. A guided tour through Leeds, 27 June 1825
- 41. Visit to the Park Mill textile mill, 27 June 1825
- 42. The country home of the Gott family, 27 June 1825
- 43. Visit to the Armsley Watermill textile factory, 28 June 1825
- 44. Visit to the Marshall Mills flax mill, 28 June 1825
- 45. Departure from Leeds, 28 June 1825
- 46. On the rights of woman, 29 June 1825
- 47. Leeds–Sheffield, 29 June 1825
- 48. Factory visits in Sheffield, 30 June 1825
- 49. A novel razor made of nickel-steel alloy, 30 June 1825
- 50. Further factory visits in Sheffield, 30 June 1825
- 51. Visit to a cast steel mill and brick works, 1 July 1825
- 52. Quality certification for Fischer’s nickel-steel alloy, 1 July 1825
- 53. Admiring praise for Fischer’s razor, 2 July 1825
- 54. Visit to a farrier, 2 July 1825
- 55. Visit to a rolling mill and a refining forge, 2 July 1825
- 56. Sheffield–Birmingham, 3 July 1825
- 57. Business meeting in Birmingham, 4 July 1825
- 58. On customs and manners, 4 July 1825
- 59. Further factory visits in Birmingham, 5 July 1825
- 60. Fischer’s sought-after innovation, 6 July 1825
- 61. Birmingham–London, 6-7 July 1825
- 62. On ironstone china and crystal glass, 8. July 1825
- 63. Perkin’s steam engine, 9 July 1825
- 64. Further encounters in London, 9 July 1825
- 65. A new business proposition in London, 10 July 1825
- 66. Business opportunities in the London Mint, 11 July 1825
- 67. Another evening with Joseph Egg, 11 July 1825
- 68. The adventure with the pocketbook, 12 July 1825
- 69. Further business in London, 13 July 1825
- 70. Visit to a gasworks in London, 14 July 1825
- 71. Visit to the engineering firm of Taylor & Martineau, 15 July 1825
- 72. Visit to Brunel’s sawmill, 16 July 1825
- 73. London–Dover, 17 July 1825
- 74. Dover–Paris, 18-20 July 1825
- 75. Visit with Mirimée and Bréant in Paris, 21 July 1825
- 76. Paris–Schaffhausen, 22-26 July 1825