pound (weight)

unit of measurement, currency

An old unit of mass, defined differently at different times and places.

As of 1838, one pound was equal to 500 grams in Switzerland.

Traveljournal 1794

Helsingborg and the Swedish national character

Traveljournal 1814

Birmingham’s “Altar to Vulcan”, 27 August 1814
First encounter with malleable cast iron in Birmingham, 30 August 1814
In Wedgwood’s Etruria Works, 1 September 1814
Essay on the “comparative brightness” of William Murdoch
Travelling on the “Salamanca” to Leeds, 3 September 1814
Leeds, 4 September 1814
Sheffield and Rotherham, 5 September 1814
Exploring the Black Country on horseback with James Watt, 29 August 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Tour of Apothecaries Hall, 11 June 1825
Britannia metal, 14 June 1825
Fascinating iron foundry on the canal, 15 June 1825
The country home of the Lee family, 24 June 1825
Visit to the Park Mill textile mill, 27 June 1825
Visit to the Marshall Mills flax mill, 28 June 1825
Factory visits in Sheffield, 30 June 1825
Visit to a rolling mill and a refining forge, 2 July 1825
Business opportunities in the London Mint, 11 July 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

The tunnel beneath the Thames, 21 October 1825
Guns and grenades in the Woolwich Arsenal, 22 October 1825
A Victorian ice machine, 5 December 1826
Father and son visit the Woolwich Arsenal, 26 September 1827
Perkins demonstrates the high pressure steam engine, 27 September 1827

Traveljournal 1845

Low Moor Ironworks, 28 July 1845
Journey to Sheffield and a visit to an old acquaintance, 31 July 1845
Turton, Huntsman and Chinese tea, 1 August 1845

Traveljournal 1846

Schaffhausen–Ostend, 15–17 October 1846
Fischer enjoys two “Sandwitchers” in London, 19 October 1846
The Butterley Works and a highway robbery at Alfredton, 26 October 1846
Liverpool’s maritime ironworks, 29 October 1846
Fischer loses his way in Sheffield, 31 October 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Fischer’s fourth visit, 23 June 1851
Fischer’s walks through London, 26 June 1851
On the English export market, 27 June 1851
A bathing expedition, 28 June 1851
Birmingham, 4 July 1851
Fischer’s business visits in Sheffield, 7 July 1851

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Cite as: pound (weight). In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8511, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Ten-pound weight (photograph by Genet, 2013)