iron
raw materials, minerals, geology
Chemical element (Fe) and one of the most common metals on earth.
Traveljournal 1794
Traveljournal 1814
- Business visits in Cheapside and the Strand, 25 August 1814
- James Watt gives a tour of his plant and and an invitation to lunch, 28 August 1814
- Manchester, 2 September 1814
- Return to France, 10–12 September 1814
- Birmingham’s “Altar to Vulcan”, 27 August 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
- The birth of the nickel-steel alloy
- Schaffhausen–Audincourt, 26–30 May 1825
- Acquaintance with Michael Faraday, 8 June 1825
- Interesting wire drawing plant, 14 June 1825
- Visit to a malleable iron factory, 14 June 1825
- Fascinating iron foundry on the canal, 15 June 1825
- Birmingham–Manchester, 17 June 1825
- With Johann Georg Bodmer and William Fairbairn, 18 June 1825
- Visit to St. George’s Foundry, 20 June 1825
- Visit to the Philips & Lee cotton mill, 21 June 1825
- Bellhouse’s sawmill, 22 June 1825
- Back in town, 23 June 1825
- Visit to the Park Mill textile mill, 27 June 1825
- Visit to the Marshall Mills flax mill, 28 June 1825
- Leeds–Sheffield, 29 June 1825
- Visit to a rolling mill and a refining forge, 2 July 1825
- Further factory visits in Birmingham, 5 July 1825
- Business opportunities in the London Mint, 11 July 1825
Traveljournal 1825–1827
Traveljournal 1845
Traveljournal 1846
- Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.