smelting (metals)

method, process, technology

Conversion of a solid into its liquid state of aggregation either by the supply of heat or the reduction of pressure.

Traveljournal 1794

Travelling with Plagemann: visiting Sergel, Helvius and Appelqvist

Traveljournal 1814

Business visits in Cheapside and the Strand, 25 August 1814
Making the acquaintance of Francis Huntsman, 6 September 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Schaffhausen–Audincourt, 26–30 May 1825
Cooperation with Henry Adcock, 16 June 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Visits on recommendations in London, 20 October 1825
Peruvian steel and a visit to Sanderson and Huntsman, 5 October 1827
London Steelworks and a so-called tobacco dispenser, 12 October 1827

Traveljournal 1845

Business affairs in Basel, 15 July 1845

Traveljournal 1851

Further highlights of the Exhibition, 29 June 1851
Fischer’s business visits in Sheffield, 7 July 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: smelting (metals). 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-8696, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Iron smelting (photograph by P sakthy, 2003)