Fischer’s steel

method, process, technology

Steel either developed and/or produced by Johann Conrad Fischer.

“Fischer’s steel” is a general term denoting not a particular type of steel but various types, depending on the context, including:

Fischer’s crucible steel
Fischer’s nickel-steel alloy
Fischer’s coin die steel
Fischer’s yellow steel
Fischer’s silver steel

Traveljournal 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Traveljournal 1845

Traveljournal 1846

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 105.

Cite as: Fischer’s steel. 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-9474, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Fischer’s steel is made here: View of Johann Conrad Fischer’s steel foundry (coloured engraving by Johann Jacob Beck, c. 1835–1840)