cast bar iron

method, process, technology

Johann Conrad Fischer’s term for workpieces made of cast steel.

Traveljournal 1845

Business affairs in Basel, 15 July 1845
Paris hat fashions, the mint and onward journey, 19 July 1845
Fischer visits the patent office, 23 July 1845

Traveljournal 1846

Schaffhausen–Ostend, 15–17 October 1846
Fischer enjoys two “Sandwitchers” in London, 19 October 1846
“Hochrheinbahn”, steel casting and street paving, 21 October 1846
Brande, the Bank of England and a visit to Old Fenn, 23 October 1846
Fischer has his likeness taken, 24 October 1846
Fischer shows Huntsman a picture of his works, 27 October 1846

Gnade, Rudolf/Schib, Karl: Johann Conrad Fischer 1773–1854. Aus der Schriftenreihe zum hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehen der Georg Fischer Werke. Schaffhausen 1954, S. 63.

Cite as: cast bar iron. 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-9707, viewed on 7 June 2025.