W. O. Henderson

Industrial Britain Under the Regency (eBook, ePUB)

The Diaries of Escher, Bodmer, May and de Gallois 1814-18

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book W. O. Henderson has brought together in English translation the journals of four foreign visitors who travelled in England and Scotland in the years immediately following the Napoleonic wars, in a way which may be regarded as a sequel to his recent book on J. C. Fischer's diaries of industrial Britain. Two of the travellers whose journals are included in this volume were Swiss industrialists. Hans Caspar Escher was both a professional architect and the founder of the famous engineering firm of Esther Wyss of Zrich, Bodmer, also of Zrich, lived in England for many years and was recognised as an inventor of genius. The other accounts of industrial Britain in the Regency era are a report by the Prussian Factory Commissioner May and a short survey of the Newcastle upon Tyne colliery railways by the French government engineer Louis de Gallois. The four diaries show how informed foreign visitors were impressed by the way in which Britain had survived the perils of Napoleon's Continental System and was now forging ahead to consolidate her position as the workshop of the world. This book was first published in 1968.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136613104
• Artikelnr.: 39993545

Autorenporträt

Henderson, W.O.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Part I: Foreign Reports on Industrial Britain 1. Introduction 2. Hans Caspar Esher 3. Johann Georg Bodmer 4. J. Georg May 5. Louis de Gallois Part 2: Escher's Letters from England
1814 1. Calais
July 31 2. Dover
August 2 3. London
August 5 4. London
August 11 5. Manchester
August 15 6. Manchester
August 20 7. Liverpool
August 23 8. Glasgow
August 30 9. Glasgow
September 7 10. Glasgow
September 11 11. Edinburgh
September 18 12. Sunderland
September 22 13. Manchester
October 1 14. Manchester
October 4 15. Manchester
October 10 16. Manchester
October 15 17. Manchester
October 18 18. London
November 1 19. Dover
November 17 20. Calais
November 18 21. Postscript I 22. Postscript II Part 3: Bodmer's Diary 1816-1817 1. London
October 22-November 5
1816 2. Birmingham
November 6-November 30
1816 3. Liverpool
December 1-December 7
1816 4. Manchester and District
December 8-December 24
1816 5. Scotland
December 25
1816-January
1817 6. From Newcastle upon Tyne to London
January 4-January 24
1817 7. London
January 24-February 14
1817 Appendix: List of drawings made by Bodmer during his visit to England Part 4: Report on a Journey to England by Factory Commissioner J. G. May in 1814 1. Woollen Cloth 2. Cotton 3. Linen 4. Silk 5. Hosiery 6. Dyeworks
Printing and Bleaching Works 7. Hats 8. Paper 9. Tanning 10. Breweries 11. Distilleries 12. Pottery 13. Glass 14. Iron and Steel Products 15. Plated Manufacture 16. Brass and Lead 17. Metal Buttons and Needles 18. Engineering 19. Steam Engines 20. Hydraulic Power 21. Gas Lighting 22. Factory Building 23. Patents 24. The Custom House and the London Docks 25. The Society of Arts 26. Conclusion Part 5: Report by Louis de Galloiss on English Railways 1818 1. de Galloiss Report 2. Appendix 3. Conclusion