nickel-steel alloy
method, process, technology
A tough and hard steel that is toughened by the addition of the chemical element nickel.
Johann Conrad Fischer invented and named this steel in 1825; it was used mainly in weapons manufacture.
Traveljournal 1825
- The birth of the nickel-steel alloy
- Acquaintance with Michael Faraday, 8 June 1825
- Acquaintance with Jacob Perkins, 10 June 1825
- Fischer in the London Journal for Arts and Sciences, 10 June 1825
- Interesting wire drawing plant, 14 June 1825
- Factory visits in Sheffield, 30 June 1825
- A novel razor made of nickel-steel alloy, 30 June 1825
- Business meeting in Birmingham, 4 July 1825
- Fischer’s sought-after innovation, 6 July 1825
- Business opportunities in the London Mint, 11 July 1825
- The adventure with the pocketbook, 12 July 1825
- Visit to the engineering firm of Taylor & Martineau, 15 July 1825
Traveljournal 1825–1827
- Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
- Meteorstahl. In: Lueger, Otto: Lexikon der gesamten Technik und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften 2. Auflage, Band 6. Stuttgart, Leipzig 1908, S. 415 (Zeno.org, Stand 25.2.2023). Siehe auch Eisenbibliothek Aa 182x.