Watt, James junior
5. February 1769 – 2. June 1848
Scottish engineer and manager of Boulton & Watt as of 1800; son of James Watt.
While in England, Johann Conrad Fischer visited James Watt Junior several times at his factory and they became good friends.
See location: James Watt junior’s office.
Traveljournal 1814
- Birmingham’s “Altar to Vulcan”, 27 August 1814
- James Watt gives a tour of his plant and and an invitation to lunch, 28 August 1814
- First encounter with malleable cast iron in Birmingham, 30 August 1814
- In Wedgwood’s Etruria Works, 1 September 1814
- Manchester, 2 September 1814
- Return to France, 10–12 September 1814
- Leeds, 4 September 1814
- Sheffield and Rotherham, 5 September 1814
- Exploring the Black Country on horseback with James Watt, 29 August 1814
Traveljournal 1825
Traveljournal 1851
- Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
- Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischers Reisen durch die Industriegebiete Englands 1814–1851. In: Tradition - Zeitschrift für Firmengeschichte und Unternehmensbiographie 1964, S. 128f.
- Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 68f.
- Korrespondenz von Johann Conrad Fischer mit James Watt Junior. In: Konzernarchiv der Georg Fischer AG (GFA 1/110).
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