Murdoch, William
21. August 1754 – 15. November 1839
Scottish engineer and inventor, who became a partner at Boulton & Watt in 1810.
Johann Conrad Fischer became acquainted with William Murdoch when he visited Birmingham in August 1814.
Traveljournal 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
- Manchester, 2 September 1814
- Essay on the “comparative brightness” of William Murdoch
- Exploring the Black Country on horseback with James Watt, 29 August 1814
- 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. 57f., 68f, 102f.
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Murdoch, William