Perkins, Jacob
9. July 1766 – 30. July 1849
An American engineer and inventor.
Jacob Perkins pioneered the technique of steel engraving (siderography) and was the inventor of the refrigerator, the high pressure steam engine and the engraving machine. Perkins owned, among others, a steam engine factory on Gray’s Inn Road, another such factory near Regent’s Park and a printing house on Fleet Street.
See location: Perkins’ steam engine manufactory (Grayʼs Inn).
See location: Perkins’ steam engine manufactory (Regents Park).
See location: Jacob Perkins & Co. printing house.
Traveljournal 1825
- Arrival in London, 7 June 1825
- Acquaintance with Jacob Perkins, 10 June 1825
- Fischer in the London Journal for Arts and Sciences, 10 June 1825
- Perkin’s steam engine, 9 July 1825
- Further encounters in London, 9 July 1825
- Further business in London, 13 July 1825
- Visit to the engineering firm of Taylor & Martineau, 15 July 1825
Traveljournal 1825–1827
Traveljournal 1845
- Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischers Besuche in London zwischen 1794 und 1851. In: Sonderdruck aus Tradition - Zeitschrift für Firmengeschichte und Unternehmensbiographie 1967, S. 358–361.
- Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 31–33.
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