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Traveljournal 1814
- Fischer’s interest in technical progress
- Making the acquaintance of Philippe Gengembre, 17 August 1814
- Paris–Dover, 18–21 August 1814
- Dover–London, 21–22 August 1814
- Rolled spring steel from Schaffhausen, 26 August 1814
- London–Birmingham, 26–27 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
- “The good nature of the English of the upper and lower orders”
- Leeds, 4 September 1814
- Sheffield and Rotherham, 5 September 1814
- Return to London, 7-8 September 1814
- Final visits in Paris, 12–17 September 1814
- Return to Schaffhausen, 18–22 September 1814
- Return to France, 10–12 September 1814
- Exploring the Black Country on horseback with James Watt, 29 August 1814
Traveljournal 1825
- The birth of the nickel-steel alloy
- Montbéliard–Calais, 1-6 June 1825
- Calais–London, 7 June 1825
- Acquaintance with Michael Faraday, 8 June 1825
- London–Birmingham, 11-12 June 1825
- Arrival in Birmingham, 12 June 1825
- Fischer’s business objectives in Birmingham, 13 June 1825
- A novel beverage pump, 13 June 1825
- Interesting wire drawing plant, 14 June 1825
- Acquaintance with Henry Adcock, 15 June 1825
- Cooperation with Henry Adcock, 16 June 1825
- With Johann Georg Bodmer and William Fairbairn, 18 June 1825
- Sunday with fellow countrymen, 19 June 1825
- Visit to St. George’s Foundry, 20 June 1825
- Visit with friends, 20 June 1825
- Thoughts on the flow of money in England, 21 June 1825
- Bellhouse’s sawmill, 22 June 1825
- The country home of the Philips family, 22 June 1825
- Back in town, 23 June 1825
- A longed-for reunion, 23 June 1825
- The country home of the Lee family, 24 June 1825
- A guided tour through Leeds, 27 June 1825
- Visit to the Armsley Watermill textile factory, 28 June 1825
- Departure from Leeds, 28 June 1825
- Leeds–Sheffield, 29 June 1825
- A novel razor made of nickel-steel alloy, 30 June 1825
- Further factory visits in Sheffield, 30 June 1825
- Visit to a cast steel mill and brick works, 1 July 1825
- Quality certification for Fischer’s nickel-steel alloy, 1 July 1825
- Business meeting in Birmingham, 4 July 1825
- Further factory visits in Birmingham, 5 July 1825
- On ironstone china and crystal glass, 8. July 1825
- Perkin’s steam engine, 9 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
- Visit to Brunel’s sawmill, 16 July 1825
Traveljournal 1825–1827
- Foreword
- Perkins’ Siderogrpahic Institute, 5 December 1826
- Perkins demonstrates the high pressure steam engine, 27 September 1827
- Short visit to the Gott family in Leeds, 7 October 1827
- Fischer procures specialist literature, 10 October 1827
- London Steelworks and a so-called tobacco dispenser, 12 October 1827
Traveljournal 1845
- Foreword
- Schaffhausen–Basel, 14 July 1845
- Business affairs in Basel, 15 July 1845
- Boulogne–Calais, 20 July 1845
- Crossing the Channel and Mr. Hamer’s travel tips, 21 July 1845
- “So you, too, are in England, Colonel?” 21 July 1845
- By train from Dover to London, 21 July 1845
- London acquaintances old and new, 22 July 1845
- Fischer visits the patent office, 23 July 1845
- Nephew Winz and talking shop with Mr. K., 24 July 1845
- Fischer and his nephew Winz visit the Polytechnical Institution, 25 July 1845
- London–Leeds, 26 July 1845
- Some observations on transportation in England, 27 July 1845
- Low Moor Ironworks, 28 July 1845
- A soirée at Mr. Gott’s, 28 July 1845
- Some observations on railways, 30 July 1845
- Journey to Sheffield and a visit to an old acquaintance, 31 July 1845
- Turton, Huntsman and Chinese tea, 1 August 1845
- Sheffield–London, 2 August 1845
- Last errands in London, 3 August 1845
- Visit to Faraday and journey to Dover, 4 August 1845
- Ghent–Cologne, 6 August 1845
Traveljournal 1846
- Foreword
- Schaffhausen–Ostend, 15–17 October 1846
- Crossing from Ostend to Dover, 18 October 1846
- Fischer enjoys two “Sandwitchers” in London, 19 October 1846
- Brande, the Bank of England and a visit to Old Fenn, 23 October 1846
- Fischer has his likeness taken, 24 October 1846
- Fischer shows Huntsman a picture of his works, 27 October 1846
- Sheffield–Liverpool, 28 October 1846
- Liverpool’s maritime ironworks, 29 October 1846
- Dover–Schaffhausen, 4–8 November 1846
Traveljournal 1851
- Thoughts about the Great Exhibition in London 1851
- Cologne–Ostend, 15 June 1851
- Arrival in Dover, 16 June 1851In the original print, this section and the preceding one were conjoined.
- Fischer’s second visit, 19 June 1851
- The “five shilling evening”, 21 June 1851
- A fulfilling Sunday spent writing, 22 June 1851
- Fischer’s fourth visit, 23 June 1851
- Fischer’s highlights of the Exhibition, 24 June 1851
- Fischer and his exhibits, 25 June 1851
- On the English export market, 27 June 1851
- A bathing expedition, 28 June 1851
- Further highlights of the Exhibition, 29 June 1851
- Fischer on the visit by the British seamen, 30 June 1851
- Fischer’s seventh visit, 1 July 1851
- Fischer’s eighth visit, 2 July 1851
- London–Birmingham, 3 July 1851
- Birmingham, 4 July 1851
- Manchester–Sheffield, 6 July 1851
- Ostend–Mannheim, 10–11 July 1851
- Afterword: Thoughts on free trade
- The importance of free trade for England
- Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
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