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See also:FAIRBAIRN, See also:SIR See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM , See also:Bart. (1789–1874), Scottish engineer, was See also:born on the 19th of See also:February 1789 at See also:Kelso, See also:Roxburghshire, where his See also:father was a See also:farm-See also:bailiff. In 1803 he obtained See also:work at three shillings a See also:week as a See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
mason's labourer on the See also:bridge then being built by See also:John See also:Rennie at Kelso; but within a few days he was incapacitated by an See also:accident. Later in the same See also:year, his father having been appointed steward on a farm connected with See also:Percy See also:Main Colliery near See also:North See also:Shields, he obtained employment as a See also:carter in connexion with the colliery. In See also:March 1804 he was See also:bound an apprentice to a millwright at Percy Main, and then found See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to supplement the deficiencies of his See also:early See also:education by systematic private study. It was at Percy Main that he made the acquaintance of See also:George See also:Stephenson, who then had See also:charge of an See also:engine at a neighbouring colliery. For some years subsequent to the expiry of his See also:apprenticeship in 1811, he lived a somewhat roving See also:life, seldom remaining See also:long in one See also:place and often reduced to very hard straits before he got employment. But in 1817 he entered into See also:partnership with a shopmate, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Lillie, with whose aid he hired an old See also:shed in High See also:Street, See also:Manchester, where he set up a See also:lathe and began business. The See also:firm quickly secured a See also:good reputation,
II
and the improvements in See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill-work and See also:water-wheels introduced by Fairbairn caused its fame to extend beyond Manchester to See also:Scotland and even the See also:continent of See also:Europe. The partnership was dissolved in 1832.
In 1830 Fairbairn had been employed by the Forth and See also:Clyde See also:Canal See also:Company to make experiments with the view of determining whether it were possible to construct steamers capable of traversing the canal at a See also:speed which would compete successfully with that of the railway; and the results of his investigation were published by him in 1831, under the See also:title Remarks on Canal See also:Navigation. His See also:plan of using See also:iron boats proved inadequate to overcome the difficulties of this problem, but in the development of the use of this material both in the See also:case of See also:merchant vessels and men-of-See also:war he took a leading See also:part. In this way also he was led to pursue extensive experiments in regard to the strength of iron. In 1835 he established, in connexion with his Manchester business, a See also:shipbuilding yard at Millwall, See also:London, where he constructed several See also:hundred vessels, including many for the royal See also:navy; but he ultimately found that other engagements prevented him from paying adequate See also:attention to the management, and at the end of fourteen years he disposed of the concern at a See also:great loss. In 1837 he was consulted by the See also:sultan of See also:Turkey in regard to machinery for the See also:government workshops at See also:Constantinople. In 1845 he was employed, in See also:conjunction with See also:Robert Stephenson, in constructing the tubular railway See also:bridges across the See also:Conway and Menai Straits. The See also:share he had in the undertaking has been the subject of some dispute; his own version is contained in a See also:volume he published in 1849, An See also:Account of the Construction of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges. In 1849 he was invited by the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Prussia to submit designs for the construction of a bridge across the See also:Rhine, but after various negotiations, another See also:design, by a Prussian engineer, which was a modification of Fairbairn's, was adopted. Another See also:matter which engaged much of Fairbairn's attention was See also:steam boilers, in the construction of which he effected many improvements. Amid all the cares of business he found time for varied scientific investigation. In 1851 his fertility and readiness of invention greatly aided an inquiry carried out at his Manchester See also:works by Sir William See also:Thomson (See also:Lord See also:Kelvin) and J. P. See also:Joule, at the instigation of William See also:Hopkins, to determine the melting points of substances under great pressure; and from 1861 to 1865 he was employed to See also:guide the experiments of the government See also:committee appointed to inquire into the " application of iron to defensive purposes." He died at See also:Moor See also:Park, See also:Surrey, on the 18th of See also:August 1874. Fairbairn was a member of many learned See also:societies, both See also:British and See also:foreign, and in 1861 served as See also:president of the British Association. He declined a See also:knighthood . in 1861, but accepted a baronetcy in 1869.
His youngest See also:brother, Sir See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
PETER FAIRBAIRN (1799–1861), founded a large See also:machine manufacturing business in See also:Leeds. Starting on a small See also:scale with See also:flax-See also:spinning machinery, he subsequently extended his operations to the manufacture of textile machinery in See also:general, and finally to that of See also:engineering tools. He was knighted in 1858.
See The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, partly written by himself and edited and completed by Dr William See also:Pole (1877).
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