R.R. Angerstein's illustrated travel diary, 1753-1755 : industry in England and Wales from a Swedish perspective / translated by Torsten and Peter Berg ; with an introduction by Marilyn Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angerstein, R. R. (Reinhold Rücker)

Language:

English

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Industries--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Industries.

Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 378 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Science Museum, 2001.

Language Note:

Translated from the Swedish.

Summary:

Reinhold Rucker Angerstein was an eighteenth-century industrial spy. He travelled widely in Europe in the 1750s, supported by the Swedish government, gathering information about trade and emerging technology. The diary of his trip to Britain is extraordinary for its quality of observation and insight, its comparative nature and the large number of detailed illustrations, which often provide a unique impression of eighteenth-century industrial operations and landscapes. The breadth of its coverage is astounding: coal, tin and copper mines, porcelain factories, iron foundries, smithies and workshops, rolling and slitting mills, chemical factories, water works, and many other areas of manufacturing, as well as agriculture.

Angerstein's surviving notebooks and a fair copy of the diary are in the archives of Jernkontoret, the Swedish Steel Producers' Association. This English-language translation provides, for the first time, Angerstein's work in accessible form. It is an outstanding resource for historians.

Torsten Berg, a Swedish-born engineer and industrial historian who settled in Britain in the 1940s, began the translation in 1970, but the work remained unfinished before his untimely death eight years later. His son, Peter, a science graduate who worked in industry and radio, completed the translation in 1999, drawing on help and advice from specialists in many fields.

Contents:

Map of Angerstein's journeys in England and Wales vi

Weights, measures and currency xxii

Volume 1 Latin pagination in fair copy manuscript

Journey 1 Harwich to London 2

Journey 2 London to Windsor 6

Journey 3 London to Oxford 12

Volume 1 Arabic pagination in fair copy manuscript

Journey 4 London to Wolverhampton 28

Journey 5a London to Plymouth 60

Journey 5b Plymouth to Bristol 91

Journey 5c Bristol to Pontypool 128

Journey 5d Pontypool to London 159

Volume 2 Arabic pagination in fair copy manuscript

Journey 6a London to Sheffield 188

Journey 6b Sheffield to Newcastle 213

Journey 6c Newcastle to Carlisle 250

Journey 6d Carlisle to Liverpool 278

Journey 6e Liverpool to London 308

Journey 7 London to Dover 353

Appendix 1 Source materials 363

Appendix 2 Iron and steel stamps 364

Appendix 3 Translation methods and conventions 368.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 369) and index.

ISBN:

1900747243

OCLC:

45852827