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Fairbairn, William Sir

Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder

Born	1789
Died	1874

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On the application of cast and wrought iron to building purposes: to which is added a short treatise on worought iron bridges, with additions.

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1854 — 8 editions

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Useful information for engineers: being a series of lectures delivered to the working engineers of Yorkshire and Lancashire; together with a series of appendices, containing the results of experimental inquiries into the strength of materials, the causes of boiler explosions, etc.

by Fairbairn, William Sir
First published in 1856 — 7 editions
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Treatise on mills and millwork

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1861 — 6 editions

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The principles of mechanism and machinery of transmission.: Comprising the principles of mechanism, wheels and pulleys, strength and proportions of shafts, couplings for shafts, and engaging and disengaging gear.

by Fairbairn, William Sir
First published in 1867 — 3 editions
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Iron: its history, properties, and processes of manufacture

by Fairbairn, William Sir
First published in 1861 — 3 editions
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On the Application of Cast and Wrought Iron to Building Purposes

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1854 — 3 editions
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Useful Information for Engineers: Third Series. As Comprised in a Series of ...

by Fairbairn, William Sir and Robert Henry Thurston First published in 1860 — 3 editions
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The life of Sir William Fairbairn, bart: partly written by himself

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1877 — 3 editions
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Treatise on iron ship building: its history and progress as comprised in a series of experimental researches on the laws of strain ... including the experimental results on the resisting powers of armour plates and shot at high velocities.

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1865 — 3 editions
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Useful Information for Engineers: Being a Series of Lectures

by Fairbairn, William Sir
First published in 1856 — 2 editions
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Treatise on mills and mill work

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1861 — 2 editions
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Remarks on Canal Navigation, Illustrative of the Advantages of the Use of Steam, as a Moving ...

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1831 — 1 edition
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Treatise on Mills and Millwork

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1865 — 1 edition
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Treatise on mills and millwork. 2pt

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1878 — 1 edition
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Useful Information for Engineers ...: Containing the Results of Experimental ...

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1864 — 1 edition
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Useful Information for Engineers: Third Series. As Comprised in a Series of ...

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1866 — 1 edition
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The life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart., partly written by himself

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1970 — 1 edition

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Useful information for engineers.

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1860 — 1 edition

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On the application of cast and wrought iron to building purposes

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1857 — 1 edition
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The rise and progress of manufactures and commerce and of civil and mechanical engineering, in Lancashire and Cheshire

by Fairbairn, William Sir First published in 1869 — 1 edition

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Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder

Born	1789
Died	1874

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OLID: OL1373713A
ISNI: 0000000081428164
Library of Congress Names: n85801325
VIAF: 63995149
Wikidata: Q929499
Inventaire.io: wd:Q929499

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