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Book Reference: 

R.R.Angerstein's Illustrated Travel Diary, 1753-1755: Industry in England and Wales from a Swedish Perspective

One of the best  and fascinating accounts I have found of steel working in the 18th Century England and Wales (1753-1755) is by Reinhold Rucker Angerstein.   

Angerstein seems have been an eighteenth-century industrial spy.  He recorded his findings and detailed observations in illustrated diaries and notebooks.   

A translation of the Diary by Torston Berg  and completed his son, Peter was published by the National Museum of Science & Industry in 2001 ISBN 1 900747243.

Among the processes he documents are tinwork, japanning, cut-steel work, and papier mâché. 


There is  (was) a preview of the book at: Google Books.

Angerstein (1718-1760) was a member of an old family of Swedish Iron masters, of German descent. 

Financed by the Swedish Association of Iron masters he made a series of journeys across Europe taking detailed notes of the current industrial processes. 

When he returned to Sweden he was appointed as Director of Steelworks(Direktör för rikets gröfre svartsmide). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Angerstein 

 

 

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