Biographical Information
Name: | William Fairbairn |
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Born in | 1789 in Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe |
Deceased in | 1874 in Surrey, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
designer
engineer
Bibliography
- Experimental Researches into the Properties of the Iron Ores of Samakoff, in Turkey, and of the Haematite Ores of Cumberland, with a View to Determine the Best Means for Reducing Them into the Cast and Malleable States; and on the Relative Strength and Ot. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 3, n. 1844 ( 1844), pp. 225-245. (1844):
- On some Defects in the Principle and Construction of Fire-Proof Buildings. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 6, n. 1847 ( 1847), pp. 213-217. (1847):
- Description of a Sliding Caisson at Keyham Dockyard. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 13, n. 1854 ( 1854), pp. 444-456. (1854):
- The Inaugural Unwin Memorial Lecture, 1948. In: Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 31, n. 4 (February 1949), pp. 276-290. (1949):
- On the Efficiency of various kinds of Railway Breaks; with Experimental Researches on their Retarding Powers. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 19, n. 1860 ( 1860), pp. 490-517. (1860):
Relevant Websites
Relevant Publications
- L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 181. (1997):
- Briefing: William Fairbairn and the 'suspended girder'. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Forensic Engineering, v. 164, n. 3 (August 2011), pp. 103-108. (2011):
- The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium. 2nd edition, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für technische Wissenschaften, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 978-3-433-03229-9, pp. 994-995. (2018):
- The influence of William Fairbairn on Robert Stephenson's bridge designs: four bridges in north-east England. In: Industrial Archaeology Review, v. 20, n. 1 (June 1998), pp. 37-48. (1998):
- Sir William Fairbairn, BART., F.R.S., 1789-1874. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 39, n. 1875-1 ( 1875), pp. 251-264.
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1000271 - Published on:
06/09/1999 - Last updated on:
22/07/2014