William Fairbairn

William Fairbairn
Engenharia
Nacionalidade	Escocês
Nascimento	19 de fevereiro de 1789
Local	Kelso
Morte	18 de agosto de 1874 (85 anos)
Actividade
Campo(s)	Engenharia
Prêmio(s)	Medalha Real (1860)

Sir William Fairbairn, 1º baronete (de Ardwick) (Kelso, 19 de fevereiro de 1789 — 18 de agosto de 1874) foi um engenheiro civil, engenheiro estrutural e construtor de navios escocês.

Obras

• Remarks on Canal Naviation. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1831. Página visitada em 2009-06-04.
• An Account of the Construction of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges. London: John Weale, 1849. Página visitada em 2009-06-04.
• Two Lectures: The Construction of Boilers, and on Boiler Explosions, with the means of prevention. [S.l.: s.n.].
• On Tubular Girder Bridges. London: W. Clowes and Sons, 1851. Página visitada em 2009-06-04.
• On the Application of Cast and Wrought Iron to Building Purposes. London: John Weale, 1854 (1st Edition). Página visitada em 2009-06-04.
• Useful Information for Engineers. London: Longmans.
• Iron, Its History, Properties, and Processes of Manufacture. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1861. Página visitada em 2009-06-04.
• Treatise on Mills and Millwork, Part I and Part II. London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1863 (1st Edition, Part I). Página visitada em 2009-06-04.
• Experiments to determine the effect of impact, vibratory action, and long continued changes of load on wrought iron girders, (1864) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London vol. 154, p311
• Treatise on Iron Ship Building: Its History and Progress. London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1865 (1st Edition). Página visitada em 2009-06-04.
• The Principles of Mechanism and Machinery of Transmission. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1871. Página visitada em 2009-06-04.
• The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart., (ed. W. Pole, 1877)

Ligações externas

• The Lancashire boiler

• Commons