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Below are some suggestions for additional and new Wikipedia articles on the topics of the Iron Library and the Corporate Archives of Georg Fischer Ltd. The list is not sorted and – of course – not complete:
- Johann Conrad Fischer, entrepreneur (the Elder, 1721-1811)
- Johann Conrad Fischer, metallurgist (the Younger, 1773-1854), English Version
- Georg Fischer II, entrepreuner (1834-1887)
- Georg Fischer III (1864-1925)
- Georg Fischer IV (1890-1966)
- Ernst Homberger, entrepreuner/GF (1869-1955), see his biography
- Ernst Müller-Reiffer, entrepreuner/GF and "father" of the Iron Library (1885-1957)
- Julius Bührer, (1890-1946) industrialist, politician and FDP Council of States
- Iron Library, include links to FERRUM and e-codices
- Kloster(gut) Paradies
- Eisenbergwerk Gonzen
- Salomon de Caus
- Isaac de Caus
- Giuseppe Valadier, mention of his manuscript on bell founding and his architectural handbook (both in the Iron Library), link to the digital copies (e-codices)
- Luigi Valadier, bell founder, father of Giuseppe Valadier
- Heinrich Zeising, author of machine books at the beginning oft he 17th century (Leipzig 1607 ff.)
- Franz Xaver Hofmann, foundry sand expert at GF with many publications, geologist
- Johann Haselberg, mining expert, 16th century, see here
- Valerian Gillar, art locksmith, Vienna (1839-1927), see here
- David Kellner (Arzt) (1643–1725), German doctor and natural scientist
- Wilhelm von Lindheim (1835–1898), German-Austrian industrialist and railway expert
- Carl Reuther (Mannheim) (1846–1908), German manufacturer and company founder (VAG Armaturen)
- Robert Henriques (1857–1902), German chemist, revise articles and sources, see here
- Francis de Quervain (1902–1984), Swiss geologist, mineralogist and petrographer
- Curt F. Kollbrunner (1907-1983), Swiss civil engineer
- Jerzy Piaskowski, metallurgist in Cracow
- Wilfried Epprecht, geologist
- Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut, Darmstadt, see here
- Imperial Steel Works, Yawata, Japan, see here
- Hermann Wedding (1834-1908), German metallurgist and professor
- René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, note on malleable iron installation
- Malleable iron, historical
- Fitting, historical
Examples of shorter, but informative Wikipedia articles related to the Iron Library's holdings:
- Johann Esaias Silberschlag (1721-1791), theologian and natural scientist
- Sven Rinman (1720-1792), mining expert, mineralogist and chemist
- Robert Durrer (1890-1978), metallurgist
