Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick Bt FRS (19 February 1789 – 18 August 1874) was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder...

Fairbairn is a surname of Scottish origin which means "a handsome child." Notable people with the surname include: Andrew Fairbairn (disambiguation),...

Lieutenant Colonel William Ewart Fairbairn (/ˈfɛərbɛərn/; 28 February 1885 – 20 June 1960) was a British soldier and police officer. He developed hand-to-hand...

Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874) was a Scottish engineer. William Fairbairn may also refer to: William E. Fairbairn (1885–1960), British soldier and police...

The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip. It was developed by William Ewart...

William Fairbairn and Sons, was an engineering works in Manchester, England. William Fairbairn opened an iron foundry in 1816 and was joined the following...

engineer William Fairbairn. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Bernard Fairbairn (1880–1965), grandson of William Andrew Fairbairn, fourth...

Conwy railway bridge over the River Conwy, designed and tested by William Fairbairn and built by Robert Stephenson between 1846 and 1850, and the original...

effect was also described by the Victorian steam boiler designer, William Fairbairn, in reference to its effect on massively reducing heat transfer from...

William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (/ˈfɛərbɛərn/) FRSE (11 August 1889 – 31 December 1964) was a Scottish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and a central figure...

scientific community, meeting, among others, his future collaborator, Sir William Fairbairn. He became a pupil of John Dalton, studying mathematics, and the two...

A Fairbairn crane is a type of crane of an 'improved design', patented in 1850 by Sir William Fairbairn. There are numerous hand-powered versions around...

craft on the shop floor, in a kind of apprenticeship scheme. Sir William Fairbairn, a millwright of the late 19th century, wrote in his "Treatise on...

Ariadne, and Medusa, was built by John Laird's yard at Birkenhead and William Fairbairn & Sons at Millwall. Launched in 1839, the Nemesis was deployed to...

diameter, Cylinders 14x18 (presumably bought as a freight engine) William Fairbairn & Sons, Liverpool 40. Harlequin 0-4-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'0"...

designed by railway engineer Robert Stephenson in collaboration with William Fairbairn and Eaton Hodgkinson. The original plan had been for suspension bridge...

Sir Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn, QC (24 December 1933 – 19 February 1995) was a Scottish politician and advocate. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament...

Robert William Thomson and John Boyd Dunlop (1822–1873) The overhead valve engine: David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929) Tubular steel: Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874)...

Millwall Iron Works had been built on this land. From 1855 to 1858 Sir William Fairbairn built early iron ships here and undertook the model tests for the...

June 2006 Fairbairn, William et al, The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, BART (London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1877), ed. Pole, William FRS. At Google...

System (also known as Defendu) is a modern martial art developed by William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes prior to World War II. It is a hand-to-hand combat...

History Press, ISBN 978-0-7524-4266-2. Fairbairn claimed credit for the design in his book Fairbairn, William (1849), An account of the construction of...

William Alexander Fairbairn FRSE MBOU (died 1984) was a Scottish forester and ornithologist. He was a co-founder of the Central Forestry Examination Board...

girders, Stephenson gained the assistance of distinguished engineer William Fairbairn. On 10 April 1846, the foundation stone for the Britannia Bridge was...

Boilermaking. MAP. ISBN 0-85242-377-2. Fairbairn, On Boiler Explosions. Hills, Power from Steam, p. 133. GB 10166, Fairbairn, William & Hetherington, John, "Certain...

Kingdom as well as designing the docks at Avonmouth and Whitehaven. Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874) was another engineer who built the first iron hulled steamship...

constructed with wooden beamed floors and lath and plaster ceilings. William Fairbairn experimented with cast iron beams and concrete floors. Mills were...

was the third of eight surviving children of Dorothy Mar and Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874). His father was a Scottish engineer who moved to Manchester...

which was collaboratively produced by Joseph Locke, Richard Turner, William Fairbairn and John Kennedy, was completed in 1849 at a total cost of £15,000...

the famous scientist John Dalton and was strongly influenced by chemist William Henry and Manchester engineers Peter Ewart and Eaton Hodgkinson. He was...