Fairbairn, William

Allyl Alcohol and Glycerol. These two products are treated together since both involve the chlorination of propylene to allyl chloride. The Shell allyl alcohol process is described by Fairbairn, Cheney, and Cherniavsky (30). This same process and the glycerol process are described by Williams (125). The German counterpart of these... 

A common approach in geology is to analyse processes as a function of temperature and pressure. However, many long-lived geological processes, in particular the dia-genetic processes in sedimentary rocks, develop under moderate temperatures and pressures. As is known, the concept of silica pressure solution in sandstones is shared by many authors (Heald and Renton 1966 Renton et al. 1969 Houseknecht 1984,1988 McBride 1989 Sibley and Blatt 1976 Williams et al. 1985a). Fundamental to supporters of this concept are the laboratory experiments by Fairbairn (1954) in which quartz sand compressively loaded and heated transforms to quartzite. 

From 1851 the famous Manchester engineer. Sir William Fairbairn, began arguing for periodic inspection of boiler plant. An advocate of high pressure, in the interests of economy, he decided that the explosions arose from avoidable mechanical causes which could be located in time by carrying out periodic inspections. So in 1854 he enlisted the help of two other eminent Manchester men — Henry Houldsworth, master cotton spinner, and the celebrated engineer. Sir Joseph Whitworth - to form an Association for boiler inspections. This became known as the Manchester Steam Users Association. 

William Fairbairn (1789-1874) had been testing full-size metal girders and fabrications, calibrating practical observations with theory and simple rules of thumb. He was enlisted for a series of large-scale model tests. For analytical justification of his sizes, Stephenson went to the farmer turned mathematician Eaton Hodgkinson (1789-1861), well versed in the latest theoretical developments being made on the Continent. 

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