Expatriate British Engineers in the Industrial Revolution
Introduction
Many countries were keen to adopt technology developed in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Buying machinery, or gaining knowledge of designs and techniques, was often not sufficient to make progress, and there was a demand for the direct involvement from experienced engineers and other workers.
For a time, British government policy was firmly against such transfer of technology, discouraging emigration of skilled workers and banning the export of machinery and information. Many British industrialists disgareed with this policy, partly because it limited the market for their products, and partly because other countries would be encouraged to make strenuous efforts to develop their own machinery, and become competitors.
For the present purposes, the period of interest is up to the 1850s.
People and Companies
Allcard, Buddicom and Co of France
Charles Brown (1827-1896) of Switzerland
Job Dixon of France, Belgium and Holland
James Edward Earnshaw of Germany
Hall, Powell and Scott of Rouen
John Holker of Rouen
Samuel Owen of Sweden
John Steele of Rouen
Samuel Slater USA