Foreign reports on industrial Britain: introduction; Hans Caspar Escher; Johann Georg Bodmer; Johann Georg May; Louis de Gallois. Escher's letters from England, 1814: Calais, July 31; Dover, August 2; London, August 5; London, August 11; Manchester, August 15; Manchester, August 20; Liverpool, August 23; Glasgow, August 30; Glasgow, September 7; Glasgow, September 11; Edinburgh, September 18; Sunderland, September 22; Manchester, October 1; Manchester, October 4; Manchester, October 10; Manchester, October 15; Manchester, October 18; London, November 1; Dover, November 17; Calais, November 18; postscript 1 - London, Glasgow, August 31, Glasgow, September 12, Glasgow, September 13, Edinburgh; postscript 2 - Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Sunderland, York. Bodmer's diary, 1816-1817: London, October 22 - November 5, 1816; Birmingham, November 6 - November 30, 1816; Liverpool, December 1 - December 7, 1816; Manchester and district, December 8 - December 24, 1816; Scotland, December 25, 1816 - January 4, 1817; from Newcastle upon Tyne to London, January 4 - January 24, 1817; London, January 24 - February 14, 1817; appendix - list of drawings made by Bodmer during his visit to England. Report on a journey to England by factory commissioner J.G. May in 1814: woollen cloth; cotton; linen; silk; hosiery; dyeworks, printing and bleaching works; hats; paper; tanning; breweries; distilleries; pottery; glass; iron and steel products; plated manufacture; brass and lead; metal buttons and needles; engineering; steam engines; hydraulic power; gas lighting; factory buildings; patents; the custom house and the London docks; the society of arts; conclusion. Report by Louis de Gallois on English railways, 1818: de Gallois's report; appendix; conclusion.
