Статья: КАРЛ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ (ЧАРЛЬЗ) БЕРД - УЧЕНИК И ПРОДОЛЖАТЕЛЬ ИДЕЙ КАРЛА КАРЛОВИЧА (ЧАРЛЬЗА) ГАСКОЙНА

The policy of attracting leading foreign specialists to the development of industrial production in Russia in the XVIII century, made it possible to make a significant technological breakthrough. Domestic enterprises created by new citizens of the country successfully competed with leading European manufacturers. A significant contribution to the development of high-tech production was made by a talented design engineer, a successful entrepreneur Karl Nikolaevich (Charles) Byrd. The first domestic steam engines, steamships (pyroscafs), industrial railways, bridge and architectural metal structures, other mechanisms and structures were created with the participation of a native of Scotland, submitted to the Russian Empire by K. N. Byrd.