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Manufacturing and mining industries
This collection includes books on industrial processes and their organisation from extraction of raw materials to finished products.
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A history of the Scottish miners from the earliest times
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
1955
A survey of how miners organised and defended themselves to gain improved working conditions.
Industrial history in pictures: Scotland
David & Charles
1968
Published as a pictorial complement to Butt's Industrial archaeology of Scotland.
The rise and fall of Scottish industry 1707-1939
John Donald Publishers Ltd
1980
An assessment of the current state of Scottish industry.
The New Cumnock coal-field : a record of its development and activities
Privately printed by T. and A. Constable Ltd
1946
A history of the Ayrshire mining company and associated coal-field up to its nationalisation. Gift inscription from General manager John C. George on front free endpaper.
Through a city archway: the story of Allen and Hanburys 1715-1954
John Murray
1954
A history of the London pharmaceuticals firm.
Wood pulp and its uses
Constable & Company Ltd
1911
An account of the evolution of the wood pulp industries and the emergence of the Cellulose Age.
Mines and minerals of the Ochils
Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society
2003
A discussion of the geology and extractive industries of the Ochil hills.
The British Linen Company 1745-1775
Scottish History Society
1996
A history of the pre-cursor to the British Linen Bank, and one of the most significant companies in the Scottish economy in the mid seventeenth century.
Two centuries in the London coal trade: the story of Charringtons
Charrington, Gardner, Locket and Co. Ltd.
1952
A history of the London coal company.
Annals of coal mining and the coal trade
David & Charles Reprints
1971
A history of the coal industry with an emphasis on technical developments.
Practical white sugar manufacture
Norman Rodger
1915
A guide to the manufacture of plantation white sugars.
The disappearing Scottish colliery: a personal view of some aspects of Scotland's coal industry since nationalisation
Scottish Academic Press
1990
A discussion of the decline of Scottish mining post-nationalisation.
An elementary introduction to paper making
Paper Makers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland (1912) Incorporated Technical Section
1920s
A no-nonsense introduction to the processes and technologies involved in paper-making. From the library of R. H. Clapperton, a well known figure in the industry,
The excavations at Sinclairtown Pottery Kirkcaldy
Fife Regional Council
1991
An overview of excavations undertaken in advance of the building of a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Consett Iron Company Limited: description of the works
Mawson, Swan, & Morgan
1893
A well illustrated history of the iron works built in Consett, County Durham. With compliments slip from Mr William Jenkins.
The salterns of the Lymington area
Bucklands Trust
1996
A history of coastal salt production in the Lymington area.
David Dale of New Lanark: a bright luminary to Scotland
Heatherbank Press
1983
A new assessment of David Dale, the predecessor of Robert Owen at New Lanark.
Glasgow as it was. Vol III, Glasgow at work
Hendon Publishing Company Ltd.
1983
Published to accompany an exhibition on nineteenth and early twentieth century industry in Glasgow.
The Kenyon tradition: the history of James Kenyon & Son Ltd 1664-1964
W. Heffer & Sons Ltd
1964
A history of the Bury textile firm.
Pottery: being a simple account of the history of pottery and a description of some of the processes employed in its manufacture
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
1924
An introduction to types of pottery and the materials and techniques used to manufacture them.
God's treasure house in Scotland: a history of times, mines and lands in the Southern Highlands
Museum of Scottish Lead Mining
1985
A reprint of an 1876 account of the social life and work of the miners in Wanlockhead and Leadhills.
English Delftware tiles
Faber and Faber
1973
A survey of tiles produced in London, Bristol and Liverpool between 1680 and 1790.
The problem of the coal mines
Eyre & Spottiswoode
1945
An account of the state of the coal industry at the end of the Second World War with an emphasis on mechanisation and working conditions.
History of the Staffordshire potteries
David & Charles Reprints and S.R. Publishers Limited
1970
A reprint of an 1829 account of the development of the Staffordshire pottery industry.
