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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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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.
Paper making in the British Isles: an historical and geographical study
David & Charles
1971
A history of the technological and economic development of paper making.
Bridgend: a Scottish colliery village
Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums
1984
A photographic record of life and times in a Scottish mining village.
Mining of alluvial deposits by dredging and hydraulicking
Mining Publications, Ltd.
1929
A guide to the recovery of minerals such as tin, gold, platinum and diamonds from alluvial deposits. With loosely inserted photographs to two mining operations.
Grand alliance: a chapter of industrial history
Published for Allied Ironfounders Limited by Chantry Publications Limited
1951
A history of Allied Ironfounders Limited from its origins as the Coalbrookdale Company.
Lectures on iron-founding
Charles Griffin and Company, Limited
1904
Based on a series of lectures at the University of Birmingham.
Nett price list of down quilts and cushions
McLintock & Sons Limited
1910
A price-list for a Barnsley manufacturer of quilts and cushions.
Hunter, Doig & Palmer: brassfounders and finishers
Hunter, Doig & Palmer
1890s
A catalogue of valves, cocks, whistles, etc.
The Clyde guide to paper: a compendium for users of paper and print ; with a glossary of paper terms.
Clyde Paper Co Ltd
1948
A guide to how paper is made and traded, with numerous paper samples appended.
The merchants' guide to Stirling and district
Published for the Merchant's Committee by Eneas Mackay
1897
A guide to the commercial, historic, and cultural offerings of Stirling and the surrounding area.
The machining of copper and its alloys
Copper Development Association
1955
Discusses he machining properties of copper alloys and summarises modern machining practice as applied to these materials.
Winding, warping and weaving machinery
Geo. Hattersley & Sons, Ltd.
1915
A catalogue, in English, French and German, of award winning textile machinery.
Papermaking fibres
Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd
1950
A survey of the main trees and plants from which paper-fibre is isolated, with drawings of the fibres themselves.
Industries of Stirling and district
Stirling Council Library Service
1998
A reprint of the 1909 original with many contemporary illustrations of industrial activities.
Geological survey of Great Britain LXXIIN
Ordnance Survey
1867
A map of the geology of the potteries, in colour. Retailed by Edward Stanford.
The last mill on the Esk: 150 years of papermaking
Scottish Academic Press
1987
A history of Willam Somerville and Son at Auchendinny.
