Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 T-MIN/2
Title
Chemical Society of Glasgow minutes
Date(s)
- 1800 - 1801 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 notebook
Context area
Name of creator
(Founded 1798)
Administrative history
The Chemical Society of Glasgow appears to have been founded in 1798, according to Sir William Ramsay, whose grandfather, William Ramsay of Camlachie was elected its first president. The Society met 'in their Hall' in Graeme Street, and conducted chemical experiments. There had been an earlier Chemical Society in Glasgow, probably associated with Glasgow College or University in the 1780s.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow in 1968.
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Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
No other minute books have been traced.