Diaries and notebooks; correspondence; patents and legal cases; financial papers; technical and scientific notes; newspaper cuttings; educational and personal items.
Sem títuloDetailed day by day accounts of jobs done in his father’s business, education, leisure and early interest in science.
Endorsed inside cover, ‘James Young, Alkali Cottage, Newton’.
Addresses, expenses and receipt for a coffin, scale of operations, receipt of mineral raw materials and details of production and stocks of equipment.
First mention of paraffin; James Young’s interest in the chemistry of dyestuffs, with the experiments carried out; addresses; accounts of production; list of garden seeds and plants to be bought; and list of his children’s birthdates.
Mainly dealing with expenses and accounts. Also accounts of experiments in the chemistry of dyestuffs. List of the names and birthdates of his children.
Personal affairs; cost of plant and equipment; wage bill; profits at St Rollox; experiments; and payment to Edward Meldrum.
Endorsed on inside cover, 'James Young, Longsight Terrace, Manchester'. Lists of expenses for trips to Scotland, London and Rouen. Details of experiments in paraffin.
Business affairs. Preparing to venture into business with Edward Binney and Edward Meldrum and details of cost. Information on Young’s attempts to discover if paraffin has been patented and his financial interest in the chemistry of dyestuffs.
Very few entries. Details of an experiment, and a receipt from Manchester Flint Glass Works.
Endorsed- 'J Young, Longsight Terrace, Manchester'.
Experiments with paraffin and burning oil; list of expenses and orders for paraffin; payments to Edward Meldrum and accounts at the bank.
Endorsed on inside cover, 'James Young, Messrs Tennants Clow & Co, Manchester'. List of expenses and details of experiments.
Endorsed on inside cover, 'James Young, Murrayfield, Edinburgh'. Details of experiments at Bathgate and expenses of visits to Scotland, Wales and France. Also weekly expense account for production at Bathgate.
Contains a few chemical notes.
Mainly concerned with his work at Bathgate; obtaining witnesses for patent litigation; household expenses.