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Cuttings from 1974 Motor magazine pp. 49-55 on the early oil pioneers including erroneous information on James Young stating that he was a Persian oil pioneer who personally treated many thousands of medical cases.

Photocopy of chapter on paraffin produced at Mandal, Norway from 1862 using Young’s processes in VAMPLEW, W Salvesen of Leith Scottish Academic Press pp. 55-73.

Typed sheet of notes.

The last page is written on the back of a Mechanics Institution of Manchester Fifth Polytechnic Exhibition, Christmas 1844-1845 season ticket for James Young.

Typescript notes relating to comments made in Young’s letter 19 April 1839 discussing the need for a civil engineering school.

Dealing with the design of paraffin lamps and his visit to the North of England.

Mainly concerned with experiments; the Chemical Society with notes of meeting; experiments and production at Bathgate; and list of equipment to be ordered with costs.

List of daily tasks, stock of paraffin, details of contracts and books for the laboratory.

Containing records of shift working and experiments, especially with treatments of natural fibres.

'Chamber book' endorsed on inside cover. Notes about plant installations, earth borings for chimney foundations and list of scientific equipment required. Accounts and diagrams.

Lists of materials.

Household expenses.

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.