Minute book; financial records; correspondence and papers relating to the establishment of the chair.
Sans titreNotes on weather, temperature and co-ordinates during voyage.
A lecture at the Royal Institution by Dr Lyon Playfair, transcribed by James Young.
Newspaper cuttings reporting miscellaneous current events, legal cases in the oil industry, news of Dr Livingstone, oil manufacture and trade, explosive coal oils and paraffin lamps, Young’s paraffin oil patent, The Royal Institution and The International Exhibition in 1862.
Regarding the previous week’s court proceedings for the Torbanehill coal case, p. 8.
Regarding court proceedings.
Items relating to Young's education; articles and reports on the paraffin industry.
James Young’s signed class ticket for astronomy.
Mentions James Young's ability both conducting experiments and also lecturing during Graham's absence through illness.
Original letter and typed transcript.
Printed booklet including two maps printed on tissue paper.