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GB 249 T-YOU/6/7 · Item · 1873, 1883 - 1884
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Newspaper cuttings including obituary notices of James Young, 1883-1884, a cutting relating to the search for David Livingstone, 1873, and a handwritten draft and a typed version of a poem for James Young by Rachel B. Merrylas.

GB 249 T-YOU/2/68 · Item · 11 July 1859
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Copying letters from Henry Twining at Halifax, Nova Scotia to Edward Binney (22 June 1859) and from Edward Binney at Manchester to Russel and Son, at Boghead Collieries, Falkirk (11 July 1859) concerning Young’s Canadian patents and coal supplies to the [Addiewell] works.

Binney, Edward William, 1812-1881, geologist and philanthropist
Oil for the lamps of Norway
GB 249 T-YOU/8/65 · Item · 1975
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

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.