Details of experiments.
Endorsed, 'Limefield Laboratory'. Not written by James Young.
Business and personal affairs. The scale of production of all oils is noted as 4 million gallons per year; £70,000 is required to complete the installation of new retorts and £30,000 for buildings. Disagreement with other directors and accident at work.
Mainly business affairs, visit to Paris Exhibition, education of working men, yachting on the River Clyde, meeting at Anderson’s University, his interest in the gas companies in Glasgow and Edinburgh and his visit to the House of Lords because of the Gillespie vs. Young case.
Dealing with Young’s visits to France, Italy and Egypt. Egyptian bonds, the death of David Livingstone, Karnak and Luxor, rock structure of the River Nile, a visit to Palestine and Jerusalem, the possession of David Livingstone’s journals, copy of the letter regarding bringing David Livingstone’s native servants to London and the publication of Thomas Graham’s papers.
Records of experiments.
Contains addresses and notes on experiments.
All used but many entries have been erased.
Letter of introduction for A.D. Bache, President of Girard College, Philadelphia, to James Young.
Sem títuloConcerning the dyestuffs process.
Requesting Young’s assistance in preparing an acid sample.
Sem títuloDealing with patents and chemical matters.
Sem títuloReferring to the American patent for the stannate process.
Lyon Playfair has told Dent of Young’s mineral oil and he would like a sample.
Asking Young to return balance sheet.