Booklet: 'Testimonials in favour of James Blyth, B.A., Mathematical Master, Morrison Academy, Crieff.
Material by and about James Blyth including testimonials; patents; papers; drawing; obituaries and biographical information; correspondence.
-Items 1 to 13 and 26 are contemporary with Blyth's time and work
-Items 14 to 25 are papers from later- the 1950s-2000s- relating to Blyth
Reprint from 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh', Vol II, 1880.
- OM/17/3/1: Letter Patent awarded to James Blyth and David Bruce Peebles: "Improvements in Apparatus for producing Electric Currents and in an apparatus for measuring such currents" (Patent No 2661), 7pp., 7 June 1882.
- OM/17/3/2: Letter Patent awarded to James Blyth and David Bruce Peebles: "Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring or indicating Electric Currents" (Patent No. 5669), 7pp., 29 November 1882.
Reprint from 'Proceedings of Philosophical Society of Glasgow'. Vol 15, 1883.
-'Endless solenoid galvanometer and voltmeter', by Professor James Blyth, read before the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 30 April 1884
-'The absolute determination of the strength of an electric current by means of the balance', by Professor James Blyth, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1885-1886
-'On a new form of galvanometer', by Professor James Blyth, read before the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 17 February 1886
Complete Specification of James Blyth's "Improvements in Galvanometers" from the Office of Commissioners of Patents. Patent No. 5029. Photocopy of description and diagrams.
Provisional specification of James Blyth's "Improvements in Galvanometers" from Office of Commissioners of Patents. Patent No. 10,909. Photocopy of description and diagrams.
Read before the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 2 May 1888.
Acknowledges receipt of the sum of £14 from Professor Blyth for travel between Rouen and Glasgow for himself and six of his family.
Complete Specification of James Blyth's "Improvements in Wind Engines" from Office of Commissioners of Patents. Patent No. 19,401. Photocopy of description and diagrams.
Read before the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 25 January 1892, pp. 173-181 Reprint from the 'Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts'.
Licence between James Blyth and Mavor & Coulson, Engineers, regarding the patent for wind engines.
Mavor and Coulson, Glasgow. Engineering Drawing No 847.
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