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Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.500

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Notebook, 1788, of John Rennie: Hankins' cornmill at Ware (MS.19911);

Notebook, 1790, of John Rennie: Johnston and Gould's mill, Brentford (MS.19912);

Notebook, 1791, of John Rennie: Elgar's papermill, Chatford (MS.19913);

Notebook, 1794, of John Rennie: Severn's mill at Whitechapel (MS.19914);

Notebook, 1796, of John Rennie: King's brewhouse, and dock, at Gosport (MS.19915);

Notebook, 1796, of John Rennie: George Bishop's mill at Maidstone (MS.19916);

Notebook, 1798, of John Rennie: Wilke’s oil and cornmill at Dartford (MS.19917);

Notebook, 1799, 1804, of John Rennie: R and W Were's White leadmill at Garrat, 1799, with notes concerning an oil mill, 1804 (MS.19918);

Notebook, 1799, of John Rennie: Flour mill at Invermore near Larne (MS.19919);

Notebook, 1799, of John Rennie: Oat and barley mills at Larne (MS.19920);

Notebook, 1800, of John Rennie: Sayce and Kelson's brewery, Bat (MS.19921);

Notebook, 1802, of John Rennie: Chambers Broun and Company's paper mill at Aberdeen. (MS.19922);

Notebook, [?1784-?1818], of John Rennie: Brandram and Templeman's lead mill. (MS.19923);

Notebook, [?1784-?1818], of John Rennie: Dunkin and Stibb's mill (MS.19924);

Notebook, [?1784-?1818], of John Rennie: Glennie's mill (MS.19925);

Receipt book, 1802-1814, of John Rennie, containing receipts for money paid by Rennie for supplies, and as wages to his employees (MS.19926);

Notebook, [?1784-?1818], of John Rennie containing a ready reckoner for the velocity of water, and notes on calculations relating to volume, flow, and weight of water (MS.19927);

Notebook, 1817, of John Rennie containing a table of measures for canal cutting by Samuel Hodgkinson, with a covering letter by Hodgkinson to Rennie (MS.19928);

Notebook, 1793, of surveys (not by John Rennie) for Winstanley's silk mill at Marlborough, and Walthamstow oil mill (MS.19929).

Dates

  • Creation: [?1784-?1818.]

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

1 Reels

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Existence and Location of Originals

MSS.19911-19929.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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