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Copies of an index and inventory of letters and other papers concerning works of civil engineering in Scotland.
File
Identifier: Acc.3325
Scope and Contents
Papers include letters, plans and other papers concerning bridges, canals, roads etc.
Dates:
1782-1841.
Journal of Robert Mylne, recording a visit to Paris.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13689
Scope and Contents
Journal of Robert Mylne, recording a visit to Paris with James Watt, 1839. Robert William Mylne (1816-1890), engineer and geologist, visited Paris between April and May 1839 with James Watt (1769-1848), engineer and manufacturer. The main focus of the visit as recorded in the journal is the regular negotiation with Francois Arago, leading to the publication of Arago’s ‘Eloge’ to James Watt, the elder, later that year. Also recorded are Mylne’s own investigations and proposals...
Dates:
1839
Journal of Robert Stevenson, civil engineer, describing visits to lighthouses in England, Wales and Ireland on behalf of the Commissioners for Northern Lighthouses.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14576
Dates:
1801-1806
Letter of James Watt to John Rennie, including a detailed abstract of observations by John Southern, Watt's assistant, on Rowland and Pickering's lock machine for canals.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14074
Dates:
1797
Papers of Frank Whyte, civil engineer, including notebooks, watercolours and letters, with educational certificates of his sister, Mary Whyte, teacher.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14564/1-18
Dates:
1910-1967
Report and estimate for works to complete the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan canal
File
Identifier: Acc.13946
Dates:
1815
Statement of accounts for the building of Conon Bridge, Ross-shire.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14512
Dates:
1806-1812.