Museum Collection (Numerical list)
LVSAV2009.014: Conference paper - "Longwall Working of the Broxburn Oil-Shale Seam with Coal-Cutters and Conveyors"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Longwall Working of the Broxburn Oil-Shale Seam with Coal-Cutters and Conveyors"LVSAV2009.014: Conference paper - "Electrical Services in the Shale Oil Industry"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Electrical Services in the Shale Oil Industry"LVSAV2009.014: Conference paper - "The Ljungstrom in-situ method for Shale-Oil Recovery"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "The Ljungstrom in-situ method for Shale-Oil Recovery"LVSAV2009.014: Conference paper - "Opencast Working of Oil Shale at Livingston"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Opencast Working of Oil Shale at Livingston"LVSAV2009.014: Conference paper - "Recovery and Treatment of Oil from Shale from the Kimmeridge Area, Dorset, England"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Recovery and Treatment of Oil from Shale from the Kimmeridge Area, Dorset, England"LVSAV2009.014: Conference paper - "Wartime Shale Oil Production at Marangaroo, N.S.W."
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Wartime Shale Oil Production at Marangaroo, N.S.W."LVSAV2009.014: Conference paper - "Refining Australian and South African Torbanite Oils"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Refining Australian and South African Torbanite Oils"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "Refining of Swedish Shale Oil"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Refining of Swedish Shale Oil"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "Shale Oil Emulsions and Allied Problems"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Shale Oil Emulsions and Allied Problems"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "Some Properties of Crude Shale Oil and Naphtha"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Some Properties of Crude Shale Oil and Naphtha (With a Note on Carbon Disculphide in Shale Naphtha)"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "The Chemical Composition of Scottish Shale Oil Distillates"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "The Chemical Composition of Scottish Shale Oil Distillates"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "Synthetic Detergents from Scottish Shale Oil"
"Synthetic Detergents from Scottish Shale Oil" by Stewart, D., Scottish Oils Ltd. and McNeill, E., Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd. Numbered B.22, 12 page booklet,LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "Nitrogen in Oil Shale and Shale Oil"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Nitrogen in Oil Shale and Shale Oil"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "The Mechanism of the Pyrolysis of Torbanite"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "The Mechanism of the Pyrolysis of Torbanite"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "Some Peculiarities in Cracking Crude Shale Oil"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Some Peculiarities in Cracking Crude Shale Oil"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "Hydrofining and Cracking-Hydrofining of Colorado Shale Oil"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Hydrofining and Cracking-Hydrofining of Colorado Shale Oil"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "A New Oil Shale Assay Apparatus"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7 1950, entitled "A New Oil Shale Assay Apparatus"LVSAV2009.014: Conference Paper - "Assaying Oil Shale"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7 1950, entitled "Assaying Oil Shale"LVSAV2009.014.011: Academic Paper - "Retorting of Oil Shale"
Institute of Petroleum conference paper presented at the Second Oil Shale and Cannel Coal Conference held at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, July 3-7, 1950 entitled "Retorting of Oil Shale" by Berg, Clyde, Union Oil Company of California. Numbered B.3, 8 page booklet, "P10079B" written in pen on front page donor was former employee of BP Oil (Grangemouth) Refinery Ltd.LVSAV2009.015: Booklet - "A Brief Description of the Operations of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry"
20 page booklet entitled "A Brief Description of the Operations of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry" by Scottish Oils Ltd. dated 1938. Green paper cover with black text. Provides a brief history of the industry, the operations at Burngrange Pit, Deans Oil Works and Pumpherston Works and a list of products marketed by Scottish Oils and Shell-Mex Ltd. donor was former employee of BP Oil (Grangemouth) Refinery Ltd.LVSAV2009.016: Booklet - "Scottish Shale Industry Report by Accountants Appointed by the Board of Trade on the Costs of Production and Financial Results in the Shal
16 page booklet entitled "Scottish Shale Industry Report by Accountants Appointed by the Board of Trade on the Costs of Production and Financial Results in the Shale Industry carried on by the Undertakings Associated with Scottish Oils Ltd.". HMSO publication dated 1925, reference number Cmd.2538.LVSAV2009.017: Booklet - "What the Oil Industry Owes to Dr James Young"
2 copies of a 6 page booklet containing a paper entitled "What the Oil Industry Owes to Dr James Young" by Cook, F.M., General Manager and Director, BP Refinery (Grangemouth) Ltd.LVSAV2009.018: Patent - "Improvements in Distilling or Refining Mineral Oils and in Apparatus Therefor".
Patent to Norman Macfarlane Henderson, Broxburn, County of Linlithgow for an invention of "Improvements in Distilling or Refining Mineral Oils and in Apparatus Therefor". Third edition, numbered 540, dated 20th July 1883.LVSAV2009.019: Patent - "Improvements in and Relating to Retorts for Distilling Shale and like Minerals, and for Dealing with the Resulting Products".
2 copies of patent number 15,552, dated 1891 on front and 8th June 1892 inside, second edition. Robert Orr and Robert MacKay Sutherland of James Ross & Company, Philpstoun Oil Works, County of Linlithgow for "Improvements in and Relating to Retorts for Distilling Shale and like Minerals, and for Dealing with the Resulting Products".LVSAV2009.020: Patent - '' Improvements in or Relating to Retorts for the Distillation of Shale and other Bituminous Substances''
Patent number 8371, dated 1894 on front and 26th January 1895 inside, second edition. James Bryson, Engineer, Pumpherston Oil Works, Midlothian; James Jones, Managing Director, Dalmeny Oil Works, Dalmeny, County of Linlithgow; William Fraser, Managing Director, Pumpherston Oil Company Ltd "Improvements in or Relating to Retorts for the Distillation of Shale and other Bituminous Substances, or for the Calcining of Iron-stone and other Substances".LVSAV2009.021: Patent - ''Improvements in or Relating to Retorts for the Distillation of Shale and other Bituminous Substances''
patent number 7113, dated 1895 on front and 5th April 1895 inside, second edition. James Bryson, Engineer, Pumpherston Oil Works, Midlothian; James Jones, Managing Director, Dalmeny Oil Works, Dalmeny, County of Linlithgow; William Fraser, Managing Director, Pumpherston Oil Company Ltd. "Improvements in or Relating to Retorts for the Distillation of Shale and other Bituminous Substances, or for the Calcining of Ironstone, Lime or other Substances, also Applicable to Gas Producers".LVSAV2009.022: Patent - ''Improvements in and Relating to Retorts for the Destructive Distillation of Shale''
patent number 13,665, dated 1897 on front and 2nd March 1898 inside. William Young, Priorsford, Peebles, Chemical Engineer and John Fyfe, 1 Montgomerie Drive, Glasgow, Shale Oil Manufacturer "Improvements in and Relating to Retorts for the Destructive Distillation of Shale".LVSAV2009.023: Patent - ''Improvements in the Treatment of Bituminous Shales and the like, for the obtainment of Oil therefrom and in Apparatus to be used therein''
Patent number 111,605, dated 1917 on front and 10th September 1917 inside. Dundas Simpson, 15 Eastmearn Road, West Norwood, City of London and Archibald Simpson, 33 Eastcheap, City of London, Shale Oil Manufacturers "Improvements in the Treatment of Bituminous Shales and the like, for the Obtainment of Oil therefrom and in Apparatus to be used therein".LVSAV2009.024: Pamphlet "A real Scottish industry"
8 page booklet "A Real Scottish Industry" by Scottish Oils Ltd, circa 1928. Provides an overview of Dr James Young, the history of the industry through to current operations and products manufactured. Black paper cover with embossed red text with illustrations of thistles and the lion rampant donor was former employee of BP Oil (Grangemouth) Refinery Ltd.LVSAV2009.025: Leaflet - ''Paraffin Young Heritage Trail''
leaflet "Paraffin Young Heritage Trail" circa 1975? Brown text and graphics on orange coloured paper, image of large oil works on front and rear with title and image of James Young on the front.LVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Erection of 80 Retorts, Hopetoun Oil Works
Inside cover of a photograph album that contains 46 black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Condenser Pipes
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Cast Iron Retorts
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Hoppers at Paisley
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Hoppers at Paisley
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Cast Iron Retorts
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Steel Hoppers
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Hoppers Completed
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Hydraulic Mains
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Hydraulic Mains
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Erecting Condenser
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Preparing Foundations
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Erecting Condenser
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Erecting Condenser
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Erecting Condenser
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Erecting Condenser
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Condenser Nearly Completed
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Condensers
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Starting the Brickwork
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Cast Iron Plates
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Putting Screws in Position
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company LtdLVSAV2009.028: Photo Album - Building Condenser Foundation
1 page in a photograph album containing black and white photographs taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts at the Hopetoun Oil Works for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd