Patent - '' Improvements in or Relating to Retorts for the Distillation of Shale and other Bituminous Substances''
code: LVSAV2009.020
Description
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".
4 pages of text and 4 sheets of technical drawings. Printed for HMSO
donor was former employee of BP Oil (Grangemouth) Refinery Ltd. James Bryson was an Engineer and General Manager at Pumpherston Oil Works