Patent - ''Improvements in or Relating to Retorts for the Distillation of Shale and other Bituminous Substances''
code: LVSAV2009.021
Description
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".
3 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