Museum Collection (Numerical list)
LVSAV2022.090.006: Document - 'Schedule of Particulars Required With Regard to New Brunswick Shale Proposition.'
2 page typed document entitled: 'Schedule of Particulars Required With Regard to New Brunswick Shale Proposition.' Dated 10th November 1919. Stapled together.LVSAV2022.090.008: Document - 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. 1913'
Typed document entitled: 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. Grand Junction, Colorado, Year, 1913'.LVSAV2022.090.009: Document - 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. 1914'
Typed document entitled: 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. Grand Junction, Colorado, Year, 1914'.LVSAV2022.090.010: Document - 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. 1915'
Typed document entitled: 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. Grand Junction, Colorado, Year, 1915'.LVSAV2022.090.011: Document - 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. 1916'
Typed document entitled: 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. Grand Junction, Colorado, Year, 1916'.LVSAV2022.090.012: Document: 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. 1917'
Typed document entitled: 'U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Annual Meteorological Summary. Grand Junction, Colorado, Year, 1917'.LVSAV2022.090.013: Letter - To Mr Gaving from Harry Conacher, dated 23rd October 1918
Copy of typed letter to Mr Gavin from Harry Conacher, dated 23rd October 1918. Regarding fractionations of one or two Scottish products.LVSAV2022.090.014: Document - 'Distillation and Refining of Crude Shale Oil'
Typed report regarding the 'Distillation and Refining of Crude Shale Oil'. Addressed to Mr A. J. Diescher, Henry Doherty & Co., 60 Wall Street, New York City from Sidney Born. Dated 8 October 1918. 6 pages stapled together.LVSAV2022.090.017: Ticket - Inaugural Meeting of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists, 1914
Card admitting Harry Conacher to the Inaugural Meeting of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists, Founded 1913, at the House of the Royal Soceity of Arts, John Street, Adelphi, W. C., Tuesday 3rd March, 1914.LVSAV2022.090.018: Letter - To Mr Reoch from D. R. Steuart, dated 23 July 1919
Copy of typed letter from D. R. Steuart of the Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd to Mr Reoch, dated Broxburn, July 23rd, 1919. Regarding Harry Conacher's published paper. Includes note from R. H. Findlater. 3 pages stapled together.LVSAV2022.090.019: Report: Part of Journal of Bore Put Down by the Pumpherston Oil Company, Limited, at Side of Bathgate Road
Single page report entitled: 'Part of Journal of Bore Put Down by the Pumpherston Oil Company, Limited, at Side of Bathgate Road, About 850 Yards West of Caputhall Farm, Commencing October, 1918'.LVSAV2022.090.020: Letter from the Institution of Petroleum Technologists to Harry Conacher
Letter from The Institution of Petroleum Technologists informing Harry Conacher that from 30 May 1921 he has been elected a member of the Institution.LVSAV2022.090.021: Letter to Mr Cadell
Letter to Mr Cadell, dated 20th July 1921, regarding Cadell's question relating to the occurence of stigmara in oil shale. Sender unknown.LVSAV2022.090.022: Plan
Single sheet plan entitled: 'Figure 4. Plan showing state of the workings January to July, 1913'. Taken from unknown document and likely to be related to LVSAV2022.090.023.LVSAV2022.090.023: Plan of workings at Clemenceau Pit
Single sheet plan entitled: 'Figure 8. Plan of workings of Pit 1 (Clemenceau Pit)'. Likely related to LVSAV2022.090.022.LVSAV2022.090.024: Report - Estimated Refinery Capacities
Single sheet report entitled: 'Estimated Refinery capacities as per Mr Fraser's letter to Mr Lloyd, dated 1st Feb. 1921'. Date of 4/11/21 typed below.LVSAV2022.090.026: Letter to Harry Conacher from W. R. Stewart
Handwritten letter from W. R. Stewart to Mr (Harry) Conacher, dated 30 July 1920, regarding receiving back slides he had lent to Conacher and responding in the negative to further information requested.LVSAV2022.090.027: Article - The Inorganic Constituents of Coal with Special Reference to Lancashire Seams
Article in Transactions Vol. XL, No. 1, January 15th, 1921. Entitled: 'Manchester Section. Meeting held at the Grand Hotel on Friday, November 5, 1920: "The Inorganic Constituents of Coal with Special Reference to Lancashire Seams."'LVSAV2022.090.028: Prospectus - Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited
Prospectus of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited, dated 21st January 1922, for the sale of shares in the company. Two separate single page application forms inside.LVSAV2022.090.029: Article - The Glories of Hindog Glen
Article reprinted from The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of 8th June 1917. Entitled: 'The Glories of Hindog Glen'.LVSAV2022.090.030: Article - Death of James Conacher
Article in the St Andrews Citizen, dated Saturday March 30, 1918, regarding the death of Mr James S. Conacher, likely Harry Conacher's father.LVSAV2022.090.031: Conacher Family Tree
Handwritten Conacher family tree from 1786 to early 1900s. Likely created by Harry Conacher's father as the back of the paper has Seaton House, St Andrews (where he lived), printed on it in red.LVSAV2022.090.032: Letter - From Pumpherston Oil Company to Harry Conacher
Letter from The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Harry Conacher, dated 15th October 1919. Regarding Conacher's shares in the company which have been taken over by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited.LVSAV2022.090.033: Business Reply Card - C. H. Johnson & Sons Ltd
Blank business reply card. Black ink printed on white card with postage paid.LVSAV2022.090.034: Letter - From the Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Harry Conacher
Letter from the Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Harry Conacher, dated 16th July 1919. Regarding the formation of a new company that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited will have a substantial share interest in.LVSAV2022.090.035: Patent Specification for the Improved Manufacture of Bricks
Patent Specification for the Improved Manufacture of Bricks. Application dateL November 12, 1931, no. 31,314/31.LVSAV2022.090.036: Brochure - C.H. Johnson & Sons Limited
Brochure for C. H. Johnson & Sons Limited for Complete Elevating, Screening, Storing and Conveying Plants. Separate leaf inside advertising conveyors.LVSAV2022.090.037: Report - Proposed Manufacture of Spent Shale/Lime Bricks
Report entitled: 'Proposed Manufacture of Spent Shale/Lime Bricks.' Dated 25th November 1932.LVSAV2022.090.038: Letter from Edward Evans & Co.
Letter from Edward Evans & Co. regarding Spent Shale Bricks Application, no. 392198. Dated 21st July 1933.LVSAV2022.090.039: Report - Utilisation of Spent Shale
Report by Scottish Oils Ltd entitled: 'Utilisation of Spent Shale', dated 30 June 1932.LVSAV2022.090.040: Report - B. S. I. Specification No. 187 - 1923. for Sand-Lime (Calcium-Silicate) Bricks
Single page report entitled: 'B. S. I. Specification No. 187 - 1923. for Sand-Lime (Calcium-Silicate) Bricks'. Dated 31st October 1932.LVSAV2022.090.041: Report - Testing Equipment required in Connection with Manufacture of Shale Lime Bricks
Single page report entitled: 'Testing Equipment required in Connection with Manufacture of Shale Lime Bricks'. Dated Middleton Hall, 1st June 1933.LVSAV2022.090.042: Letter from W. H. Wilsdon to Mr H. R. J. Conacher
Letter to Mr H. R. J. Conacher from W. H. Wilsdon of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, dated 21st October 1932. Regarding shale-lime bricks.LVSAV2022.090.043: Report - Building Research Station. Test Methods. Compression test on Sand-Lime Bricks
Single page report entitled: 'Building Research Station. Test Methods. Compression test on Sand-Lime Bricks'.LVSAV2022.090.044: Report - Building Research Station. Test Methods. Transverse Test on Brick
Single page report entitled: 'Building Research Station. Test Methods. Transverse Test on Brick'.LVSAV2022.090.045: Report - Determination of Water. Absorption of Sand-Lime Bricks
Single page report entitled: 'Determination of Water. Absorption of Sand-Lime Bricks.'LVSAV2022.090.046: Report - Proposed Brickwork for Spent Shale/Lime Bricks
Single page report entitled: 'Proposed Brickwork for Spent Shale/Lime Bricks'. Dated Middleton Hall, 3rd May 1933.LVSAV2022.090.047: Letter - Draft of letter to Mr Fraser in reply to his of 7th June 1933 to Mr Crichton
Single page letter entitled: 'Draft of letter to Mr Fraser in reply to his of 7th June 1933 to Mr Crichton'. Dated 9th June 1933. Regarding Shale Bricks.LVSAV2022.090.048: Report - Building Research Station. Report of Investigation on Tests on Pumpherston Spent Oil Shale
Report entitled: 'Building Research Station. Report of Investigation on Tests on Pumpherston Spent Oil Shale'. Dated July 1933.LVSAV2022.090.049: Report on Series of Tests on Shale-Lime Bricks
Report on a series of tests on shale-lime bricks produced by two different processes. Undated but likely 1932/3.LVSAV2022.090.050: Report - Proposed Manufacture of Gasbetong
Report entitled: 'Proposed Manufacture of Gasbetong', dated Middleton Hall, 14th November 1932.LVSAV2022.090.051: Report - Report on Tests on "Gas-Beton" Slabs Made from Shale and Lime
Report by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Building Research, entitled: 'Report on Tests on "Gas-Beton" Slabs Made from Shale and Lime'. Dated November 1932.LVSAV2022.090.052: Memorandum regarding Patent No. 235,006
Memorandum regarding Patent no. 235,006 dated 17th June 1924 - Johan Axel Eriksson - Improvements in the method for manufacturing porous concrete. Dated 1932.LVSAV2022.090.053: Letter from A. L. Mellanby, Professor of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering to Messrs. Scottish Oils Ltd
Letter from A. L. Mellanby, Professor of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering to Messrs. Scottish Oils Ltd regarding: 'Result of Compression Test on Five Briquettes of Light Building Material'. Dated 11th January 1933.LVSAV2022.090.054: Letter - T. Harold Hughes to H. R. J. Conacher
Letter from T. Harold Hughes to H. R. J. Conacher regarding inflated bricks. Dated 13th January 1933.LVSAV2022.090.055: Quotation for Aerocrete
Quotation for aerocrete. Date unknown but likely 1930s.LVSAV2022.090.056: Report - The Manufacture of Gasbetong in the Laboratory
Report entitled: 'The Manufacture of Gasbetong in the Laboratory'. Dated 9th December 1932.LVSAV2022.090.057: Report - Report upon Material for "Inflated Bricks"
Report entitled: 'Report upon Material for "Inflated Bricks" for Scottish Oils Ltd.' Dated December 1932.LVSAV2022.090.058: Report - Specification for Quicklime for use in Shale Bricks
Report entitled: 'Specification for Quicklime for use in Shale Bricks'. Undated but likely to be early 1930s.LVSAV2022.090.059: Letter from P. W. Barnett of Building Research Station to H. R. J. Conacher
Letter from P. W. Barnett of Building Research Station to H. R. J. Conacher regarding the mixture of lime and shale for use as morter and plaster. Dated 3rd August 1932.LVSAV2022.090.060: Report - Chemical Tests on Sample Bricks
Report entitled: 'Chemical Tests on Sample Bricks. Carried out in accordance with instructions from Professor Hughes, March - June 1932'. Dated 20th June 1932.LVSAV2022.090.061: Report - Gas Concrete
Report entitled: 'Gas Concrete'. Undated but likely to have been written in the early 1930s.