Museum Collection (Numerical list)
LVSAV2022.090.062: Report - Spent Shale - Eriksson's Process. Excerpt from "Multar" Agreement, December 1926
Report entitled: 'Spent Shale - Eriksson's Process. Excerpt from "Multar" Agreement, December 1926'.LVSAV2022.090.063: 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.LVSAV2022.090.064: Report - Investigation of Raw Materials for "Gasbetong"
Report entitled: 'Investigation of Raw Materials for "Gasbetong"'. Dated 20th April 1932.LVSAV2022.090.065: Report - Proposed Manufacture of Gasbetong. Estimated Cost
Report entitled: 'Proposed Manufacture of Gasbetong. Estimated Cost.' Dated 1932.LVSAV2022.090.066: Report - Report on Visit to Sweden. Gasbetong Manufacture
Report entitled: 'Report on Visit to Sweden. Gasbetong Manufacture'. Dated 23rd September 1932.LVSAV2022.090.068.001 Part 1: Report - Report on the Newnes-Capertee Shale Oil Project
Green hardback bound report entitled: 'Report on the Newnes-Capertee Shale Oil Project'. 1934.LVSAV2022.090.068.001 Part 2: Report - Report on the Newnes-Capertee Shale Oil Project
Green hardback bound repport entitled: 'Report on the Newnes-Capertee Shale Oil Project'. 1934.LVSAV2022.090.068.001 Part 3: Report - Report on the Newnes-Capertee Shale Oil Project
Green hardback bound repport entitled: 'Report on the Newnes-Capertee Shale Oil Project'. 1934.LVSAV2022.090.068.002: Article - Expansion of Shale-Oil Industry in Australia Depends on Lend-Lease Aid
Article from The Oil and Gas Journal entitled: 'Expansion of Shale-Oil Industry in Australia Depends on Lend-Lease Aid'. Stapled together in top left corner.LVSAV2022.090.068.003: Report - Supplementary Report of the Newnes Investigation Committee
Report entitled: 'Supplementary Report of the Newnes Investigation Committee', dated 13 January 1936. Attached letter shows that the report was sent from Robert W. Nelson, Chairman of the Committee to the Senator the Honourable A. J. McLachlan, Minister in Control of Development for the Commonwealth of Australia and to The Honourable R. S. Vincent, M. L. A., Minister for Mines of the State of New South Wales.LVSAV2022.090.068.004: Prospectus of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd
Prospectus of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd, dated 22 July 1909, for the issue of £300,000 6 per cent convertible Debenture stock in Australia and options to change the stock to shares for the equal amount.LVSAV2022.090.069: Report - Navy Oil Fuel. Agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited
Report in blue cover entitled: 'Navy Oil Fuel. Agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited. Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.' 1914.LVSAV2022.090.070: Report - Inter-Allied Petroleum Conference. Report of the Inter-Allied Commission on Specifications of Petroleum Products
Report in blue cover entitled: 'Inter-Allied Petroleum Conference. Report of the Inter-Allied Commission on Specifications of Petroleum Products.' June 1918.LVSAV2022.090.071: Report - Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd. Report to the Receivers and Managers by Mr William Fraser, Glasgow. June 1912
Report in blue cover entitled: 'Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd. Report to the Receivers and Managers by Mr William Fraser, Glasgow. June 1912.'LVSAV2022.090.072: Magazine - The NAFT Magazine. July 1945 Vol. XXI No.4
Magazine entitled: 'The NAFT Magazine. July 1945 Vol. XXI No.4'.LVSAV2022.090.073: Magazine - The NAFT Magazine. May, 1939. Vol. XV Number 5
Magazine entitled: 'The NAFT Magazine. May, 1939. Vol. XV Number 5'.LVSAV2022.090.074: Leaflet - Empire Exhibition Scotland 1938
Black and white leaflet of the 'Empire Exhibition Scotland 1938'. 'Models shown by Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd and Scottish Oils Ltd.'LVSAV2022.090.075: Report - Memoir on The Oil Shales of the Lothians
Report in blue cover entitled: 'H. M. Geological Survey. Memoir on The Oil Shales of the Lothians. Complete Draft of Historical Section.' 1925.LVSAV2022.090.076: Report - Geological Survey Memoir - History of the Scottish Shale Industry
Report entitled: 'Geological Survey Memoir - History of the Scottish Shale Industry'.LVSAV2022.090.077: Report - Commonwealth of Australia. Supplementary Report of the Newnes Committee
Report in blue cover entitled: 'Commonwealth of Australia. Supplementary Report of the Newnes Committee. January, 1936.'LVSAV2022.090.078: Report - Report on the Properties and Prospects of The Columbia Shale Oil and Refining Company
Report in blue cover entitled: 'Report on the Properties and Prospects of The Columbia Shale Oil and Refining Company, Colorado, U.S.A.'. August, 1927.LVSAV2022.090.080: Report - Notes on Visit to Burma, India and Persia. August - December, 1925
Report in blue cover entitled: 'Notes on Visit to Burma, India and Persia. August - December, 1925.'LVSAV2022.090.081: Report - Volatile Matter
Report entitled: 'Volatile Matter'. This forms the middle of another report with the beginning and end pages missing. No date but likely early 1930s.LVSAV2022.090.082: Report - The Influence of Retorting Conditions on the Yields and Quality of the Oil and Other Products Derived from Shale
Report in blue cover by The Scottish Shale Oil Scientific & Industrial Research Association entitled: 'The Influence of Retorting Conditions on the Yields and Quality of the Oil and Other Products Derived from Shale.' March, 1927.LVSAV2022.090.083: Plan - Bathgate Chemical Works
Two parts of printed black and white plan of Bathgate Chemical Works, November 1878, including the new works.LVSAV2022.090.084: Report - Memorandum on Oil from Cannel Coal, 20.6.1940
Typed report entitled: 'Memorandum on Oil from Cannel Coal, 20.6.1940.'LVSAV2022.090.085: Report - Oil at Auchengeich Colliery, Chryston
Typed report entitled: 'Oil at Auchengeich Colliery, Chryston'. Dated 13 May 1940.LVSAV2022.090.086: Report - Transformation in the Lothians
Typed report entitled: 'Transformation in the Lothians'. Dated 31 March 1944.LVSAV2022.090.087: Report - The Hydrogenation of Kimmeridge Shale
Typed report from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Fuel Research, entitled: 'The Hydrogenation of Kimmeridge Shale.' Dated 3 January 1939.LVSAV2022.090.088: Report - Kimmeridge (Dorset Shale). Sample Collected by Mr Maries of the F.R.S. Staff Carbonisation Experiments at 550C
Typed report from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Fuel Research, entitled: 'Kimmeridge (Dorset Shale). Sample Collected by Mr Maries of the F.R.S. Staff Carbonisation Experiments at 550C.' Dated 10 December 1937.LVSAV2022.090.089: Report - New Brunswick Shale. My Memorandum of May, 1942. J. S. Caldwell's Report and Bore Journals of 1915
Report in blue cover with brown tape spine entitled: 'New Brunswick Shale. My Memorandum of May, 1942. J. S. Caldwell's Report and Bore Journals of 1915.'LVSAV2022.090.091: Report - Memorandum on Kimmeridge and Other Oil Shales in Great Britain (other than Carboniferous)
Report in blue cover by H. M. Mines Department - Committee on Low Temperature Carbonisation, etc entitled: 'Memorandum on Kimmeridge and Other Oil Shales in Great Britain (other than Carboniferous), H. R. J. Conacher.' May 1940.LVSAV2022.090.092: Report - Memorandum on the Scottish Shale Oil Industry submitted by Sir W. Fraser
Report in blue cover by H. M. Mines Department - Committee on Low Temperature Carbonisation, etc entitled: 'Memorandum on the Scottish Shale Oil Industry submitted by Sir W. Fraser.' April 1940.LVSAV2022.090.093: Report - Oil Shales-Australia. Report by R. Crichton & H. R. J. Conacher. Australia - 1935. No.1
Report in grey cover entitled: 'Oil Shales-Australia. Report by R. Crichton & H. R. J. Conacher. Australia - 1935. No.1.'LVSAV2022.090.094: Report - Australia - 1935. No.2
Report in grey cover entitled: 'Australia - 1935. No.2.' H. R. J. Conacher handwritten in ink on top right corner of front cover.LVSAV2022.090.095: Report - Memorandum on the Scottish Shale Oil Industry. Additional Notes. June, 1937
Report in blue cover by the Committee of Imperial Defence. Sub-Committee on Oil from Coal (Falmouth Committee) entitled: 'Memorandum on the Scottish Shale Oil Industry. Additional Notes. June, 1937.'LVSAV2022.090.096: Report - The Oil Shales of the Mepale Basin, Amhurst District, Burma. March 1926
Report in blue cover entitled: 'The Oil Shales of the Mepale Basin, Amhurst District, Burma. March 1926.'LVSAV2022.090.097: Advertisement - Boots Chemists
A group of three adverts for Boots Chemists. Printed text in black ink on pink and purple paper. One of them is missing half of the page.LVSAV2022.090.098: Three letters regarding specimens
A set of three handwritten letters, two with the same handwriting, regarding specimens including phlogopite mica from Canada. One letter is dated 1921.LVSAV2022.090.099: Newspaper Clipping - The Yield of Mineral Oil from Shales
Extract taken from Colliery Guardian, dated 10 October 1919. Entitled: 'The Yield of Mineral Oil from Shales.' Note and part of the extract glued to the top and bottom.LVSAV2022.090.100: Article - Action of Pyridine Upon Coal
Article cut out from the Gas Journal. Separate note, which has been glued on the other side, gives the date as 28 October 1919. Entitled: 'Action of Pyridine Upon Coal.'LVSAV2022.090.101: Booklet - Low Temperature Carbonisation. Narrow Brick Retorts at the Fuel Research Station
Booklet with green cover and 14 pages entitled: 'Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Fuel Research, Technical Paper No. 35: Low Temperature Carbonisation. Narrow Brick Retorts at the Fuel Research Station.' Dated December 1932.LVSAV2022.090.102: Report - Report of the Fuel Research Board for the Year ended 31st March 1938
Report by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research entitled: 'Report of the Fuel Research Board for the Year ended 31st March 1938 With Report of the Director of Fuel Research'.LVSAV2022.090.103: Article - Hydrogenation of Kimmeridge Shale Tar
Article from Fuel in Science and Practice, Vol, XXIII, No.1, entitled: 'Hydrogenation of Kimmeridge Shale Tar'.LVSAV2022.090.104: Article - The Properties of "Diesel" Oils Prepared from Low-Temperature Tar, Cannel Tar and Kimmeridge Shale Tar
Article from Fuel in Science and Practice, Vol, XXIII, No.1, entitled: 'The Properties of "Diesel" Oils Prepared from Low-Temperature Tar, Cannel Tar and Kimmeridge Shale Tar'.LVSAV2022.090.105 Part 1: Report - Kimmeridge and Other Sulphurous Shales. Reports on tests, etc. from 1904
Typed document containing numerous reports in a folder entitled: 'Kimmeridge and Other Sulphurous Shales. Reports on tests, etc. from 1904.' Various different reports are included in this document from 1904 to late 1930s.LVSAV2022.090.105 Part 2: Report - Kimmeridge and Other Sulphurous Shales. Reports on tests, etc. from 1904
Typed document containing numerous reports in a folder entitled: 'Kimmeridge and Other Sulphurous Shales. Reports on tests, etc. from 1904.' Various different reports are included in this document from 1904 to late 1930s.LVSAV2022.091: Oil Lamp Chimneys
A group of four kosmos chimneys wrapped in blue tissue paper and encased in hand knotted straw for dispatch and travel. Possibly shipped from Pearson & Jackson Chandlers, Burntisland, ship chandlers. Late 19th to early 20th century.LVSAV2022.091: Oil Lamp Chimneys
A group of four kosmos chimneys wrapped in pink tissue paper and encased in hand knotted straw for dispatch and travel. Possibly shipped from Pearson & Jackson Chandlers, Burntisland, ship chandlers. Late 19th to early 20th century.LVSAV2022.091: Oil Lamp Chimneys
A group of three kosmos chimneys wrapped in blue tissue paper and encased in hand knotted straw for dispatch and travel. Marked 'Pearson & Jackson Chandlers, Burntisland', ship chandlers. Late 19th to early 20th century.LVSAV2022.091: Oil Lamp Chimney
Clear glass comet chimney with 'Sun Brand, Best Crystal, Fireproof, Made in Czecho-Slovakia' stamped at the top. Possibly sold by Pearson & Jackson Chandlers, Burntisland, ship chandlers. Late 19th to early 20th century.LVSAV2022.091: Oil Lamp Chimney
Clear glass pine chimney with 'Fireproof' stamped at the top. Possibly sold by Pearson & Jackson Chandlers, Burntisland, ship chandlers. Late 19th to early 20th century.