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ANNUAL REPORT of the DIRECTOR of the INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM INDUSTRIAL
MUSEUM, SCOTLAND.
SIR,
OF SCOTLAND.
Laboratory of the Industrial Museum of Scotland, 1st January 1858.
THE progress of the Industrial Museum of Scotland during last year may be conveniently considered under the four divisions
of Museum, Laboratory, Lectures, and Library.
I. The Museum proper has received large additions to many of the most important groups of industrial objects. Mr. Sim, of the Furnace Quarries, Argyleshire, has completed his systematic series of blocks of granite referred to in last year's report. Macdonald, of Aberdeen, has presented three polished cubes of Aberdeenshire granite, and a vase of the Peterhead syenite has been obtained by purchase from his works. Messrs. Lawson and Son, of Edinburgh, have sent a large instalment of the building stones of Scotland; and Mr. Hog, Jun., of Newliston, has made a gift to the Museum of neatly tooled examples of the sandstones of Humbie and other quarries in Linlithgowshire.
Specimens of Cornish granites, of serpentine, of Caen stone, Aubigny stone, and of Welsh slates, have been received in gift from the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851; and three interesting examples of the effect of town atmospheres on limestones, as illustrated by the case of St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, have been presented by Mr. Godwin, architect, through Professor Volcker, of Cirencester. Mr. Alex. Bryson has placed in the collection large flagstones from the Welsh quarries, and Dr. J. Ivor Murray has added a valuable suite of examples from several of the ancient quarries of Egypt as well as from other eastern localities, including carved steatites from China.
The department of useful minerals has been enriched by many important additions. In the shape of donations the Museum has received from the Duke of Buccleuch a full series of the Wanlockhead lead ores, lead, and collateral products, including mining tools, and illustrations of the different stages in the smelting process, which Mr. T. B. Stewart, of the Wanlockhead Works, has been at great pains to render complete. From the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, massive specimens of the ores of iron, lead, copper, zinc, and cobalt. From the Rev. Alexander Russell, of Adelaide, South Australia, large samples of the Australian copper ores. From Mr. James Napier, of Partick, Glasgow, a collection of the copper ores smelted in England, with illustrations of the steps in the smelting process. From the proprietor of the Kinneil Ironworks, Linlithgowshire, through Mr. John Begg, ironstones, cast irons, and slags. From Professor Henry Rogers, now of Glasgow University, a number of specimens of the American anthracites, which this gentleman was at the pains to collect for the Museum in their native localities and to bring with him to this country. From Dr. Skae, of the Morning...
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ANNUAL REPORT of the DIRECTOR of the INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM INDUSTRIAL
MUSEUM, SCOTLAND.
SIR,
OF SCOTLAND.
Laboratory of the Industrial Museum of Scotland, 1st January 1858.
THE progress of the Industrial Museum of Scotland during last year may be conveniently considered under the four divisions
of Museum, Laboratory, Lectures, and Library.
I. The Museum proper has received large additions to many of the most important groups of industrial objects. Mr. Sim, of the Furnace Quarries, Argyleshire, has completed his systematic series of blocks of granite referred to in last year's report. Macdonald, of Aberdeen, has presented three polished cubes of Mr. A. Aberdeenshire granite, and a vase of the Peterhead syenite has been obtained by purchase from his works. Messrs. Lawson and Son, of Edinburgh, have sent a large instalment of the bui ding stones of Scotland; and Mr. Hog, Jun., of Newliston, has made a gift to the Museum of neatly tooled examples of the sandstones of Humbie and other quarries in Linlithgowshire.
Specimens of Cornish granites, of serpentine, of Caen stone, Aubigny stone, and of Welsh slates, have been received in gift from the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851; and three interesting examples of the effect of town atmospheres on limestones, as illustrated by the case of St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, have been presented by Mr. Godwin, architect, through Professor Volcker, of Cirencester. Mr. Alex. Bryson has placed
in the collection large flagstones from the Welsh quarries, and Dr. J. Ivor Murray has added a valuable suite of examples from several of the ancient quarries of Egypt as well as from other eastern localities, including carved steatites from China.
The department of useful minerals has been enriched by many important additions. received from the Duke of Buccleuch a full series of the Wanlock- In the shape of donations the Museum has head lead ores, lead, and collateral products, including mining tools, and illustrations of the different stages in the smelting process, which Mr. T. B. Stewart, of the Wanlockhead Works, has been at great pains to render complete. From the Royal Com- missioners of the Exhibition of 1851, massive specimens of the ores of iron, lead, copper, zinc, and cobalt. From the Rev. Alexander Russell, of Adelaide, South Australia, large samples of the Australian copper ores. Glasgow, a collection of the copper ores smelted in England, with From Mr. James Napier, of Partick, illustrations of the steps in the smelting process. From the pro- prietor of the Kinneil Ironworks, Linlithgowshire, through Mr. John Begg, ironstones, cast irons, and slags. From Professor Henry Rogers, now of Glasgow University, a number of specimens of the American anthracites, which this gentleman was at the pains to collect for the Museum in their native localities and to bring with him to this country. From Dr. Skae, of the Morning.
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