Notebook containing transcripts of specifications and articles by various authors relating to a wide variety of small engineering undertakings, owned and chiefly compiled by R Blackadder.
Scope and Contents
R Blackadder worked in Dundee, and appears to have been a member of the family of mapmakers and civil engineers from Berwickshire. He was part estate management consultant and part engineer. His interests ranged from manure and drainage, to the construction of damheads, ice houses, bridges, and railway curves. He also made notes on landlord tenant relations, on crop rotation, and on the organisation of various large estates. His work was primarily in Angus, but he spent some time in Berwickshire and Bute, and there is an account of a railway built for slate quarries in Merionethshire. Much of the material here is not by Blackadder, and it is difficult to say how much is his own work.
Dates
- Creation: Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
214 Leaves ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
428 + blank pages.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1962.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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