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SIHS Review, Spring 2005

This contains articles on the early Scottish chemical industry, Charlotte’s successors, Neilson’s patent hot blast, water mills on the Bowmont, Laigh Milton viaduct, Berwickshire mills, Barburgh Mill, the Scottish paper industry and the horizontal waterwheel. More... (nb this may take a little time to download)

Coal to Berwickshire (E.C. Salthouse)

A recurring theme in the descriptions of the parishes of Berwickshire in the New Statistical Account is the difficulty of obtaining coal and the cost of the same. More ....

The Horizontal Waterwheel (E.C. Salthouse)

The remains of grain mills powered by horizontal water wheels can be seen on Orkney, Shetland and at a few other places in the highlands and islands. These are very simple structures and generally regarded as inefficient and primitive when compared with mills driven by vertical wheels. More...