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Makers of jewel lenses in Scotland in the early nineteenth century

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  • For Alexander Adie see Notes on Alexander Adie in Henderson Papers GD76,464 in the Scottish Records Office; also Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. 1862 6 225 225 There is also a collection of newspaper clippings and printed personalia made by Adie: X223 d.i. in the National Library of Scotland. Item 24 eoncerns Adie's admission to the Edinburgh Volunteers Corps. Item 42 is a description of Philosophical Apparatus made for Prof. Leslie. A list of Adie's working dates has been compiled by the staff of the Edinburgh Central Public Library (26). For Blackie see: John Coldstream: ‘Memoir of the Late Mr. William Blackie, Optician’. Trans. Roy. Scot. Soc. Arts, 1844, 2, 315. For Veitch see George Watson: ‘James Veitch, Philosopher, Inchbonny, Jedburgh’, Jedburgh, 1899. A pamphlet reprinted from the Jedburgh Post of Sept. 29th and Oct. 6th, 1899. There is a revised manuscript of this pamphlet in the family papers which also include letters from Brewster to Veitch, together with James Veitch's account and work books. See National Register of Archives (Scotland): 0337 MSS. belonging to W. H. Veitch, Esq., of Inchbonny. An account of the relationship of Brewster and Veitch is given in Mrs. Gordon's ‘The Home Life of Sir David Brewster’, Edinburgh, 1869.
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