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Title
Collection of publications relating to Robertshaws' electric vacuum cleaners and Nasmyth inventions
Reference
YA1996.1834
Production date
1900 - 1920

Creator

James Robertshaw & Sons Ltd.Biography Biography
Blackie and Son Biography Biography
A publishing house formed in Glasgow in 1809 by John Blackie in partnership with two others. In 1831 the company was renamed as Blackie and Son and became a public limited company in 1891. As well as having offices in Glasgow they also had offices in Edinburgh and London, they later opened offices in Canada and India. The company ceased publishing in 1991.

Scope and Content
A small collection of leaflets and pamphlets marketing early mechanically operated vacuum cleaners and later electrically operated portable cleaners by Robertshaws’. Printed line drawings showing general arrangement and detailed working for James Nasmyths steam hammer and pile driver.
Extent
0.08 linear metres
Physical description
Good
Language
English
Archival history
Provenance unknown, archive purchased through Ms C. Hogben
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

James Robertshaw & Sons Ltd.
Blackie and Son Biography Biography
A publishing house formed in Glasgow in 1809 by John Blackie in partnership with two others. In 1831 the company was renamed as Blackie and Son and became a public limited company in 1891. As well as having offices in Glasgow they also had offices in Edinburgh and London, they later opened offices in Canada and India. The company ceased publishing in 1991.

Subject
Steam power
Steam hammers
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.