Description: DOLLAR TILLICOULTRY SCOTLAND TRAVEL by William Gibson 1883 + SPINNING JENNY WOOL POB#56935 TITLE: Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry, and other districts adjoining the Ochils, with notes on progress, scientific discovery, and invention of new spinning machinery, during the last hundred years AUTHOR: William Gibson of Tillicoultry PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot DATE: 1883 EDITION: Second Edition DESCRIPTION: xiii. 239 pages, 20cm plates CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. Solid page and cover attachment. Hinges solid. Corner bumps and light rubbing to tips. Full caps with light handling.BINDING: Full blue cloth, tooled in black and gilt. Brown end papers..SIGNED: "John W. Scott, Esq. With compliments of the author". .A narrative of the Scottish countryside and small towns in the hilly Ochils district (about 35 miles across the Forth Bridge from Edinburgh), together with a history of the spinning jenny (invented in the region) and its effect on industrializing the ancient practice of waulking wool and spinning yarn. Mills are described by the local author whose life spanned their appearance and growth by the 1880s. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
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Author: William Gibson of Tillicoultry
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Publisher: Andrew Elliot
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Topic: Travel
Year Printed: 1883
