Item MS 342/5/1 - Blank postcard, showing 'Arkwright's improved spinning machine or water frame'. Science Museum.

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MS 342/5/1

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Blank postcard, showing 'Arkwright's improved spinning machine or water frame'. Science Museum.

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  • c 1775 (Creation)

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1 item

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(4 August 1946 -5 October 2017)

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Dr Alistair Durie taught at Aberdeen and Glasgow Universities before moving to the Department of History and Politics at the University of Stirling. His academic interests lay in the linen and tourist industries, as well as banking, railways and transport. He also taught the history of medicine for the Open University. His publications include Scottish Linen Industry (1981), Scotland for the Holidays. A history of Tourism in Scotland (2003) and Water is Best, the Hydros and Health Tourism (2006)

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Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

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Postcard

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MS 342/5/1

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Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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  • English

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