The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
Vol 4, 1828, p150, footnote to:
Account of Harris, one of the Districts of the Outer Hebrides
Dr MacCulloch mentions the occurrence of asbestos at Nishishee... which he conjectures to have been derived from a bed of serpentine...I found neither asbestos nor serpentine ; but of the former I have seen enough in the country to load an Indiaman. It occurs in a large perfectly isolated mass in granite in the hills of Little Borg, with fragments of gneiss, and their lower parts with peat, upon a subsoil of clay or angular gravel .
This account from 1828 matches precisely the location identified by the later-hand on Bald's map of 1804.
I cannot yet say if the 'Abislos Quarry' (written by the original hand) indicates asbestos quarrying occurring as far back as 1804, but am pleased to have finally found some corroborating evidence to the existence of asbestos on Harris.
I think that the author of this 'Account' was William MacGillivray, who, a the age of 55 in 1851 was living at 159 King Street, Aberdeen. He was 'Professor Of Civil And Natural History In Marischal College And University of Aberdeen, a post he had held for at least a decade.
This account from 1828 matches precisely the location identified by the later-hand on Bald's map of 1804.
I cannot yet say if the 'Abislos Quarry' (written by the original hand) indicates asbestos quarrying occurring as far back as 1804, but am pleased to have finally found some corroborating evidence to the existence of asbestos on Harris.
I think that the author of this 'Account' was William MacGillivray, who, a the age of 55 in 1851 was living at 159 King Street, Aberdeen. He was 'Professor Of Civil And Natural History In Marischal College And University of Aberdeen, a post he had held for at least a decade.
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