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Kirby J. (1988), The preparation of early lake pigments A survey in Dyes on Historical and Archaeological Textiles, 6th Mtg. (1987), National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. 

R. G. W. Anderson, J. Burnett and B. Gee, Handlist of Scientific Instrument-Makers Trade Catalogues 1600-1914, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1990. 

Eighteenth Century, Annals of Science 61, 2004, 321 19 R. D. Connor and A. D. C. Simpson, Weights and Measures in Scotland a European Perspective (Edinburgh National Museum of Scotland, 2004). 

Quye, A. (1993). Examining the plastic collections of the National Museums of Scotland. In Preprints of Conservation Science in the UK Glasgow, May 1993 (N. H. Tennant, ed.) p. 48, James James Science Publishers, London. 

It is obvious that to be able to produce a large set of definitive spectra, a source of well-characterized minerals is required, but the location of such a source is not necessarily so obvious. Our two museums - The Natural History Museum in London and the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh - have joined forces to provide such a source, using their renowned mineral collections and authenticating each mineral by modern advanced methods of analysis and identification. 

Dr Ian Rolfe Keeper of Geology National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh... 

S. J. Brooks Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK S. J. Chambers National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK... 

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