The Rise and Fall of Scottish Industry, 1707-1939

Admiralty Admiralty orders areas Bank of England Beardmore's blast furnaces Brown's Carron Company cent Clyde coal coal industry coalfield coalmining collapse Colvilles compared comparison contracts contribution cotton industry decline demand difficulties economic Edinburgh eighteenth century employment engineering especially evident expansion export Fairfield's favourable firms foreign competition generalists Glasgow growth Harland and Wolff heavy industries higher Ibid important increased industrial structure industrial success industry's Iron and Steel iron industry labour costs Lanarkshire later launched less Lithgow Lord Weir loss manufacture markets mining Mossend move natural resources naval nineteenth century output pig iron position possible problem profit prosperity rates and earnings rationalisation recognised recorded Report to meeting Royal Commission Scots Scottish economy Scottish industry Scottish rates shipbuilding ships shipyards specialist production Steel Company steelmaking supply textile tons total costs trade United Kingdom University of Glasgow unprofitable vessels wage rates woollen