AIR-BLAST APPARATUS, Steam Engine, 10-inch cylinder and boiler complete; price, £110.- John Patison, Whiterigg, Airdrie.
Glasgow Herald, 22nd February 1872
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PLANKS suitable for scaffolding or pit shafts (about 240, little used) John Patison, Whiterigg, Airdrie.
Glasgow Herald, 8th May 1874
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PIPES, about 24 inch inside, branches in each prefered, also charcoal mill; state price. John Patison, Whiterigg, Airdrie.
Glasgow Herald, 5th February 1875
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ESTATE (Agricultural and Mineral), over 300 acres, 5 per cent , for Sale. John Patison, Whiterigg Chemical Works, Airdrie.
Scotsman, 26th April 1875
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COPPER WORM for still, with iron tank cooler £6, Iron pan, 6ft diameter £5; Pattison, Whitrigg, Airdrie.
Glasgow Herald, 10th October 1879
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PIPE or HOSE (flexible), a few yards, 2.5 or 3 inches inside, coiled with wire; Patison, Whiterigg, Airdrie.
Glasgow Herald, 27th April 1880
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John James Patison... was born in Leith in 1828, and ultimately lived in Airdrie, at Barblues Cottage, where he commenced experiments with the carbonisation of shale....Following on from these early experiments he stated shortly afterwards a chemical works at Stand, near Airdrie, which was subsequently removed – either in 1856 or 1857 – to Whiterigg, also near Airdrie, being known as Whiterigg Chemical Works. The first process carried out was the distillation of shale refuse for the production of oil, and Patison was one of the earliest practical workers in the commercial development of the Scottish shale oil industry.......All his life Patison remained keenly interested in the shale oil industry. He carried on the Whiterigg Chemical Works along with a son until 1886, when he retired from active business; and he died at Inverkeithing, in Fifeshire, in July 1905.
"Some Notes on a Neglected Worthy" by David Brownlie, published in The People,s Journal?, 4th February 1925
