Jane Drummond

Jane Blackwood of Kilmarnock. 'She had a brother, James Blackwood, of Gillsburn, whose attainments in science deserve some notice here, partly for their own worth, and partly because of their resemblance to the qualities and pursuits of his distinguished nephew. ?While still a youth he became proficient in chemistry and geology, and constructed a camera obscura, microscope and telescope. Stands, tubes and lenses were all fashioned by himself. He was one of the earliest makers of daguerreotypes in Scotland. In later years he devoted himself to the study of petrology, the science of the constituents of rocks, and became, next to his friend the late Professor Heddle of St. Andrews