Letters patent granted to Thomas Clarke and John Varley for 'An improvement on the atmospheric system of propulsion which is also applicable to other motive purposes'
Volumes entitled: "The natural history of British shells including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discover'd in Great Britain systematically arranged ('in the Linnean manner')"
Copy correspondence between John Wood, chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue, and various parties regarding coffee and chicory, with reports
Volume entitled: "Arrete du Ministre des Travaux Publics portant reglement pour l'Ecole Nationale des Mines, Paris"
Manuscript entitled: "Catalogue of the Apparatus of Philosophical Instruments, in the Collection of Her Late Majesty Queen Charlotte, at the Observatory at Richmond in Surrey"
A collection of glass lantern slides capturing the development of flight from an early set of images from the 1909 aviation meeting held at Reims, France through to images of aircraft from Imperial Airways and flying boats in the late Thirties. The History of Aircraft and Flying
This collection consists of the internal records of the museums that constitute the Science Museum Group and documents their corporate functions and activities. Science Museum Group Corporate Archive
Two plates from: "Microscopic anatomy of the human body" Two plates from: "Microscopic anatomy of the human body"
The letter concerns Rice's [a son-in-law?] visits to Malta and other relations. It has been ascribed to James Hatley Frere, although the author may be John Hookham Frere. Letter from J. H. Frere to Mr Rice
275 Printed illustrated advertising leaflet relating to the weighing machines of Pooley & Son, as shown at the Exhibition of the Works of All Nations, Dublin, 1853.