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Volume entitled: "Apothecary's Memorandum Book"

Account book of the firm of Thomas Farmer & Co., Kennington Green

Bound volume entitled: "A System of Practical Geometry"

Volume entritled: "Elements of Plane Geometry and also The Mensuration of both Superficies and Solids"

Autograph Journal and Recipe Book

Volume entitled: "The Description and Use of a Terrestrial Planetarium, including the Orbits of Mercury and Venus commonly called an Orrery"

An early 18th century manuscript relating to surveying and land use entitled: "Surveying"

Anonymously compiled volume of excerpts from alchemical works

North Redemore Account Book

A Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Chemistry

Two manuscripts in French bound in one volume entitled: "Essai sur les fers coules Pour le Roy" and "Memoire sur la fonte et la Moulage des Bombes "

Credo notebook of Joseph Clement

Letter from Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg to Mattw. Boulton Esq.

Principles of Mechanics by George Adams

Certificate admitting Samuel Argall to the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Padua

Typescript copy of 'Anson's list of H.M. Royal Navy 1747-1750'

Manuscript entitled: "The Golden Fortress of Hermes and the words of the Little Peasant in French" by Johan Walch

Volume entitled: "Some Account, of the Work's done by Captain John Perry"

Volume of extracts on the mines of Minas Geraes

Volume entitled: "Illumni sui Charissimi Josephi Ball calculorum Rationem experimens Libellus Quemq"

Bound manuscript entitled: "Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics etc"

Collection of newspaper cuttings relating to coal trade and coastal shipping in north-east England

Manuscript entitled: "Grundliche Anleitung zur Chemie Part II Section II"

Volume bearing the title "Le Trésor des Trésors" (The Treasure of the Treasures)

Journal entitled: "Coal Journal book or Journall Scituation of the Coals of Bogie begun at Sir John Wemyss's death 19th January 1719"

Sketchbook, inscribed 'G Cayley 1796'

Volume entitled: "The Method of Building, Rigging, Apparelling and Furnishing his Majesty's Ships of Warr, according to their Rates - with The Exact Proportion and Charge of all Things requisite thereunto"

Volume entitled: "The length of all the Mastes and yards of his Ma[jesty's] ships and Pinnaces; A proportion of cables and anchors to furnish them to sea; All their standing roapes; Dimentions of their boates; Breadth and depth of their sayles; their burthen, number of men and ordnance."

French technical drawings relating to windmill, and overshot waterwheel- powered pumps

Original drawings for Lister's 'Conchology'

The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion by John Curr

A Description of the Pneumatic Apparatus made for His Majesty King George the Third by George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty

'James Burrow's Arithmetick MDCCXXXVIII'

Drawing depicting elevation of the engine and longitudinary section of the engine house for an atmospherical steam engine

Plan for the engine house and boiler for an atmospherical steam engine

Design for an atmospherical engine steam cylinder with air pump, condenser and winding machinery

Plan for an atmospherical engine steam cylinder with air pump, condenser and winding machinery

Elevation and plan of a crane capable of lifting from five to six tons

Drawing of the dam and setting for the wharf at South Dock Pier in Portsmouth

Plan and section proposed for repairing the Old North Dock at Portsmouth

Ship plan entitled: Orlop for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard in the River Thames

Lithograph depicting east view of the cast iron bridge under construction over the River Wear at Sunderland

Drawing depicting elements of construction of the iron bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland

Ship plan entitled: Quarter deck and Fore Castle for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard

Ship plan entitled: Gun deck for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard in the River Thames

Ship plan entitled: A Draught for Building by Contract by Mr Barnard in the River Thames a Ship to carry 36 Carriage Guns

Legal document entitled 'Article and Schedule of Deeds relating to my Dwelling House'

Cash book

Legal document entitled 'Abstract and Schedule of Deeds relating to T S Raisbeck's Dwelling house being Copyhold'

Page 9 of indenture relating to lease and release by Thomas Kirton, Francis Reed, Edward Waldy, John Reeve, Thomas Smith and Frances Stapylton to Thomas Reed Ward, Leonard Robinson and John Rutter; and associated agreements and references to earlier leases/releases