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Letter from John and Jane Cox to John Cox

230

An account of an horizontal top or whirling speculum, invented by Mr Serson

2 sheets

French technical drawings of a Newcomen atmospheric engine erected at the York Buildings waterworks on the Thames

230

Certificate admitting Robert Yeff, joiner and instrument maker to the Freedom of the City of Bristol

435

Broadsheet: Sir William Petty's Plan for a system of instruction relative to the business of the Marine Department, in the same words as the original; but with the articles transposed, and marginal titles, supplemental titles, and remarks added

190

Letter from John Flamsteed to Reverend John Smith

220

French technical drawing of a 'niveau a Lunette'

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

185

Letter from Robert Boyle to Sir Robert Southwell

185

Certificate from Joseph Warner to Samuel Hilles

625

Map entitled: "The waste or Common (in the forest of Roch .. Neroch) of the Mannor of Broadway, now the Lands of Sr Robert Heath knight, his ma[jes]ties Attor. Generall, doe containe 1006 acres where of waies 16 acres 1/2"

160

Medical recipes

315

A manuscript alchemical paper

4 sheets

Architectural drawings: Military buildings at St. Venant in north-east France

370

Broadside: La sphere Automatique, travailee par Thrasius, par les soins de Mr. Adrien Vroesen, & suivant les calculs de Nicolas Stampioen

2 pages on 1 sheet

Broadsheet: Some Considerations showing that the Importation of Iron from America will sooner put a stop to the making of Iron in England than to the Importation of Iron from Sweden and Russia

215

Letterpress handbill entitled: "Proposals for Erecting (By Subscription) an Engine, To be Work't by a Horse which will be Capable to Shave Sixty Men a Minuet, also Oyl, Comb and Powder their Wigs."

13 items

Manuscripts and drawings relating mainly to mining engineering and gunpowder

155

Letter from Smart Lethieullier to an unnamed correspondent

1 item

Photograph printed onto a large board showing cars in operation around a bend on the Never-Stop Railway

1 item

Drawing of 6 Wheel 3000G Water Capacity 7T Fuel Capacity 5'6" Gauge Tender General Arrangement

1 item

Drawing of 6 Wheel 2470G Water Capacity 260 Cubic Feet Fuel Capacity 3'6" Gauge Tender General Arrangement

1 item

Drawing of Indian Midland 5'6" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

Drawing of 5'5 13/16" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

Drawing of 2'6" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

Drawing of Indian Midland 5'6" Gauge Locomotive

Overall, 760mm x 1016mm

Cinema advertising poster for "The Doctor in the Nude" and "Mama's Dirty Girls"

1345

Architectural design drawing: A Design of a Stone bridge, adapted to the Stone Piers which are to support Westminster Bridge

3p on 1 leaf

The Art of Smelting Copper Ores; To Refine Copper. [Headed: 'Neath. (Ch.Champion)'. Watermarked 1801]

166p + plates

Second Report from the Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London

1265

Architectural design drawing: The Geometrical Elevation of the North Front of Westminster Bridge

19p

Copy of the Report made by the Commissioners of the Customs to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury on The Subject of the several Plans referred to them 'for providing sufficient Accommodation for the enreased Trade and Shipping of the Port of London'

1p

Estimate of Engines for Mr Goodridge, London/Messrs B[oulton] & W[att], Soho

document

Letter from Stephen Hales discussing his ventilators and his proposals for bladder stones

1 sheet

Description of effect of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake on lakes in the south of England

1 item

Drawing of Mr Thomas Savin 2-4-0 4'5 1/2" Between Wheels 4' 8 1/2" Gauge Locomotive General Arrangement

1 item

Drawing of 3'3 3/8" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

Drawing of 8 Wheel 1300G Water Capacity 220 Cubic Feet Fuel Capacity 3'3 3/8" Gauge Tender General Arrangement

1 item

Drawing of 3'6" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

Drawing of 6 Wheel 3000G Water Capacity 7T Fuel Capacity 5'6" Gauge Tender

1 item

Drawing of 6 Wheel 3500G Water Capacity 7T Fuel Capacity 5'6" Gauge Tender General Arrangement

Two letters, copied onto one sheet of paper, both in French, to unnamed correspondents. One is addressed from “Teddington près d'hampton Court” [Teddington, near Hampton Court] known to be home to Hales.

Letters to unnamed correspondents