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Early prints of cotton mills and cotton processes

Early prints of cotton mills and cotton processes

Collection of letters and accounts relating to Richard Trevithick's patent on a portable high pressure steam engine

Collection of letters and accounts relating to Richard Trevithick's patent on a portable high pressure steam engine

Digital copy of manuscript of the engineer John Urpeth Rastrick, entitled: Common Place Book, produced in Shropshire

Digital copy of manuscript of the engineer John Urpeth Rastrick, entitled: Common Place Book, produced in Shropshire

Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match

Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match

Letter from Leighton Dalrymple, Lieutenant Colonel. Account of his visit to Wakefield and Leeds, including a description and sketch of John Blenkinsop’s Steam Locomotive 'Salamanca'

Letter from Leighton Dalrymple, Lieutenant Colonel. Account of his visit to Wakefield and Leeds, including a description and sketch of John Blenkinsop’s Steam Locomotive 'Salamanca'

Notebook of John Urpeth Rastrick

Notebook of John Urpeth Rastrick

Diary of Robert Stephenson

Diary of Robert Stephenson

Copy letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the Directors of the Great Western Railway

Copy letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the Directors of the Great Western Railway

Autograph letter from William Brunton, Engineer, giving a description of his Steam Horse, Butterley Iron Works

Autograph letter from William Brunton, Engineer, giving a description of his Steam Horse, Butterley Iron Works

Collection of letters to Richard Trevithick, mainly concerning the design and efficiency of steam-engines

Collection of letters to Richard Trevithick, mainly concerning the design and efficiency of steam-engines

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

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

Autograph Journal and Recipe Book

Autograph Journal and Recipe Book

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

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

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

Collection of copy letters, business and personal, of Richard Beamish

Collection of copy letters, business and personal, of Richard Beamish

Credo notebook of Joseph Clement

Credo notebook of Joseph Clement

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

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

Meteorological Registers

Meteorological Registers

Mathematics school exercise book of William Scamp

Mathematics school exercise book of William Scamp

Drawings of Industrial Sites and Machine Tools

Drawings of Industrial Sites and Machine Tools

Volume entitled: "History of the Framework Knitting and Lace Trades"

Volume entitled: "History of the Framework Knitting and Lace Trades"

Marshall's Geological Diagrams

Marshall's Geological Diagrams

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"

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"

Collection of letters from Sir Humphry Davy to his family

Collection of letters from Sir Humphry Davy to his family

Papers relating to the Thames Driftway and Richard Trevithick's involvement in the project

Papers relating to the Thames Driftway and Richard Trevithick's involvement in the project

Archibald Guillan's book on mathematical theory and its application to practical navigation

Archibald Guillan's book on mathematical theory and its application to practical navigation

Sketchbook, inscribed 'G Cayley 1796'

Sketchbook, inscribed 'G Cayley 1796'

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

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

Papers of George and Robert Stephenson Regarding the Moreton Rail-Road

Papers of George and Robert Stephenson Regarding the Moreton Rail-Road

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Curteis and Kingsford, Solicitors

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Curteis and Kingsford, Solicitors

Volume entitled: "A plan of a Course of Lectures on Arts and Manufactures, More Particularly Such as Relate to Chemistry by William Farish"

Volume entitled: "A plan of a Course of Lectures on Arts and Manufactures, More Particularly Such as Relate to Chemistry by William Farish"

Volume of plans of mines and mining districts in Mexico

Volume of plans of mines and mining districts in Mexico

School exercise book of Hugh Hansford, Free School, Gillingham, Dorset

School exercise book of Hugh Hansford, Free School, Gillingham, Dorset

Letter from Henry Maudslay to Mr Matthew Murray, Engineer

Letter from Henry Maudslay to Mr Matthew Murray, Engineer

Volume entitled: "Apothecary's Memorandum Book"

Volume entitled: "Apothecary's Memorandum Book"

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

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

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

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

Accounts ledger for Bowling Iron works

Accounts ledger for Bowling Iron works

Lecture Notes on Chemistry

Lecture Notes on Chemistry

Principles of Mechanics by George Adams

Principles of Mechanics by George Adams

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

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

Notebooks of Mark Scott on South Hetton Colliery

Notebooks of Mark Scott on South Hetton Colliery

Collection of letters signed by scientists, physicians and engineers, generally on scientific or professional matters

Collection of letters signed by scientists, physicians and engineers, generally on scientific or professional matters

Commonplace book of William Lewin

Commonplace book of William Lewin

A Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Chemistry

A Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Chemistry

Notebook comprising 'Account of Blaenavon Iron Works'

Notebook comprising 'Account of Blaenavon Iron Works'

'The aerial candidates...', an aeronautical play

'The aerial candidates...', an aeronautical play

'James Burrow's Arithmetick MDCCXXXVIII'

'James Burrow's Arithmetick MDCCXXXVIII'

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

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

Bound volume entitled: "A System of Practical Geometry"

Bound volume entitled: "A System of Practical Geometry"