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

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

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

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

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

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"

'James Burrow's Arithmetick MDCCXXXVIII'

Original drawings for Lister's 'Conchology'

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

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

[Letter] London [to] Mr Goodrich, Portsea or at Mr Peake's Dockyard, Portsmouth/ Sam[ue]l Rehe. [He has received, for Goodrich, the Society of Arts' premium of £65]

Letter from Mr N Swainston to Mr James Raisbeck, later addition written by William Grundy.

Articles of agreement between John Claxton, Jacob Harrison and Thomas Raisbeck

Torn note referring to a payment of £5.0.0

Note regarding £18.0.0 received from J S Raisbeck for £800.0.0 on the Sugar House mortgage to Cuthbert Burrell

Legal agreement between Thomas Meeke and Katherine Turner

Legal agreement regarding transfer of land from Thomas Rudd to Joseph Claxton and Margaret Claxton at Corn Close

Legal document confirming Thomas Raisbeck's status as an attorney

Legal agreement regarding transfer of land known as Corn Close, near Saltholm from John Wells and John Benton to Thomas Rudd

Petition for Thomas Raisbeck, City of Durham to Dormer Parkhurst Esq, Chancellor of the County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge

Bills paid by Mr Raisbeck to Mrs Bone

Legal agreement regarding the transfer of land from John Humble to Robert Hilton in the Ropery, West Little Field; messuage, garden/orchard, curtilag and 2 stables; and The Garth

Memorandum regarding the transfer of property

Pages 14 and 15 of the Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd minute book no.1

Article of agreement between William Raisbeck and James Raisbeck

Articles of agreement between James Raisbeck and William Raisbeck

Testament to Thomas Raisbeck by Thomas Rudd

Note referring to partnership between Thomas Raisbeck and John Rudd

Legal agreement between Lamelot Hilton and Thomas Meeke

Legal agreement between Anne Meeke and Thomas Raisbeck

Legal document regarding Thomas Raisbeck's appointment as a solicitor

Legal document granting Thomas Raisbeck the authority to act as Attorney in the County Palatine of Durham

185

Volume entitled: "A Course of Experimental Philosophy by S Triboudet Demainbray in the year 1755"

3 sheets

French technical drawings relating to Newcomen atmospheric engine erected at Fresnes, near Conde in northern France

275

French technical drawing: Elevation d'une cheminee dans laquelle on a pratique un poele propre a bruler de la houille

220

Letter from Robert Newton to Miss Offley

205

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'

4 archive folders

Collection of papers relating to the work of Stephen Hales, mainly on ventilators

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

200

'An Explanation of the Pendulum Bucket Engine, invented & executed in a Working Model'

185

Certificate from Joseph Warner to Samuel Hilles

160

Medical recipes