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Letter from Robert Newton to Miss Offley

1130

Map: Plan of the Collieries on the Rivers Tyne and Wear also Blyth, Bedlington and Hartley; with the Country 11 Miles round Newcastle

230

Letter from James Watt of Broseley to Mr. Boulton

230

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

1630

Map entitled: 'A Plan of the River Thames from Boulter's Lock to Mortlake, Surveyed by order of the City of London in 1770, by James Brindley Engineer'

560

Agreement for erecting a steam engine at Ravenhead near Prescot in County of Lancaster

255

Letter from James Watt to Mr John Morley

230

Letter from John Dalton to Peter Crosthwaite

600

Deed respecting a Steam Engine to be erected at Ketley Iron Works

105

Prescription for Master Forester Fench

1080

Plan of the Collieries on the Rivers Tyne and Wear also Blyth, Bedlington and Hartley; with the Country 11 Miles round Newcastle

135

Pamphlet entitled: "Receipt for preparing and compounding the principle medicines made use of by the late Mr Ward"

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

170

Letter from William Toplis to an acquaintance of Lord Bathurst's

220

Manuscript book entitled 'Dr. William Hunter Lectures MSS'

315

Description d'un nouveau genouil de Planchette

185

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

215

Volume relating to navigational and related astronomical problems

Volume I (pp.1-469) covers lectures 1 to mid-45; volume II (pp.470-911) covers lectures mid-45 to 86.

Volumes with manuscript transcripts of Joseph Black's chemistry lectures at Edinburgh University

440

The Edinburgh Evening Courant

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

145

Pamphlet entitled: "Report from the committee appointed to examine the Physicians who have attended his majesty during his illness.."

185

Certificate from Joseph Warner to Samuel Hilles

160

Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Peter Dolland at St Paul's Churchyard

190

Letter from John Dalton to his cousin George Bewley

135

Letter from J. W. Bartholomew to Thomas Frankland

4 sheets

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

121

Advertisement for Dalton's school

225

Trade card of John Bristow Engine-Maker, Ratcliff Highway, London

3 sheets

French technical drawings of surveying instrument

225

Trade card of Joseph Merlin, '66 Little Queen Ann Street East, Portland-Chapel, Marybone'

325

Letter from Joseph Priestley to Reverend Mr Scholefield

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

235

Letter from Sir James Edward Smith to M. L'Heritier in Paris

220

Letter from Jeremiah Newman to publisher J. Dodsley

185

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to Matthew Boulton

3 volumes

Boulton and Fothergill letter books

165

Receipted bill, in sum of £5-15-6, for 'A Martin new Universal Compound Microscope ...' bought by Joseph Priestley from Benjamin Martin

190

"A description of the Pneumatick Apparatus Made for his Majesty King George III Anno Domini 1761 By George Adams in Fleet Street, London"

155

Reprint entitled: "Description and use of a thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat: from a red heat up to the strongest that vessels made of clay can support"

235

Instructions to the illustrator of 'A description of the pneumatic apparatus made by George Adams in Fleet Street, London, 1761'

420

The St James's Chronicle; or, The British Evening-Post

1 sheet

Tracing of Valve Gear from Minerals, Mines and Mining in Cornwall

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"