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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

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

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

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"

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"

Letter from Henry Maudslay to Mr Matthew Murray, Engineer

Letter from Henry Maudslay to Mr Matthew Murray, Engineer

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.

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

A Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Chemistry

A Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Chemistry

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

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

Bound volume entitled: "A System of Practical Geometry"

Bound volume entitled: "A System of Practical Geometry"

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

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

Ground plan of Her Majesty's Dockyard in Plymouth

Ground plan of Her Majesty's Dockyard in Plymouth

Coloured drawing of Elevations of the (Locomotive) Rocket

Coloured drawing of Elevations of the (Locomotive) Rocket

Ship plan entitled: Disposition of the Frame for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard, River Thames

Ship plan entitled: Disposition of the Frame for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard, River Thames

Design for the steam engine for metal mills, longitudinal section of foundry

Design for the steam engine for metal mills, longitudinal section of foundry

Drawing of engine house, cross section

Drawing of engine house, cross section

Drawing of engine house, section of boiler seating and stokehole

Drawing of engine house, section of boiler seating and stokehole

Drawing of treenail and coak making lathe

Drawing of treenail and coak making lathe

Catalogue of Useful Inventions for Cotton Spinners, Manufacturers and for all textile trades

Catalogue of Useful Inventions for Cotton Spinners, Manufacturers and for all textile trades

A Description of an Apparatus for explaining the Principles of Mechanicks made for His Majesty King George the Third by George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty

A Description of an Apparatus for explaining the Principles of Mechanicks made for His Majesty King George the Third by George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty

Drawing of forge hammer from Birmingham by Robert Roberts

Drawing of forge hammer from Birmingham by Robert Roberts

Drawing of St. Petersburg Railway Locomotive

Drawing of St. Petersburg Railway Locomotive

Drawing of forcing pump proposed to be fixed in the salt water well in His Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth

Drawing of forcing pump proposed to be fixed in the salt water well in His Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth

Ground plan of building of Kings Mills at Portsmouth

Ground plan of building of Kings Mills at Portsmouth

Mill counting apparatus. Consecutive elevation.

Mill counting apparatus. Consecutive elevation.

Copy sketch of Mr Heppenstall's spinning frame for rope yarn

Copy sketch of Mr Heppenstall's spinning frame for rope yarn

Statement of accounts between Messrs Trevithick and Co and Samuel Homfray

Statement of accounts between Messrs Trevithick and Co and Samuel Homfray

Instructions to the illustrator of 'A description of an apparatus for explaining the principles of mechanicks made for His Majesty King George the Third by George Adams'

Instructions to the illustrator of 'A description of an apparatus for explaining the principles of mechanicks made for His Majesty King George the Third by George Adams'

Section of building over Coal Yard, Metal Mills, Portsmouth

Section of building over Coal Yard, Metal Mills, Portsmouth

An edition of 'The Photogram' journal vol. 2 no. 17

An edition of 'The Photogram' journal vol. 2 no. 17

Sketch of drilling machine. Details.

Sketch of drilling machine. Details.

Drawing of Locomotive Engine for the Stockton and Darlington Railway

Drawing of Locomotive Engine for the Stockton and Darlington Railway

South East view of the Collegiate Church, Manchester

South East view of the Collegiate Church, Manchester

Mohawk and Hudson Locomotive drawing

Mohawk and Hudson Locomotive drawing

Pamphlet entitled ‘The Report of Mess. Brindley and Whitworth, engineers, concerning the practicability and expence [sic] of making a navigable canal, from Stockton by Darlington to Winston in the county of Durham'

Pamphlet entitled ‘The Report of Mess. Brindley and Whitworth, engineers, concerning the practicability and expence [sic] of making a navigable canal, from Stockton by Darlington to Winston in the county of Durham'

Ship plan entitled: Profile Draught for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard

Ship plan entitled: Profile Draught for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard

Untitled. This drawing is a cardboard model.

Untitled. This drawing is a cardboard model.

Invoice from Peel, Williams and Peel for a steam engine supplied to Messrs Coates and Wright

Invoice from Peel, Williams and Peel for a steam engine supplied to Messrs Coates and Wright

Handwritten Clarence Railway report

Handwritten Clarence Railway report

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

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