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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

Principles of Mechanics by George Adams

Principles of Mechanics by George Adams

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

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'

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'

Legal document granting John Stapylton Raisbeck authority to take oaths in various counties in Durham, York, Kingston Upon Hull and Newcastle Upon Tyne

Legal document granting John Stapylton Raisbeck authority to take oaths in various counties in Durham, York, Kingston Upon Hull and Newcastle Upon Tyne

Legal document granting John Stapylton Raisbeck authority to take oaths in various counties in County Durham, York, Kingston upon Hull and Cumbria

Legal document granting John Stapylton Raisbeck authority to take oaths in various counties in County Durham, York, Kingston upon Hull and Cumbria

Copies of acquittances

Copies of acquittances

Deed of admittance

Deed of admittance

Act for better regulation of attorneys and solicitors

Act for better regulation of attorneys and solicitors

Torn note referring to a payment of £5.0.0

Torn note referring to a payment of £5.0.0

Petition of John Stapylton Raisbeck

Petition of John Stapylton Raisbeck

[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] 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]

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

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

2 volumes

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

1 sheet

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

1 volume

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

1 volume

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

3 volumes

Boulton and Fothergill letter books

3 pages on 1 sheet

Letter from John Dalton to his cousin George Bewley

Single item

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

1 page

Certificate from Joseph Warner to Samuel Hilles

1 volume (145 sheets, some blank)

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

2 pages on 1 sheet

Letter from Robert Newton to Miss Offley

3 sheets

French technical drawings of surveying instrument

2 pages on 1 sheet

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to Matthew Boulton

1 page

Letter from Joseph Priestley to Emanuel da Costa

4 sheets

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

1 item, 34 pages

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

1 sheet

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

166p + plates

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

1 item

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

1 item

Drawing of 2'6" Gauge Locomotive

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'

Overall, 760mm x 1016mm

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

1 item

Drawing of Indian Midland 5'6" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

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

1 item

Drawing of Indian Midland 5'6" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

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

1 item

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

1 item

Notes and Sketch Relating to the Cugnot Engine and the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers

1 item

Drawing of 3'6" 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 6 Wheel 3500G Water Capacity 7T Fuel Capacity 5'6" Gauge Tender General Arrangement

1 item

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

This volume, printed for the author by Jos[eph] Harrop, by Wellins Calcott, a religious writer and freemason, is an early example of printing in Manchester.

Thoughts Moral and Divine: The Fourth Edition with Improvements

1 item

Drawing of 5'5 13/16" Gauge Locomotive

3p on 1 leaf

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

1p

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