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

Bound volume entitled: "A System of Practical Geometry"

[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]

Torn note referring to a payment of £5.0.0

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

List of bills from Mr John Raisbeck to David Hall

Bills for mother's funeral

Receipt from Mr Raisbeck to William Reed

205

Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier to Monsieur Richard

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'

255

Letter from James Watt to Mr John Morley

600

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

105

Prescription for Master Forester Fench

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

315

Description d'un nouveau genouil de Planchette

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

215

Volume relating to navigational and related astronomical problems

440

The Edinburgh Evening Courant

135

Letter from J. W. Bartholomew to Thomas Frankland

325

Letter from Joseph Priestley to Reverend Mr Scholefield

220

Letter from Jeremiah Newman to publisher J. Dodsley

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"

3p on 1 leaf

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

166p + plates

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

1 item

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

1 sheet

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

Overall, 760mm x 1016mm

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

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

1 item

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

1 item

Drawing of 3'3 3/8" 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 3'6" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

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

1 item

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

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'

1p

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