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The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion by John Curr

Autograph Journal and Recipe Book

Credo notebook of Joseph Clement

Volume entitled: "Some Account, of the Work's done by Captain John Perry"

Sketchbook, inscribed 'G Cayley 1796'

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

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

Ship plan entitled: A Draught for Building by Contract by Mr Barnard in the River Thames a Ship to carry 36 Carriage Guns

Railway Signal Volume 3 (1885)

Design for an atmospherical engine steam cylinder with air pump, condenser and winding machinery

Plan of left half of middle group for General Plan 28.

Copy of agreement between Mr Raisbeck and John Reed, Starch Manufacturer to let parts of Sugar House

Drawing depicting elevation of the engine and longitudinary section of the engine house for an atmospherical steam engine

Drawing of the first steam engine erected at Portsmouth Yard (Sadler's Engine)

Printed certificate of the contract for the redemption of land tax in the name of Mrs Sarah Raisbeck

Elevation and plan of a crane capable of lifting from five to six tons

Sections of framing and racks. Sheet 6.

Ground plan of the engine house and framing for the 'Hon'ble the Commissioners of the Navy'

Lithograph depicting east view of the cast iron bridge under construction over the River Wear at Sunderland

Invoice regarding stationary purchases

Plan of the left half to middle group for General Plan 28.

Ship plan entitled: Upper deck for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard, River Thames

Printed insurance policy for the Laudable Society for the Benefit of Widows

Sketch of an apparatus for advancing stereotype frames of the Difference Engine by cranks and backing them by weights. Superseded. Plan, elevation.

Untitled. [Drawings of cams]

Cross section of the engine house and longitudinal section of the boiler for the 'Hon'ble the Commissioners of the Navy'

Drawing of the dam and setting for the wharf at South Dock Pier in Portsmouth

Elevation of arrangement 13 with some of the driving and directive. Elevation includes section of a barrel '65 bands 80 verticals'.

Drawing depicting the transverse section of the engine house and boiler sealing for an atmospherical steam engine

Engraving depicting profile of a bridge proposed to be built of granite over the River Thames

Page from notebook

Plan for an atmospherical engine steam cylinder with air pump, condenser and winding machinery

Intended for engraving. Shows six barrels with reducing apparatus.

Verticals for governing A et cetera for algebraic additions, notation 170. Sheet 2 of 2.

Print of a View of Manchester

Drawing of a wrought iron screw with brass nut and collar for heaving up Penstocks in His Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth

Handwritten note

Ship plan entitled: Orlop for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard in the River Thames

Drawing depicting elements of construction of the iron bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland

Ship plan entitled: Quarter deck and Fore Castle for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard

Memorandum regarding letting buildings within the Sugar House premises

Division. Working notation belonging to Summary No. 244 which superseded Notation 241.

Written order of the Bishop of Durham to J Stapleton Raisbeck

Untitled pencil layout, includes mill racks.

Engraving depicting a section of the centres and masonry of granite of the bridge proposed over the River Thames

Drawing depticting Bramah's fire extinguishing engine

Legal agreement between Thomas Clapton and Jacob Starrison

Type sheet entitled 'To Silver Glass'

Stereotype frames for Analytical and Difference engines. Plan, end view and elevation. Tracing of BAB A/147.

Ship plan entitled: Gun deck for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard in the River Thames