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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

Sketchbook, inscribed 'G Cayley 1796'

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

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

Ground plan of Her Majesty's Dockyard in Plymouth

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

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing ground floor plan of the principal building, by signed Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Drawing of forge hammer from Birmingham by Robert Roberts

Ground plan of building of Kings Mills at Portsmouth

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

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

Drawing of Locomotive Engine for the Stockton and Darlington Railway

Section of building over Coal Yard, Metal Mills, Portsmouth

Mohawk and Hudson Locomotive drawing

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

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

Railway Signal Volume 3 (1885)

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of the basement walls of the principal building, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing front elevation of the principal building, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

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

Copy plan of part of Plymouth Dockyard showing pump houses, drains and dock

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

Design for rebuilding of Albion Mills fire proof, transverse section

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section through Entrance and traffic office, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

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

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing details of roof including gutters, binders, trusses and lead work, signed by Philip Hardwick

Drawing depicting a portable steam engine

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section of the entrance lobby to the principal building detailing windows and includes plan, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of Birmingham Station's stables, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Small planing machine. Sheet 1.

Pamphlet entitled ‘A Further Report, on the Intended Rail or Tram Road, from Stockton, by Darlington, to the collieries, with a branch to Yarum [sic]’

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

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section through the gateway passage and water closets, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of roofs and gutters of offices for goods, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Ground plan and elevation of a building for the machinery used for making block and pullies at Dunsterville Manufactory

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing elevation of the flanks of the building, signed by Philip Hardwick of Grissell and Peto

Plan of a proposed alteration to locomotive engines

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

Multiplication. Sheet 1 of 4.

Plan of operation and variable card counting apparatus. Suited to Plans 28 and 28a.

Drawing of Tender for the Magnet Loco Engine, No. 108 Two end sections showing wheels, axle boxes and brake arrangement, [presumably for new tender-patent drawing]

Reversing sign ascertaining if a variable is zero, ascertaining if a variable has a + or - sign (supersedes 223).

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing details of the Birmingham Station's booking offices, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Plan and elevation of sundry parts in the upper cages of left half of middle group.

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

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

Method of grouping for the large machine.