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

Autograph Journal and Recipe Book

Sketchbook, inscribed 'G Cayley 1796'

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

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

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

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

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

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

Invoice regarding stationary purchases

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

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

Sections of framing and racks. Sheet 6.

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 Superseded.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

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

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

Intended for engraving. Shows six barrels with reducing apparatus.

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

Untitled. [Drawings of cams]

Page from notebook

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

Print of a View of Manchester

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

Handwritten note

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

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

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

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

Type sheet entitled 'To Silver Glass'

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

Untitled pencil layout, includes mill racks.

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 Working notation belonging to Summary No. 244 which superseded Notation 241.

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

Invoice regarding stationary purchases

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

Drawing depticting Bramah's fire extinguishing engine

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

Plan for the engine house and boiler for an atmospherical steam engine

Plan and section of the foundation of part of the SE wall of the New Gun Wharf at Portsmouth Dockyard

Design for a Wooden Wharf wall

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section of string course, profile of the balcony and profile of a baluster, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

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