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

Autograph Journal and Recipe Book

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

Sketchbook, inscribed 'G Cayley 1796'

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

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

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

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

Page from notebook

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

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

Print of a View of Manchester

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

Handwritten note

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

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

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

Drawing depticting Bramah's fire extinguishing engine

Design for a Wooden Wharf wall

List of payments

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

Note regarding payment on the Sugar House mortgage of £33.14.0 from Raisbeck, Gray and Burdon to Cuthbert Burrell

Receipt from George Hutchinson and John Simpson to Raisbeck, Gray and Burdon for £8.14.0 for timber for the Sugar House

Receipt from Mr Raisbeck, Stockton for the Sugar House to A Hall for £4.16.2

Receipt from Mr Raisbeck to William Marshall for £1.5.0

Receipt from Leonard Raisbeck, Stockton, for the Sugar House to A Hall for £0.12.6

Receipt from Mr Raisbeck for the Sugar House to A Hall for £2.17.6

Receipt from Leonard Raisbeck to Robert Foster for £0.6.10 for glazing for the Sugar House

[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

General view of the Engine House for '30 Horse Steam Engine, 1st by Bolton & Watt, and Framing for the Hon'ble the Commissioners of the Navy'

Engraving depicting Messrs Telford & Douglas' design of a cast iron bridge of a single arch proposed to be erected across the River Thames

Receipt from Leonard Raisbeck for the Sugar House to John Wheatley for £0.13.8

Mr. Wilson's Design for a Cast Iron Bridge over the Thames, instead of the Present London Bridge

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to an unnamed patient

Entitled: "The Several Plans and Drawings referred to in the Third Report from the Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London"

Loose sheets from the notebook of Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney

Letter from J Currie to Mr Greg

Letter from John Ferriar to his publishers

Letter from William Herschel to an unnamed correspondent

Arrangement drawings of ship 'Flying Fish'

Booklet entitled: "The Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon"

Share certificate for the Wilts & Berks Canal