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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

Page from notebook

Page from notebook

Design for a Wooden Wharf wall

Design for a Wooden Wharf wall

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

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

Handwritten note

Handwritten note

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Type sheet entitled 'To Silver Glass'

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

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

Drawing depticting Bramah's fire extinguishing engine

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

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

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

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 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, Stockton for the Sugar House to A Hall for £4.16.2

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

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

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

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]

[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

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

1 sheet

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

2 pages on 1 sheet

Letter from William Herschel to an unnamed correspondent

3 folders

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

3 sheets

Loose sheets from the notebook of Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney

4 sheets

Arrangement drawings of ship 'Flying Fish'

166p + plates

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

1 item

Drawing of 2'6" Gauge Locomotive

1 item

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

1 item

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

1 item

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

1 item

Drawing of Indian Midland 5'6" Gauge Locomotive

Overall, 760mm x 1016mm

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

3p on 1 leaf

[Form of Tender] To Builders. Proposals of Prices, for performing by contract, the several works in Building a Vestry Room etc. at the east end of St George's Chapel, town of Portsea

67p

Copies of S G's Letters to General Bentham, giving an Account of his Tour for the purpose of seeing Mechanical and Engineering Works. [Bears numerous line drawings]

4p on 2 leaves

Set of cover letters

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

1 item

Drawing of 3'6" Gauge Locomotive

1p

[Ms.] Form of the Tender for supplying His Majesty's Yards at Deptford and Woolwich with Airing Stoves ... [Watermarked 1799]

1 item

Ledger A-Z 1799-1800

1 item

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