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Collection of letters and accounts relating to Richard Trevithick's patent on a portable high pressure steam engine

Collection of letters and accounts relating to Richard Trevithick's patent on a portable high pressure steam engine

Digital copy of manuscript of the engineer John Urpeth Rastrick, entitled: Common Place Book, produced in Shropshire

Digital copy of manuscript of the engineer John Urpeth Rastrick, entitled: Common Place Book, produced in Shropshire

Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match

Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match

Letter from Leighton Dalrymple, Lieutenant Colonel. Account of his visit to Wakefield and Leeds, including a description and sketch of John Blenkinsop’s Steam Locomotive 'Salamanca'

Letter from Leighton Dalrymple, Lieutenant Colonel. Account of his visit to Wakefield and Leeds, including a description and sketch of John Blenkinsop’s Steam Locomotive 'Salamanca'

Autograph letter from William Brunton, Engineer, giving a description of his Steam Horse, Butterley Iron Works

Autograph letter from William Brunton, Engineer, giving a description of his Steam Horse, Butterley Iron Works

Collection of letters to Richard Trevithick, mainly concerning the design and efficiency of steam-engines

Collection of letters to Richard Trevithick, mainly concerning the design and efficiency of steam-engines

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

Meteorological Registers

Meteorological Registers

Mathematics school exercise book of William Scamp

Mathematics school exercise book of William Scamp

Volume entitled: "History of the Framework Knitting and Lace Trades"

Volume entitled: "History of the Framework Knitting and Lace Trades"

Marshall's Geological Diagrams

Marshall's Geological Diagrams

Manuscript entitled: "Catalogue of the Apparatus of Philosophical Instruments, in the Collection of Her Late Majesty Queen Charlotte, at the Observatory at Richmond in Surrey"

Manuscript entitled: "Catalogue of the Apparatus of Philosophical Instruments, in the Collection of Her Late Majesty Queen Charlotte, at the Observatory at Richmond in Surrey"

Papers relating to the Thames Driftway and Richard Trevithick's involvement in the project

Papers relating to the Thames Driftway and Richard Trevithick's involvement in the project

Archibald Guillan's book on mathematical theory and its application to practical navigation

Archibald Guillan's book on mathematical theory and its application to practical navigation

Papers of George and Robert Stephenson Regarding the Moreton Rail-Road

Papers of George and Robert Stephenson Regarding the Moreton Rail-Road

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Curteis and Kingsford, Solicitors

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Curteis and Kingsford, Solicitors

Volume entitled: "A plan of a Course of Lectures on Arts and Manufactures, More Particularly Such as Relate to Chemistry by William Farish"

Volume entitled: "A plan of a Course of Lectures on Arts and Manufactures, More Particularly Such as Relate to Chemistry by William Farish"

Volume of plans of mines and mining districts in Mexico

Volume of plans of mines and mining districts in Mexico

School exercise book of Hugh Hansford, Free School, Gillingham, Dorset

School exercise book of Hugh Hansford, Free School, Gillingham, Dorset

Letter from Henry Maudslay to Mr Matthew Murray, Engineer

Letter from Henry Maudslay to Mr Matthew Murray, Engineer

Accounts ledger for Bowling Iron works

Accounts ledger for Bowling Iron works

Lecture Notes on Chemistry

Lecture Notes on Chemistry

Collection of letters signed by scientists, physicians and engineers, generally on scientific or professional matters

Collection of letters signed by scientists, physicians and engineers, generally on scientific or professional matters

Commonplace book of William Lewin

Commonplace book of William Lewin

Notebook comprising 'Account of Blaenavon Iron Works'

Notebook comprising 'Account of Blaenavon Iron Works'

Translation in one volume of  'The Art of Metals (Ores) in which is taught the true method of treating by mercury those of gold and silver: the manner of smelting them all and how they are to be refined and separated from one another'

Translation in one volume of 'The Art of Metals (Ores) in which is taught the true method of treating by mercury those of gold and silver: the manner of smelting them all and how they are to be refined and separated from one another'

Notebooks of G.H. Wollaston relating to Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping

Notebooks of G.H. Wollaston relating to Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping

Letter describing the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway and the death of Sir William Huskisson MP after being run down by the "Rocket"

Letter describing the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway and the death of Sir William Huskisson MP after being run down by the "Rocket"

Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway

Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway

Catalogue of new double stars by F.G. W. Struve, annotated copy blonging to J.F.W. Herschel

Catalogue of new double stars by F.G. W. Struve, annotated copy blonging to J.F.W. Herschel

Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth

Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth

Drawings - the Peel & Williams Phoenix and Soho Foundries

Drawings - the Peel & Williams Phoenix and Soho Foundries

Plan of the proposed route of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by George Stephenson

Plan of the proposed route of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by George Stephenson

Liverpool Engine C drawing

Liverpool Engine C drawing

Coloured drawing of Elevations of the (Locomotive) Rocket

Coloured drawing of Elevations of the (Locomotive) Rocket

Manchester Guardian newspaper, first edition. Dated May 5 1821.

Manchester Guardian newspaper, first edition. Dated May 5 1821.

Design for the steam engine for metal mills, longitudinal section of foundry

Design for the steam engine for metal mills, longitudinal section of foundry

Drawing of engine house, cross section

Drawing of engine house, cross section

A letter to Richard Trevithick from Davies Giddy regarding Trevithick's results from his first trial of the Herland pole steam engine

A letter to Richard Trevithick from Davies Giddy regarding Trevithick's results from his first trial of the Herland pole steam engine

Drawing of engine house, section of boiler seating and stokehole

Drawing of engine house, section of boiler seating and stokehole

Drawing of treenail and coak making lathe

Drawing of treenail and coak making lathe

Catalogue of Useful Inventions for Cotton Spinners, Manufacturers and for all textile trades

Catalogue of Useful Inventions for Cotton Spinners, Manufacturers and for all textile trades

Locomotive Engine Darlington drawing

Locomotive Engine Darlington drawing

Letter from George Stephenson, Liverpool to Timothy Hackworth, New Shildon

Letter from George Stephenson, Liverpool to Timothy Hackworth, New Shildon

Drawing of forge hammer from Birmingham by Robert Roberts

Drawing of forge hammer from Birmingham by Robert Roberts

Drawing of St. Petersburg Railway Locomotive

Drawing of St. Petersburg Railway Locomotive

Ground plan of building of Kings Mills at Portsmouth

Ground plan of building of Kings Mills at Portsmouth

Mill counting apparatus. Consecutive elevation.

Mill counting apparatus. Consecutive elevation.

Letter from George Stephenson, Newcastle to Timothy Hackworth, Darlington

Letter from George Stephenson, Newcastle to Timothy Hackworth, Darlington

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

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