


Commonplace book of William Lewin

Notebook of John Urpeth Rastrick

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Curteis and Kingsford, Solicitors

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

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'

Volume entitled: "Chemistry Lecture Notes"

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

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

Letter from Henry Maudslay to Mr Matthew Murray, Engineer

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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

Notebook comprising 'Account of Blaenavon Iron Works'

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

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

Lecture Notes on Chemistry

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

Drawings - the Peel & Williams Phoenix and Soho Foundries

A letter from Brunel to Lord Duke regarding test borings next to the River Thames

A letter from Davies Giddy advising Richard Trevithick on his future course of action following the failure of a claim for government assistance

A letter to Richard Trevithick from Davies Giddy regarding arrangement of boiler tubes in Trevithick's Herland Mine engine

A letter to Richard Trevithick from Davies Giddy regarding theoretical treatment of ex-pansive working of a non- condensing high-pressure steam-engine

A letter from Brunel to Mr Tucker regarding his recently patented tinfoil

A letter to Richard Trevithick from Davies Giddy regarding calculations associated with steam engines

A letter to Richard Trevithick from Davies Giddy regarding steam engine velocity

A letter to Richard Trevithick from Davies Giddy regarding steam engines

Sketch of a pair of small shears for cutting the edges of copper sheets used for the sheating of ships

Drawing of engine house, section of boiler seating and stokehole

Drawing of boilers of 56 Horse engine

Drawings of boiler for 56 Horse steam engine at the Metal Mills, Portsmouth

Plan of iron mill and copper mill showing hammers, boilers and furnaces in the four buildings

Drawing of engine house, cross section

Sketch of pickling furnace by Mr Beach

Drawing of large shears from metal mills, as first made

Plan of copper and iron mill buildings showing machinery but not including the furnaces

Copy drawing depicting elevation of machinery for rolling copper and pumping water

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]’

Notice entitled ‘Canal. The projected canal from the Tees to the coal district near Auckland, having now become a popular question, permit me to make some observations on this subject’
