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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

Stephenson family recipe book

Stephenson family recipe book

Architectural Drawings of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham

Architectural Drawings of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham

The Illustrated London News Grand Panorama of the Great Exhibition of All Nations

The Illustrated London News Grand Panorama of the Great Exhibition of All Nations

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'

Notebook of John Urpeth Rastrick

Notebook of John Urpeth Rastrick

Diary of Robert Stephenson

Diary of Robert Stephenson

Copy letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the Directors of the Great Western Railway

Copy letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the Directors of the Great Western Railway

Account of the construction of the Morley Tunnel, Leeds Dewsbury & Manchester Railway

Account of the construction of the Morley Tunnel, Leeds Dewsbury & Manchester Railway

Pattern books from Mount Pleasant Mill, Bury

Pattern books from Mount Pleasant Mill, Bury

PHD: 'Specimens of the work of spiral and oval drawing machine'

PHD: 'Specimens of the work of spiral and oval drawing machine'

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

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"

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 Queen Victoria relating to chloroform assisted birth

Letter from Queen Victoria relating to chloroform assisted birth

Drawings - the Peel & Williams Phoenix and Soho Foundries

Drawings - the Peel & Williams Phoenix and Soho Foundries

Documents of Philip Hardwick regarding Euston Station

Documents of Philip Hardwick regarding Euston Station

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

Collection of documents relating to the work of Marc Isambard Brunel, mainly concerning the Thames Tunnel

Collection of documents relating to the work of Marc Isambard Brunel, mainly concerning the Thames Tunnel

Drawings of Industrial Sites and Machine Tools

Drawings of Industrial Sites and Machine Tools

Collection of copy letters, business and personal, of Richard Beamish

Collection of copy letters, business and personal, of Richard Beamish

Books of signatures of visitors to the works of Sharp, Roberts & Co.

Books of signatures of visitors to the works of Sharp, Roberts & Co.

Diary of John Watson, London & Greenwich Railway Co

Diary of John Watson, London & Greenwich Railway Co

Marshall's Geological Diagrams

Marshall's Geological Diagrams

Perigal's Contributions to Kinematics

Perigal's Contributions to Kinematics

Mathematics school exercise book of William Scamp

Mathematics school exercise book of William Scamp

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"

Portrait photograph of Charlotte Wilsdon

Portrait photograph of Charlotte Wilsdon

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

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

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

Scrap book relating to Cornish tin mines

Scrap book relating to Cornish tin mines

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

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Dr Andrew Ure

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Dr Andrew Ure

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

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

Gazeteer of Mines in Chili (Chile)

Gazeteer of Mines in Chili (Chile)

The book "The Christian Visitor, on the Four Gospels" with flyleaf inscription by Florence Nightingale

The book "The Christian Visitor, on the Four Gospels" with flyleaf inscription by Florence Nightingale

Notebook entitled 'Bicircloids'

Notebook entitled 'Bicircloids'

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

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"

Bound manuscript volume entitled: "Diary of a Week in North Wales By Henry Sharrock"

Bound manuscript volume entitled: "Diary of a Week in North Wales By Henry Sharrock"

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

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

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Curteis and Kingsford, Solicitors

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Curteis and Kingsford, Solicitors

Volume of plans of mines and mining districts in Mexico

Volume of plans of mines and mining districts in Mexico

Notation for Swedish Difference Engine

Notation for Swedish Difference Engine

Three letters from Robert Stephenson to Captain Constantine Moorsom

Three letters from Robert Stephenson to Captain Constantine Moorsom

Collection of Personal Papers relating to Thomas William Turner

Collection of Personal Papers relating to Thomas William Turner

Volume entitled: "Some Account of Lewis Paul and his Invention of the machine for spinning cotton and wool by Rollers and his claim to such Invention to the exclusion of John Wyatt"

Volume entitled: "Some Account of Lewis Paul and his Invention of the machine for spinning cotton and wool by Rollers and his claim to such Invention to the exclusion of John Wyatt"

A bound volume written in clerk's hand, presented by Henry Minchin Noad to Museum of Economic Geology

A bound volume written in clerk's hand, presented by Henry Minchin Noad to Museum of Economic Geology

Accounts between Coates & Wright of Ingleton and Peel, Williams & Peel of Manchester regarding the purchase of two steam engines

Accounts between Coates & Wright of Ingleton and Peel, Williams & Peel of Manchester regarding the purchase of two steam engines