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

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"

The general plan of Mr. Babbage's Great Calculating Engine. Arrangement and rack, details, et cetera.

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing ground floor plan of the principal building, by signed Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

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

Great Western Railway – Drawing No 2 Side elevation and Cross Section

Arrangement and rack of Plan 25

First edition of 'Bradshaw's Railway Time Table'

Mill counting apparatus. Consecutive elevation.

Lithograph of Lime Street railway station, Liverpool

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing elevation of side entrance, elevation from inside, elevation of front entrance, elevation from inside, section, plan of hinge, elevation of sash detail, elevation of cast iron sash and detail at full size, signed P. Le Court Grissell and Peto.

Sketch of drilling machine. Details.

An edition of 'The Photogram' journal vol. 2 no. 17

Solution of two simultaneous equations

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of the Birmingham Depot's engine round house with coke sheds, men's waiting room and superintendent's office, showing front and side elevations, section through engine house, and pit, signed Grissell and Peto.

Engraving of 'Lake Thirlmere or Wythburn Water, Cumberland'

Railway Signal Volume 3 (1885)

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of the basement walls of the principal building, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing front elevation of the principal building, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

A letter from Brunel to Monsieur D'avannes, commenting on the working conditions, accident and health records of the workforce at the Thames Tunnel

General plan of the Analytical Engine, half size.

Carriage and method of setting spiral axes for a machine of 50 cages with two figure wheels in each cage. Plan, elevation, details.

Receipts and charges for various accounts and goods plus lists of addresses and of fruit trees planted by A. Parkes

Working Drawing for No 149 (150 deleted)

Plan of left half of middle group for General Plan 28.

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section through Entrance and traffic office, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plans of foundations of engine house, plan of roof, sections through tanks and out buildings

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing details of roof including gutters, binders, trusses and lead work, signed by Philip Hardwick

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section of the entrance lobby to the principal building detailing windows and includes plan, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Visitors pass

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of Birmingham Station's stables, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Small planing machine. Sheet 1.

Drawing entitled 'Sectional Drawing for a Steel Protected Cruiser for Colonial Defence to be named'

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section through the gateway passage and water closets, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Working Drawing for No 164

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of roofs and gutters of offices for goods, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Parts of slide for the Planing machine. Plan, elevation

Plan of mill, table wheels and carriage. Sheet 31.

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing elevation of the flanks of the building, signed by Philip Hardwick of Grissell and Peto

Drawing entitled 'Sheer Drawing for a Steel Protected Crusier for Colonial Defence to be named'

Notation of the Analytical Engine

Plan 16. Arrangement, several partial arrangements, numerous notes.

Plan No. 24. Arrangement and rack, rearrangement or notes.

First sketch of all the parts in plan of the right half to middle group of General Plan 28. Plan, elevation.

Multiplication. Sheet 1 of 4.

Multiplication, division and addition for verticals. Sheet six of six.

Algebraic addition. Sheet 1 of 2.

Plan of operation and variable card counting apparatus. Suited to Plans 28 and 28a.

Untitled. [Vertical positions of some of the wheels of Plan 28a. Notation 348 and 331 cycles]. Sheet 12 of 13.