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Marshall's Geological Diagrams

Marshall's Geological Diagrams

Student notes entitled 'Electricity'

Student notes entitled 'Electricity'

Laboratory Book of Sir Oliver Lodge

Laboratory Book of Sir Oliver Lodge

Sviluppo di alcuni corpi Stereometrico Mineralogici secondo i celebri Autori Dufrenoy, Hauy, Mohs, Rose, Neumann

Sviluppo di alcuni corpi Stereometrico Mineralogici secondo i celebri Autori Dufrenoy, Hauy, Mohs, Rose, Neumann

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

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

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

Railway Signal Volume 3 (1885)

Railway Signal Volume 3 (1885)

London and North Western Railway goods invoice

London and North Western Railway goods invoice

Notes on phosphorous, tin and copper alloys

Notes on phosphorous, tin and copper alloys

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

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

My Machine 1888 II Plan of driving cams, levers, etc. in initial position.

My Machine 1888 II Plan of driving cams, levers, etc. in initial position.

An edition of 'The Photogram' journal vol. 5 no. 50

An edition of 'The Photogram' journal vol. 5 no. 50

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

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

My Machine 1889 III Development of driving cams.

My Machine 1889 III Development of driving cams.

Pumps & Pumping Machinery, Hydraulic Engines &c

Pumps & Pumping Machinery, Hydraulic Engines &c

Archive of evidence for the Royal Commission on Technical Education. It contains a wide range of items pertaining to technical education in Britain (18.6% of the collection), notably in London, Liverpool and in Yorkshire, and several other European states: the Austrian Empire (12.8%), Belgium (4.7%), France (11.1%), Germany (31.3%), Italy (5%), Switzerland (13.3) as well as the United States (3.1%). There are not only published reports from a variety of educational establishments, but syllabuses, statistics of courses, lists of students and prize winners, plans of facilities, lists of teaching equipment, and surveys of technical museums. Some are signed by the Commission’s secretary, Gilbert Redgrave. There is also archival material such as manuscript correspondence, handbills, newspaper pages and posters.

Archive of evidence for the Royal Commission on Technical Instruction

The memoranda offers an Anglo-American Arab platen printing press and discusses its relative merits in comparison with the the Franklin press.

Memoranda from Josiah Wade of the Crown Works to Colonel Stuart Wortley at the Patent Office Museum

Scale 1/4" : 1'. Comprises plan of upper deck; plan of poop and forecastle; plan of lower deck; plan of hold (and sections); profile. Each bears numerous signatures.

Arrangement drawings of ship "Brisk"

Scale 1/4":1'

Arrangement drawings of ships 'Bellona' and 'Barham'

540.00

Drawing of 'air log' device for preventing ships from sinking

140.00

Booklet entitled: "Aerial Navigation being the inaugural address"

Scale: 1/4":1'. Plans of poop and forecastle, upper deck, profile, lower deck, and of hold (plus sections).

Arrangement drawings of twin screw torpedo cruiser 'Scout'

175.00

Letter from E R Lankester to an unnamed correspondent

Scales various. Comprise midship section, figurehead, spar and sail plan, lines. Built for David Hunter, Ayr.

Plans of no. 246 barque 'Girvan'

Scale 1/4":1'. Plans of platforms, protective deck, main deck, hold and upper deck, all showing ventilation; proposed arrangement of fresh and salt water services; profile showing ventilation.

Arrangement drawings of HMS 'Narcissus'

200.00

Letter from Richard Proctor to A Garner

225.00

Draft letter from William Whewell to W T Brande?

Scales various. Roll comprises specification; form giving dimensions of masts and yards; plans: midship section, sketch of sails, profile of inboard works, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, hold; sheer drawing.

Specification and plans of single screw gun boats 'Albacore', 'Mistletoe' and 'Watchful'

125.00

Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter to Dr. A. Wilson

Scale 1/4":1'. Comprise plans of platforms, lower deck, protective deck, spar deck, upper deck, hold (and sections); profile.

Arrangement drawings of twin screw protected corvette 'Mersey'

Scale 1/4":1'. Comprise plans of protective deck, poop and forecastle, hold (and sections), upper deck; profile.

Arrangement drawings of twin screw steel gun and torpedo vessels 'Curlew' and 'Landrail'

595.00

Assignment of Leasehold premises and Goodwill and Stock in trade of chemist and druggist's business at Bournemouth, Hants.

410.00

Rigging Plan for HMS Mildura

Scale: 1/8":1'; 1/4":1'. Comprise arrangement of watertight compartments and plans of lower deck and hold (1 sheet, 1880), plans of lower deck and hold (and sections), profile, plan of upper deck and forecastle (4 sheets, 1881).

Arrangement drawings of ship 'Zephyr'

Drawings comprise plan of upper deck and protective deck; elevation, plan of poop and plan of forecastle; plan of hold and transverse section

Description of Pumping, Flooding, and Drainage Arrangement of cruiser 'Mildura', and associated drawings

Scale 1/4":1'. Comprise plans of steel deck, poop and forecastle, lower deck; profile; plan of upper deck; plans (2) of hold and sections, one dated 1886.

Arrangement drawings of corvette 'Comus'

Plans of hold, lower deck, inboard works, and upper deck and forecastle, all as fitted.

Arrangement drawings of HMS 'Redwing', coast guard cruiser

245.00

Agreement between Messrs. Siemens Brothers and Co. Limited and The Ryde Pier Company

Scale: 1/4 ":1'. Comprise plans of poop, forecastle and bridge, of lower deck and of hold (and sections), profile, plan of upper deck.

Arrangement drawings of ship 'Partridge'

155.00

Letter from Sir John Wolfe Barry to Dr. Turner

Scale 1/4":1'. Comprise plans of poop and forecastle, and of lower deck; profile; plans of upper deck, and of hold (and sections).

Arrangement drawings of ship 'Hyacinth'

Scale 1/4":1'. Comprise plan of hold (and sections), plan of lower deck, profile, plan of upper deck.

Arrangement drawings of composite gunboat 'Cockchafer'

Scale: 1/4":1'. Plans of lower deck, poop and forecastle, upper deck, hold, all as fitted, and profile as fitted.

Arrangement drawings of sloop 'Pelican'

Scales 1/16":1'; 1/4":1'. Comprises sketch of watertight arrangement showing watertight doors, sluice valves etc.; plans of poop, bridge, skidbeams and forecastle, of lower deck, of upper deck, of hold and sections; and profile. Each bears numerous signatures.

Arrangement drawings of ship 'Active'

Scale: 1" to 1' and 1" to 8'. Plans and elevations of houses for workmen and colliers, underviewers, overmen, deputies and clerks. With annotated printed description of the plans.

Plans for colliery houses and semi-detached cottages

290.00

Volumes of drawings entitled: "Helical Epicycloids"

680.00

Enlarged photograph of spark section

Scales: 1/2":1' to 1/8":1'. S.S. Yokohama Maru, yard number 241 was built by the London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company at its Govan yard, and was launched on 29th March 1884. It entered service with Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo, the following year and was broken up in 1910.

Drawings of No. 241 S.S. 'Yokohama Maru'

225.00

Letter from Frederick Gustavus Burnaby to Mr. Tupper

250.00

Letter from C V de Santz to Joseph Birnie