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Manuscript entitled: "Charcoal Burning in the Forest of Dean by Herbert Curwen"

Vorlesung uber theoretische Mechanik by Christian Felix Klein

Collection of newspaper cuttings in 'Newspaper Cuttings' embossed album

Volume entitled: "Helical Epicycloids and Derivatives"

Papers of William Laight Applin

Documents in French relating to Lee's invention

Watford Railway Mission Plans and Specifications

Total Abstinence Association Member's Card

Drawing of Cambrian Railway 4'8 1/2" Gauge Locomotive

Drawing of Barry Railway Class H 0-8-2T Nos 79-85 4'8 1/2" Gauge Locomotive

Booklet - 'Manchester Corporation Waterworks. Hydraulic Power Supply'

Letters patent document for patent 11,958

My Machine 1889 III Development of driving cams.

Illustrated pamphlet for Ralpho Cycle Co.

Letters patent document for patent 14,460

Drawing of General Arrangement 0-6-2T 1716T Imperial Railways Japan

Patent specification for patent number 14,460

Volume No 3: 1893 July 12 – 1894 January 23

Album documenting the laying of two submarine cables

Alterations to stairs above roadway arch

Interlocking Electric Indicators worked by policemen at North and South approaches

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

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

A series of views overlooking Trafalgar Square, London and a map showing the position of the instrument stations

Notebook containing records with details of meetings and discussions, patent filing, progress wth patent application and manufacture of instruments

Autograph letter from Otto Lilienthal to T J Bennett

The 1897 diary of Arthur Osborne Ladell, containing some details of work on the railways and rates of pay. Also contains a small number of entries for 1896

The 1898 diary of Arthur Osborne Ladell

Drawing of Cape Government Railway 3'6" Gauge Locomotive

My Machine 1883 - 1895 IV Copied and corrected from a former drawing.

Map - Bird's-Eye View of textile Manchester by Warehouseman & Draper.

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

Patent specification for patent number 21,117

Letters patent document for patent 21,117

Patent specification for patent number 11,958

Catalogue - Boilers, Engines and Machinery, Galloways Limited, Manchester

245

Limnology measuring instruments drawing

580

Poster: Rules and Regulations for Geo. Wailes & Co.

270

Photograph of the first motor car built in the UK driven by an internal combustion engine, built in 1895 by Roots and Venables

4 sheets

Directions for erecting Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd., Boilers. - Class W.I.F.

140

Telegraph from William Thomson to Maclean, Physical Laboratory, University of Glasgow

4 items

Printed material relating to the promotion of Harry Lawson's British Motor Syndicate Ltd and criticism of Lawson's schemes by Sir David Salomons

500

List of vessels fitted with marine engines

105

Portrait photograph of Professor John Hopkinson, Professor Wilson and senior students at King's College, London

655

Drawing of rotary steam engine, single chamber type

3 slip cases

Items relating to the variable speed driving gear invented by Telford C. Field for bicycles etc.

3 items

Diary and photographs of Thomas Oliver Baker

19 items

Papers relating to the building of the Disley Tunnel, Midland Railway

A collection of glass lantern slides capturing the development of flight from an early set of images from the 1909 aviation meeting held at Reims, France through to images of aircraft from Imperial Airways and flying boats in the late Thirties.

The History of Aircraft and Flying

1 box

Lantern slides of the solar system