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Volume entitled: "Helical Epicycloids and Derivatives"

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

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

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

Drawing of Cape Government Railway 3'6" Gauge Locomotive

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

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. 5 no. 50

Letters patent document for patent 21,117

Patent specification for patent number 21,117

Certificate conferring membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers upon W J Cudworth

Autograph letter from Otto Lilienthal to T J Bennett

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.

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

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

495

Ground plan of an engine room, boiler room and connecting piping for cotton mill in Selma, Alabama

7 sheets

Arrangement drawings of HMS 'Narcissus'

355

Carbonisation log book for the Gas Light & Coke Co's Fulham Gasworks

120

Booket entitled: "General directions for using "Beeston" motor cycles, Beeston Motor Company Limited"

10

Catalogue of Aseptic Hospital Requisites

9 sheets

Arrangement drawings of Nos. 280-281 T.Ss. 'Sylvania' and 'Carinthia'

5 items

Correspondence relating to electrical plant installation

6 items

Engineering drawings of Gresham & Craven's Vacuum Automatic Brake

680 x 1170

Drawing entitled First class torpedo boat. Elevation, floor plan and deck plan. Scale ¼" to 1 foot.

1 item

Drawing showing lower and orlop deck of T.S. Sylvania and Carinthia

An agreement between the London and India Docks Joint Committee for the construction of a steel fore and aft screw ferry boat, dated 29th June 1897. Also included is a specification, giving details of the required vessel and its machinery, and a blue print drawings showing sections and plans of the proposed vessel. There is also a handwritten note on the front stating that this referrers to the Royal Albert Dock Ferry number 108323 Mary.

Agreement between The London & India Docks Joint Committee and D.M Cumming Esq for the construction of a steel fore and aft screw ferry boat

1 item

Drawing showing the number 1 rigging plan of T.S. Sylvania and Carinthia

1 item

Drawing showing the curves on statical stability of T.S. Sylvania and Carinthia

3 items

Material accumulated by John Hennon Hackworth

220

Volume No 11: 1897 July 1 - 1897 August 12

15

Reports: pre 1896

30

Reports: Jamuary to June 1897

210

Cancelled specification from the London and India Docks Joint Committee for a steel twin-screw tug boat, with a power of not less than 800 I Horse-Power

100

The Story of the Earth

1 item

Drawing showing the number 2 rigging plan of T.S. Sylvania and Carinthia

30

Reports: July to December 1897

220

Volume No 13: 1897 September 29 - 1897 December 31

1 volume

Reports from observatories throughout Japan on high tide (tsunami) occurence in June 1896

1 volume

Album of photographs depicting damage caused by earthquake on Shillong Plateau in 1897

220

Travellers in Space and Time

220

Volume No 10: 1896 July 19 - 1896 September 6

Notes on Dynamos No. 10, containing details of method of testing dynamos and electric motors supplied to various companies with accompanying charts of test results, sketches and comments.

Mather & Platt Ltd Notes on Dynamos

List of customers drawn up in Elizabeth Dancer's handwriting, 1896

Addresses of Customers

Letter sent by Elizabeth Dancer to Richard Suter agreeing to the price for the sale of her father's business for £50.00

Letter to Richard Suter