Album, compiled and written, documenting the laying of the Durban-Mauritius and the Sierra Leone-Ascension submarine cables
Album documenting the laying of the first three stages of the Mauritius-Rodriguez-Cocos-Fremantle-Glenelg submarine cable
A series of views overlooking Trafalgar Square, London and a map showing the position of the instrument stations
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
270 Photograph of the first motor car built in the UK driven by an internal combustion engine, built in 1895 by Roots and Venables
380 Publicity poster: "The New Hudson Silver Arrow; a real sporting sports; light, lively and good looking"
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
3 slip cases Items relating to the variable speed driving gear invented by Telford C. Field for bicycles etc.
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