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Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan

Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan

Thesis entitled: "The Distribution of Electricity in Rural Areas 1926 to 1963 An Investigation"

Thesis entitled: "The Distribution of Electricity in Rural Areas 1926 to 1963 An Investigation"

Belvedere helicopters

Belvedere helicopters

Master of Technical Science thesis entitled: "History of Fenton Murray & Wood"

Master of Technical Science thesis entitled: "History of Fenton Murray & Wood"

British Railways Board Corporate Identity Manual 2

British Railways Board Corporate Identity Manual 2

Details of Pump Rod and Piping for Atmospheric Engine

Details of Pump Rod and Piping for Atmospheric Engine

Vickers' Vimy Cockpit

Vickers' Vimy Cockpit

Photograph of the video disc player in the home

Photograph of the video disc player in the home

Photograph of the inventors of the video disc

Photograph of the inventors of the video disc

Newcomen's Atmospheric Steam Engine (Engine House Beams and Roof)

Newcomen's Atmospheric Steam Engine (Engine House Beams and Roof)

Photograph of the video disc

Photograph of the video disc

Details of Steam Cylinder Supports and Injection Cistern

Details of Steam Cylinder Supports and Injection Cistern

Photo entitled 'Opening of Engineer's Day Exhibition: Queen Elizabeth II'

Photo entitled 'Opening of Engineer's Day Exhibition: Queen Elizabeth II'

Details of Boilers

Details of Boilers

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

End Rib of Starboard Wing - Henson Model Aeroplane (1843)

End Rib of Starboard Wing - Henson Model Aeroplane (1843)

Drawing for Replica of Vickers' Vimy Cockpit - Constructional Details Fully Shown Only Where Visible

Drawing for Replica of Vickers' Vimy Cockpit - Constructional Details Fully Shown Only Where Visible

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Photo showing the opening of Engineers' Day exhibition by President of Pakistan in presence of HM Queen & Duke of Edinburgh

Drawing of The Pullman Car Co. Ltd. 1st Class Chair Proposals based on Pullman Standard 1st Class chair & BTC Drg No 92/1/60

Drawing of The Pullman Car Co. Ltd. 1st Class Chair Proposals based on Pullman Standard 1st Class chair & BTC Drg No 92/1/60

Newcomen's Atmospheric Steam Engine - Plan of Boiler Setting Flue and Grates - Sectional Plan A.B. - See Elevation

Newcomen's Atmospheric Steam Engine - Plan of Boiler Setting Flue and Grates - Sectional Plan A.B. - See Elevation

A series of perspective geometry diagrams showing Concorde pre-production aircraft SST CX 34 from various perspectives. Also included is a production manufacture breakdown showing the components of the aircraft with details of the companies responsible for their design and manufacture, and a fuselage stations diagram showing the shape of the fuselage.

3-dimensional, perspective geometry drawings of pre-production Concorde

285.00

Thesis entitled: "The little engines that could've: the calculating machines of Charles Babbage"

Gives basic background information relating to the process and product, describes the equipment and design, and outlines the operational methods used by ICI as at 1st January 1977. Report no. PL/22/22/D.

Manual entitled: "The Manufacture of polyethylene by the ICI process. Volume 1A"

Manuals used by UMIST department of Chemical Engineering to operate the electronic desk-top computer.

Olivetti Programma 101 instruction manual and programming manuals

Bound copy of the script for 'Our World' broadcast with technical notes, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation and European Broadcasting Union. These technical notes were issued to all those who needed them to play their part in the broadcast. This copy belonged to the Chief Assistant of Science Features for BBC TV, and was updated during the final preparations. 'Our World' broadcast on 25 June 1967. It was the first television programme to be broadcast live around the world. This was made possible by the use of three geostationary telecommunications satellites. It included live contributions from fourteen countries and sections on art, sport, and music, which featured a live performance from The Beatles. The 2.5 hour broadcast was watched by an estimated 400 million people worldwide.

Technical script for 'Our World' television broadcast.

295.00

PhD thesis entitled: "The mathematical work of Charles Babbage"

890.00

Poster entitled: "The Rolls-Royce Story"

Digital files of original photographs of Linotype and Machinery employees taken by Bob Watkins.

Photographs of Linotype and Machinery Employees taken by Bob Watkins

290.00

Bound volume entitled: "History of British Moulded Hose Company Limited"

Line drawings of compound beam engines on the McNaught system by Petrie & Co, Rochdale at James Schofield & Sons Ltd. woollen manufacturer Buckley Mills, Rochdale. Drawn for J. Hanson & G. Watkins of Bristol by F. Wightman.

Copies of Plan and Side Elevation Drawings of the "Alexandria" Compound Beam Engine

500.00

Advertising poster: "Shell spirit and motor oils"

Relate to raising of the Mary Rose warship from the sea bed off Southsea where it sank in 1511. Titled: /1 Salute to the Mary Rose /2 The Mary Rose 1511-1982

Newspaper supplements of the Portsmouth Evening News relating to the Mary Rose ship

305.00

Bound volume entitled: "History of the Silvertown Rubber Company Limited"

150.00

A short history of Devonport Royal Dockyard (Edition 2) by George Dicker

Evening Standard moon landing issue, 21 July 1969 and NASA Space Shuttle Commander educational resource containing gramophone record, leaflets, papers and photographs.

Collection of papers relating to the first manned landing on the moon

300.00

Catalogue: "Survey of Surveying: An exhibition tracing the history, scope and development of the surveying profession by John Tomlinson ARCA"

290.00

Master Index to Historical Notes of BTR Industries Limited, Silvertown Rubber Company Limited, James Lyne Hancock Limited and British Moulded Hose Company Limited

The letters concern the first Svedberg ultracentrifuge to be used in the United Kingdom, which is being transferred to the Science Museum after thirty years' use at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.

Letters relating to oil-turbine ultracentrifuge

Scale 1 1/2":1'.

Drawings of Horse Slaughterer's Cart

Various scales. Based on waggon built by Dunton & Sons, Reading, c.1914. Eight sheets bear construction details and copious text, one sheet bears photos.

Construction drawings of Ledge Waggon

280.00

'Development of the theory of critical flow through nozzles: an international achievement'

20.00

Writers' original script for 'Our World' TV broadcast.

290.00

Bound volume entitled: "History of James Lyne Hancock Limited"

A series of copied handwritten and typed lists of mill engines along with copies of earlier entries from a ledger entitled "Constants" and "Nominals" related to mills previously owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation (LCC) and Fine Spinners and Doublers (FSD). The modern lists contains the following details; name of mill; maker of engine; date; type of engine; general dimensions; pressure; fly wheel dimensions and rpm. The copied ledger contains further details; LAN; Constant; cylinder diameter and surface area. All lists have handwritten amendments added.

List of Engines at LCC and FSD

Thaysen, as requested, supplies memories of Weizmann's involvement in aspects of the early history of synthetic rubber: the production of butadiene from butyl alcohol, of butyl alcohol and acetone from carbohydrates, of acetone by fermentation. With his letter, Whitby encloses notes 'Conference on the Acetone-Butyl Alcohol Fermentation' as reported in the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, 38, 1919. Whitby was Profesor Emeritus of Rubber Chemistry and Director of Rubber Research, University of Akron, Ohio.

Copy correspondence between G. Stafford Whitby and A. C. Thaysen, mainly relating to aspects of Chaim Weizmann's involvement in the early production of acetone

305.00

Bound volume entitled: "History of BTR Industries Limited"

310.00

Bygone Buses: recordings from the BBC Sound Archives