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2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games Collection

MA dissertation entitled: "Living with Plastics : Museums, Materials and Culture"

Drawing of details of cover plate and gasket for driving wheel axle boxes

Drawing of hand control lever

Drawing of valve operation layshaft

Drawing of cotter

Drawing of cotter pin

Drawing of special washer

Drawing of lubricator spool

Drawing of pressure relief flange

0.1 linear metres

Domestic Gas and Electricity Quarterly Use Statements and Bills

9 items

Alcock and Brown commemorative material

1 folder containing 2 bundles and 1 file

Papers of Mechanical Engineer John Dowling

237 items

Archives relating to Cosgrove Hall Films and the Series 'Bill and Ben'

1 folder containing 2 items

Papers relating to the AVRO 504 Club

0.3 linear metres

Collection of colour photographs of the renovation of the 1830 Warehouse

1 box

GM Archive / Food and Drink Federation collection relating to genetically modified crops

210

Lecture notes entitled 'Anorganische Chemie von Justus v. Liebig 1856-57'

23 box files, 1 large box, 1 archive box

Archive of Engineering Council UK

240

Report for Littlewoods Home Shopping Group Limited re application to English Heritage to demolish Dee Mill engine house and engine at Shaw, Oldham

193

Advance Proceedings of First International World-Wide Web Conference

1 item

Publication relating to the NHS’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme

300

Newspaper supplement entitled: 'Pride of Coventry: 125 years of road transport'

220

British windmills: a bibliographic guide

205

PhD thesis in the history of science entitled 'Un modello algoritmico: l'Analytical Engine di Charles Babbage'

220

Treatise entitled 'The Intellectual Property Speculators'

3 envelopes containing 98 items

Collection of photographic prints relating to Bloom Street Power Station and National Grid Works in South Manchester

0.01 linear metres

Annual Report and Newspaper Cutting, Women's Electronic Village Hall

0.01 linear metres

Publications from Shirley Developments Limited

0.3 linear metres

Archaeological Archive for Macintosh Mill

0.1 linear meteres

Domestic Gas and Electricity Quarterly Use Statements and Bills

0.35 linear metres

Papers of Manchester Airport Joint Action Group

1 file containing 4 items

Technical Reports relating to MP4-7A formula 1 racing car

220

Thesis entitled 'William Thomson's Inventions for the Submarine Telegraph Industry: A Nineteenth-Century Technology Program'

Wallet of photographs and negatives showing Gardner powered engines on a canal barge during the Great Banks' Black Country to Black Sea Expedition.

Photographs and negatives: The Great Banks' Black Country to Black Sea Expedition

Bound photocopy of heavily illustrated training instructions, for use with 6XLB automotive diesel engine. Address sticker on reverse states 'Inchcape Industrial Engine Department, Hong Kong'.

Manual: 'Training HK' for Gardner 6LXB Automotive Diesel Engine

Loose leaf engineering manual for design, research and development applications with Gardner Commercial Division. Manual is in five tabbed sections labelled: 'General Procedures'; 'Design Department Procedures'; 'Research and Development'; 'Applications Procedures' and 'Appendices'.

Manual: 'Engineering Manual 003'

Spiral bound information booklet prepared for Mr Neil Martindale of L Gardner & Sons Ltd for his visit to the Nottingham Boat Show from May 18th to 21st 1995. Includes booking information, a plan of the exhibitors, details of the Gardner stand and tabbed sections containing information on various Gardner engine products.

Manual: '2LW Marine Engine Technical Information'

Spiral bound document showing performance data for 6XLB, 6HLXB, 6LXCT and 6HLXCT engines. Includes photocopies of technical drawings and information sheets.

Document: Automotive performance data for 6LXB, 6HLXB, 6LXCT and 6HLXCT engines

Photocopy of magazine article in 'Waterways World' about John Glock's experience of installing a Gardner 2LW engine in his canal narrowboat.

Magazine article - '2LW or not 2LW'

Single page correction to the notes on Gardner engine history [see 2016-2011/3/8].

Document - 'a correction to information given previously'

Leaflet giving performance specifications for the LG12-300 and LG12-280 engines.

Leaflet - 'Gardner Automotive Engines - LG1200 Euro 2 range'

Leaflet giving performance specifications for the Heavy Duty LXB 150 and the Light Duty LXB 175 engines.

Leaflet - 'Gardner Marine Propulsion Engines - LXB range'

Historical research feature submitted by Michael T Knowles, BSc, for publication. Contains two pages of notes about the use of Gardner engines in Europe, followed by three pages of illustrations of engines used in France.

Document - 'The Gardner Engine in Europe'

Leaflet giving performance specifications for the Heavy Duty LXB 150 and the Light Duty LXB 175 Reman engines.

Leaflet - 'Gardner Marine Propulsion Engines - LXB Reman range'

A letter dated 13/3/1996 from DG Houghton to Alan Hilton referring to a 'dental engine' made by Gardners in 1891. Attached is a costing sheet giving the breakdown of its cost, also that of a 'hospital Morrison chair', and a colour photo of the dental engine.

Letter, costing sheet and photo referring to a 'dental engine'

Leaflet giving performance specifications for the automotive remanufactured 6LXB and 6HLXB engines.

Leaflet - 'Gardner Automotive Engines - LXB range'

Leaflet giving performance specifications for the Heavy Duty LG400H and the Medium Duty LG420M engines.

Leaflet - 'Gardner Marine Propulsion Engines - LG range'

Leaflet giving performance specifications for the Heavy Duty DT 250 and the Light Duty DT 275 engines.

Leaflet - 'Gardner Marine Propulsion Engines - DT range'

Leaflet giving description and technical specification of the 6LXB and 6HLXB engines.

Leaflet - 'Gardner 6LXB & 6HLXB Automotive Engines'