Collection of trade literature including four Metropolitan Vickers leaflets, one Hall & Pickles Ltd catalogue, two C C Dunkerley & Co Ltd catalogues, one Baxendale & Co Ltd catalogue, one Roberts, Black & Co Ltd catalogue, one Ferguson Pailin Ltd catalogue, one H W Kearns handbook, one Mather & Platt Ltd brochure, one Allen, Harrison & Co Ltd catalogue and a roll of Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) posters. Collection of Engineering Trade Literature and Drawings
Collection of 135 items, consisting of 13 photographic prints relating to H W Kearns & Co., 110 images relating to George Richards & Co., 6 images relating to Kearns-Richards & Co., and 6 items of trade literature relating to Frank Pearn & Co., Pearn-Richards machines, George Richards & Co., Staveley Industries and Trafford Park. Photographs and Trade Literature from Kearns-Richards and Related Businesses
1 folder, containing: 15 technical drawings by British Thomson-Houston and 1 letter from BT-H to The British United Shoe Machinery Co. relating to panels for a jig borer and a BT-19 Thyratron Valve, 1954-1959; 4 operating schematic drawings relating to a Kearns Borer, c.1960; 4 items consisting of operating notes and component lists, c.1960; 1 pro forma English Electric Valve Company valve service report form, c.1960; 1 H W Kearns & Co. Ltd brochure for Horizontal Surface Boring and Milling Machines, in English and German, c.1960; 1 Philips Electrical Ltd leaflet providing assembly instructions for "Streamlite" attachments, c.1955. Collection of technical drawings and trade literature relating to a Kearns Borer supplied to UMIST.
Two early machine tool catalogues for boring and surfacing machines made by the company at Broadheath. Catalogues of H W Kearns Machine Tools
Collection of two machine tool catalogues. One relating to Kearn's horizontal boring machine; the second relating to Edward G. Herbert Ltd. Machine Tool Catalogues of Edward G. Herbert Ltd and H.W. Kearns & Co Ltd
A group of eight loose photographs of the engineering bays at George Richards & Co, Broadheath, dating from the 1950s and 1960s. As well as the engineering bays, the photographs show examples of universal milling, drilling and boring machines. The images illustrate both the manufacturing process of casting and assembling parts, the final assembled products, and apprentices learning the skills necessary for the work. Photographs from George Richards & Co.
One envelope containing thirteen images relating to H W Kearns & Co. Photographic prints from H. W. Kearns & Co. Ltd
Catalogue of various types of horizontal boring machine manufactured by the company. As well as images of the individual the catlogue also provides basic specifications for the models. Patent Universal-Surfacing-Boring-Milling-Drilling & Tapping Machines
Early machine tool catalogue, which has "Mr Burton's Catalogue" inscribed on the cover. As well as providing technical specifications about the machines the company supplied, the catalogue has been printed up with the addition of a blank column into which prices could be added when requested by the customer. The catalogue is annotated throughout. Catalogue - Patent Boring and Surfacing Machines
Bound and illustrated machine tool and equipment catalogue No. TE.2 produced by H.W. Kearns & Co Ltd. Includes an accompanying letter addressed to Mr A.W. Brown of Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Chelmsford thanking him for visiting Kearns' stand at the International Machine Tool Exhibition in London on 30 June 1960. Publication - Tool Equipment
