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Drawings of the 'Great Eastern' steam ship

5 sheets

Memorabilia album from SS Alcantara’s voyage to South America

250

Collection of charts depicting the hardware and uses of computing, communication and domestic technology in India

240

Papers Relating to Sir William Henry Perkin and his discovery of the aniline dye mauveine

2 linear metres

Memorabilia album from Union-Castle line cruise to South Africa, outward on RMMV Winchester Castle, and return on MV Carnarvon Castle

230

Volume bearing the title "Le Trésor des Trésors" (The Treasure of the Treasures)

10

Original drawings for Lister's 'Conchology'

115

Geoffrey Perry archive relating to operation of the Kettering Group

c.90 boxes

Collection relating to Sir Frederick Maze's collection of Chinese junk models

1 box

Papers of Sir Barnes Wallis

18.00 metres (109 boxes and 10 large format items); 2 plan press drawers (1.44 metres per drawer)

Digital copy of manuscript of the engineer John Urpeth Rastrick, entitled: Common Place Book, produced in Shropshire

Original: • 171 pages (65 of these pages with diagrams), + 3 sheets (different sizes) laid in loosely Digital copy: • 206 TIFF files for digital preservation (9.35 GB) • 206 JPEG files for general use (751.5 MB)

Drawings and Technical Information Produced by W.F. Stanley and Co. Ltd.

97 boxes

The Model-Maker's Plans of H.M.S. Victory. Reduced from the Official Plans

570

The Ferranti Archive

260.29 linear metres

Porton Down Archive of Chemical Warfare

Porton Down Archive of Chemical Warfare

Collection of documents relating to Skylark sounding rocket, predominantly to the development of Attitude Control Units

5 boxes

Photographic print: LM Descent Monitoring Chart, Apollo Mission 10

1046

Album of photographs, mainly of cyclists, cycling clubs and bicycles

Album of photographs, mainly of cyclists, cycling clubs and bicycles

Collection of Geoffrey C. Berry relating to history of water supply in the London area

85 volumes

The Babbage Papers

11 plan press drawers and 8 linear meters of shelving

The book "The Christian Visitor, on the Four Gospels" with flyleaf inscription by Florence Nightingale

110

Lancashire Electric Power Company system diagrams

0.1 linear metres

Memorabilia album from SS Arandora Star’s voyage to the West Indies

260

Photograph album entitled: 'Products of the Gutta Percha Company'

260

'The aerial candidates...', an aeronautical play

145

Metropolitan Vickers and GEC business records and photographs

200 linear metres

Collection of letters to Richard Trevithick, mainly concerning the design and efficiency of steam-engines

9 items

Volume entitled: "A brief history of the origin and progress of the royal harbour of Ramsgate"

225

Archive material from the Electricity Council and its predecessor and related organisations

c1200 linear metres

Victor Hough Collection

3 boxes

Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match

135

Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan

235

Documents relating to the Manchester Steam Users Association

220

Astronomical Map: Apollo Lunar Orbit Chart (ALO), Apollo Mission 11

1035

Papers relating to the clinical and experimental neuroscientific work carried out at the Burden Neurological Institute

3 linear feet

Collection of Post Office Telegram and Telephone Papers

1 envelope containing 28 items

Glass slides of balances

Glass slides

Collection of letters to Charles Babbage

19 items

Credo notebook of Joseph Clement

10

Early prints of cotton mills and cotton processes

7 items

Building Plans for Warehouse Belonging to Manchester Central Packing Warehouse Ltd

0.08 linear metres

Laporte Archive

141 boxes

Apprentices Record of A.E. Flood at Simms' Motor Units Limited

105

Collection of papers on Cornish tin mining

0.3 m (1 box)

Photograph album of Petrochemicals Ltd.

250

Stephenson family recipe book

273

John Bagley archive of historical records on air racing

8 boxes

Steam Pressure Valve Drawing, Lealfet and Delivery Label

3 items

Collection of engineering drawings of Thomas Hawksley, T. Hawksley & Co. and T. & C. Hawksley & Co.

1074 drawings in 26 folders

Original charter of the Council of Engineering Institutions, granted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II

Printed paper attached to a wax seal encased in a box