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'A Phrenological Chart of Character', booklet, London, England, 1879-1921

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1879-1921

Booklet. 'Family Guide to the National Insurance S

Domestic Appliances

1948

'A Cause of Military Inefficiency', booklet on STIs, England, 1914-1918

Therapeutics

1914-1918

The Souvenir Book of Crystal Designs

Experimental Chemistry

1951

One of two instruction booklet

Textile Industry

c.1900

An Act for regulating Schools of Anatomy, print, England, 1832

Anatomy & Pathology

1832

Commemorative booklet for banquet honouring Joseph Lister

Surgery

1897

'Las Vacunas' booklet giving information about diseases and childhood vaccination, Colombia, 1980-1993

Public Health & Hygiene

1980-1993

Eight page illustrated booklet '625-Line UHF Television - How to Receive BBC2', produced 1963-1964; produced by the BBC Engineering Information Department; BBC Publications, Marylebone High Street, London; printed by Dryden Printers Ltd., London NW10. Annotated in pencil on front cover for reproduction. Part of Daily Herald Archive.

625-Line UHF Television - How to Receive BBC2

Photographs

1964-1965

Rule book for the City of Cardiff Mental Hospital

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1919

‘An Atmospheric Diffusion Slide Rule’, by C.E. Wallington, MSc., in Met O Scientific Paper No 24, Met O 774

Meteorology

One of two instruction booklet

Textile Industry

c.1900

Booklet for Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations aka TCP / 1111

Sound Technologies

2013

That's the Limit

Public Health & Hygiene

1987-2000

Booklet 'Little Books About Photography No 3; Big Pictures From Small Negatives'.

Little Books About Photography No 3; Big Pictures From Small Negatives

Photographic Technology

1924

Off The Beaten Track No. 17 - The Italian Lakes

Documents

1934

Exhibition of Ambulance Train, 1914-1918

Documents

1914-1918

Booklet issued to staff by British Railways entitled "Customers Can Complain. Cattle Can't", explaining how BR staff should handle animal passengers, folded sheets with card cover.

Customers Can Complain. Cattle Can't

Documents

1953

Booklet issued by British Railways Board entitled 'British Railways Welcome You', 1963. Includes sections relating to; 'How British Railways are organised', 'Your Place in the Scheme', 'Rewards and Conditions', 'Responsibilites and Duties'.

British Railways Welcome You

Documents

1963

BR(ER) staff booklet

Documents

1971

An Account of the LNER Type Standardization

Documents

1934

Selling Passenger Transport - notes for the guidance of Station Masters, Passenger Agents and Others

Documents

1936

Ambulance train for use of the american armies in France

Documents

1918

Duchess of Hamilton

Documents

1980

The Hungry Traveller

Documents

1953

South Eastern Railway notice of special traffic

Documents

1895

Tourist guidebook to 'London', 1930s

Documents

c. 1930

Booklet, paper, card, "Identification of Wheel & Tyre Tread Damage requiring Remedial Action," British Railways Board Chief Engineer (Traction & Rolling Stock) Department, copy belonged to A.J. Carroll of Knottingley depot. Document no. MT/162. 18pp.

Identification of Wheel & Tyre Tread Damage requiring Remedial Action

Archive Collections

Booklet, Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co, "Instruction Book M.3402 Style 63 Point Machine. Installation and Maintenance". Folded paper in red card cover. Good condition.

Instruction Book M.3402 Style 63 Point Machine. Installation and Maintenance.

Documents

Booklet, order of service in memory of the Railwaymen of Great Britain and Ireland who have died in the service of their country during the war, 1914-1918, containing list of names of those known to have died, alphabetically by railway company, with inserts concerning Captain Fryatt and a report of the service

St Paul's Cathedral - Divine service in memory of those Railwaymen who laid down their lives for their Country in the Great War 1914-1918, Wednesday May 14th 1919

Documents

1919

"Vest pocket" guide for National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) members to rates of pay and consitions of service for Concilation grades staff. Updated from October 1955 edition. Belonged to Andrew GIllian.

Rates of Pay and Conditions of Service of British Railways Conciliation Staff

Documents

July 1957

British Rail "Traincrew Agreement 1988 Final Draft Part One - Agreement", dated May 1988.

Traincrew Agreement 1988 Final Draft Part One - Agreement

Documents

1988

Booklet, paper, card, "Tyre Profile and Wheel Gauges for Rolling Stock," British Railways Board Chief Engineer (Traction & Rolling Stock) Department, Derby, copy belonged to A.J. Carroll of Knottingley depot, issued October 1973. Second issue. Document no. MT/11. 46pp.

Tyre Profile and Wheel Gauges for Rolling Stock

Archive Collections

1973-10

Royal Mail booklet "Letters By Night - A Tribute to the Travelling Post Office", containing various stamps, images, quotations from W. H. Auden's "Night Mail" and a poem "The Last Post" by Simon Armitage. Produced to commemorate the withdrawal of the Travelling Post Offices in 2004.

Letters By Night - A Tribute to the Travelling Post Office

Railway Stamps & Covers

2004

Instruction booklet for Fowler's Artillery Calculator, a circular slide rule used for calculating artillery in the field. Fowlery & Co., undated.

Instruction booklet for Fowler's Artillery Calculator

Doctors' Orders, a Family Doctor Special

Public Health & Hygiene

1960s

booklet, paper, commemorative issue 'The Steel Wheel on the Steel Rail, The Story of British Rail,' £5 book of Royal Mail stamps.

The Steel Wheel on the Steel Rail

Railway Stamps & Covers

1986

Training notes on "Diesel Multiple Unit Trains Blue Square Coupling Code" from the British Railways (London Midland Region) M.P. Diesel Training School at Derby, dated August 1962.

Diesel Multiple Unit Trains Blue Square Coupling Code

Documents

1962

Instructions booklet, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'Closing of Gloucester Road Junction and Alteration of Signals Affecting Norwood Fork Junction, Windmill Bridge Junction, St. James' Junction and Selhurst Junction', iIssued by A. Sarle, March 1895.

Closing of Gloucester Road Junction and Alteration of Signals

Documents

1895

Booklet, The history of the Tregenna Castle Hotel, St. Ives, Cornwall, published by British Transport Hotels Ltd.

Booklet, The history of the Tregenna Castle Hotel, St. Ives,

Documents

Booklet titled "British Railways (Wages Grades) Pension Fund", describing the operation of the new pension fund introduced in February 1967.

British Railways (Wages Grades) Pension Fund

Documents

1967

Booklet - Laboratory Note no.LN/659/HAW, August 1964, BV551. Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, Road Research Laboratory. Tests on a motorcycle with an anti-locking braking system fitted to the front wheel, by H A Wilkins.

Booklet - Laboratory Note no.LN/659/HAW, August 19

Road Transport

1964

Promotional booklet for Lifebouy Soap, entitled 'The Secret of Health', 1890-1900

The Secret of Health

Public Health & Hygiene

1890-1900

Instruction booklet for ECT therapy unit, entitled 'A Variable Electro-Narcosis Unit built for St James' Hospital, Portsmouth by Ivan Veck Ltd, Portsmouth, Hants.', including typed sheet of notes ('Design and Construction Brief'), designed by E.R. Edser, 1951-54.

Instruction booklet for ECT therapy unit, entitled

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1951-1954

Booklet with red and white cover, 'Simple Vegetable Cooking - companion to 'Growmore' Bulletin No.1 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries', produced by the Royal Horticultural Society, 1940-1950.

Simple Vegetable Cooking

Nutrition & Food Technology

1940-1950

Booklet, with green cover, 'Oxfordshire Vegetable Cookery book, with an introduction by Professor VH Mottram, MA, to be obtained at the OFWI office, Barnett House, Oxford, 1950-1965.

Oxfordshire Vegetable Cookery book

Nutrition & Food Technology

1950-1965

Booklet, foolscap size, 'Ship No 754 Hull Specification for a Cargo Train Ferry', Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilders) Ltd, 1963

Ship No 754 Hull Specification for a Cargo Train Ferry

Railway Shipping

1963/04/23

Unbound booklet: Air-Navigation, by means of the rotary balloon (1851) by John Luntley

Unbound booklet: Air-Navigation, by means of the r

Printed Books

1851

Booklet entitled "Creating Effective Smoking Policies in the NHS", issued by the Health Education Authority, London, 1992

"Creating Effective Smoking Policies in the NHS"

Public Health & Hygiene

1992

Booklet, paper, "Class 253 & 254 Trains Working Instructions," British Rail, copy belonged to A.J. Carroll of Knottingley depot, issued October 1980. Instructions for Class 253 and 254 High Speed Trains (HSTs). Second issue, superseding issue of October 1977. Document no. BR 33069/2. 26pp.

Class 253 & 254 Trains Working Instructions

Archive Collections

1980-10