| Description | There is an original wrapper on which James Watt jr. has written: 'Odd papers, drawings &c.'; another card wrapper, with a drawing on it which reads 'Drawings of Machinery and Sketches &c.', and there is also a portfolio cover of card and marbled paper with a label: 'Miscel[laneou]s. 18? to 1819.'
The papers were not numbered.
They include the following:
Annotated drawing: 'Working Barrel at Carron Wharf'. n.d. (1 item)
Copy press papers with prices for pneumatic apparatus. n.d. (1 item)
Page of calculations? for surveying. n.d. (1 item)
List of persons, including some in France,? to whom something has been sent. n.d. (1 item)
Page of details concerning shipping. In Russian. n.d. [late 18C] (1 item)
Drawing of staircase. n.d. (1 item)
Drawing. Titled 'Trilurating Mill'. n.d. (1 item)
Miscellaneous surveying calculations. n.d. (1 item)
Estimate of costs for an engine at Kennett. n.d. (1 item)
Drawing for steam apparatus. n.d. (1 item)
Drawing for steam apparatus. n.d. (1 item)
Drawing for steam apparatus. n.d. (1 item)
Section of Bo'ness canal and banks. n.d. (1 item)
Survey drawing of Bo'ness canal. n.d. (1 item)
Plan of the centre of Perth bridge and answers to queries about the centring andb eds of stones made in building the piers of Perth bridge, by John Gwyn. n.d. (2 items)
Miscellaneous surveying calculations. n.d. (1 item)
Miscellaneous algebraic calculations. n.d. (1 item)
Miscellaneous algebraic calculations. c.1771. (1 item)
Drawing of the perspective drawing machine designed by Watt. n.d. (1 item)
Sketch of a steam engine. n.d. (1 item)
Calculations about ? a dam for a loch. n.d. (1 item)
Calculations for steam and a cylinder. n.d. (1 item)
Ticket for Mr Wheeley for use of the Town Weighing Machine at Birmingham Workhouse for a carriage. 1817. (1 item)
Label. 'Books for the year 1775 76-77 78 & 79 1775 to 1779.' n.d. (1 item)
Label. 'Papers & Essays relative to Steam Boats.' In the hand of James Watt jr. n.d. (1 item)
Paper concerning piles and sills in ?a harbour, addressed to 'Bailie Craig'. (incomplete) n.d. (1 item)
Printed fees and regulations to be observed in the Tolbooth of Glasgow. 1769. (1 item)
Printed regulations for shipping entering the dry dock of Port Glasgow.n.d.[c. 1761] (1 item)
Printed rules and regulations for shipping entering the harbour of Port Glasgow. n.d.[c. 1765] (1 item)
Printed paper on 'The Method of raising fine flax in French Flanders' with a docket: 'This paper to Mr Hamilton'.
Printed regulations and cellarage fees of the weigh-house of Glasgow. n.d. (1 item)
Printed table of fees and rates for the carmen, porters and coopers of Port Glasgow with rules and regulations. n.d. (1 item)
List of ingredients for cement. 1811. (1 item)
Surveying details for the Bo'ness canal. n.d. (1 item)
Verse. In Latin. Docket reads 'on the Figure of verses by Mr Keir.' n.d. (1 item)
Details concerning a river and ford. n.d. (1 item)
Plan of land by James Watt. Described as: 'land feued to the town of Greenock by Lord Cathcart. 1773.' n.d [c. 1773]. (1 item)
Map of the coastline of the west of Islay. [Possibly by John Watt sr.] Includes directions for sailing into Loch Indall harbour. n.d. (1 item)
Table of figures of slopes. n.d. (1 item)
Sketch and description of a writing table, by James Watt. 1805. (1 item)
-- Pencil sketch of ?engine parts. n.d. (1 item)
-- Estimate for work on a canal. (incomplete). n.d. (1 item) |