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MS 3147 - Boulton and Watt Collection - 1761 - 1977

1 - Records of Boulton & Watt and Successor Firms - 1766 - 1919

2 - Legal Records - 1766 - 1851

3 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 1895

4 - PRODUCTION RECORDS - 1774 - 1895

1 - No. 1 Calculation Blotter, 1776, 1779—1782; No. 2 Blotting & Calculation Book, 1782—1783 (1 volume). - 1776-1783

2 - No. 3 Blotting Book, 1784—1789, 1810s—1860s (1 volume). - 1784-1860s

3 - No. 6 Calculations & Proportions of ye Parts of Engines - 1780

4 - Soho Memoranda (Blotting Book No. 1) - c.1786 - 1803

5 - Notebook on gas lighting, steam engines etc. - c.1806

6 - Sections of boilers - 1804 - 1819

7 - Tables of dimensions etc. of boat boilers - 1817 - 1834

8 - Dimensions of engines, tables of sizes of parts, sketches of parts, instructions for setting eccentrics and valves etc. - c.1800 - 1830

9 - Calculations, graphs, reference papers, tables of divisors, small notebook of experiments on beams, indicator experiments, etc. - 1790 - 1860

10 - Prices of castings, other manufacturers’ engines, boat engines, carriage; mixtures for brass and cement, etc, - 1829 - 1844

11 - Miscellaneous calculations, memoranda and sketches for customers - 1780s - 1800s

12 - Calculations for engines, mainly water works engines, and miscellaneous memoranda, - 1849 - 1871

13 - [NUMBER NOT USED]

14 - Various engines, mainly canal and colliery pumping engines, - 1797 - 1809

15 - Various engines: 6 to 70 horse engines; various cylinder sizes; foreign and West Indies engines; general estimates etc. - 1798 - 1813

16 - Various engines: 6 and 7 foot stroke single engines; 40 to 50 horse engines for mints, mills; general estimates - 1806 - 1835

17 - Two miscellaneous engine estimates, 1841, 1844; list of estimates Sep. 1840—Jan. 1841 (3 items). - 1840 - 1844

18 - Blowing engines (CANNOT BE SERVED.) - 1800 - 1815

19 - Blowing Engines, nozzle fitting, piece work etc. - 1800 - 1857

20 - Pumping engines (CANNOT COUNTED/BE SERVED). - 1807 - 1817

21 - Single-acting engines with 3 to 5 foot strokes, 1805—1822 (20 items). (CANNOT BE SERVED.) - 1805 - 1822

22 - 5 foot stroke engines, 1813—1837 (59 items). - 1813 - 1837

23 - 6 and 7 foot stroke engines, 1804—1816 (CANNOT BE COUNTED/SERVED). - 1804 - 1816

24 - 8 foot stroke engines, 1800—1810 (10 items). - 1800 - 1810

25 - 8 foot and 9 foot stroke engines, 1811—1830 (37 items). - 1811 - 1830

26 - 6 horse beam engines, 1804—1816 (31 items). - 1804 - 1816

27 - 8 and 10 horse engines, 1803—1824 (42 items). - 1803 - 1824

28 - 14 horse engines, 1803—1821 (19 items). - 1803 - 1821

29 - 20 to 25 horse engines, 1805—1810 (11 items). - 1805 - 1810

30 - 30 to 35 horse engines, 1807—1833 (10 items). - 1807 - 1833

31 - 30, 32, 36 horse 6 ft. stroke engines, 1806—1825 (36 items). - 1806 - 1825

32 - 40 to 45 horse engines, 1804—1822 (17 items). - 1804 - 1822

33 - 50 to 60 horse engines, 1805—1830 (29 items). - 1805 - 1830

34 - 80 to 100 horse engines, 1812—1839 (20 items). - 1812 - 1839

35 - Boat engines, boat engines for land, boat engine supplies, 1810—1818 (CANNOT BE COUNTED/SERVED). - 1810 - 1818

36 - 4 horse boat engines for Clyde steamers for Robertson Buchanan, 14 Jul. 1813 (1 item). - 1813

37 - 10 to 15 horse boat engines, 1816—1832 (33 items). - 1816 - 1832

38 - 20 and 30 horse boat engines, 1817—1831 (31 items). - 1817 - 1831

39 - 60 to 70 horse boat engines, 1817—1837 (24 items). - 1817 - 1837

40 - 40 to 45 horse boat engines, 1819—1835 (43 items). - 1819 - 1835

41 - 70 to 80 horse boat engines, 1825—1837 (23 items). - 1825 - 1837

42 - 100 to 150 horse boat engines, 1833—1837 (11 items). - 1833 - 1837

43 - Boat engines and parts, also turnip drills, weighing machine, engines for the London Croydon & Epsom railway etc., 1838—1848 (12 items). (CANNOT BE SERVED) - 1838 - 1848

44 - Boilers, beams, engine parts, rams etc. 1799—1813 (122 items). - 1799 - 1813

45 - Rotative motions, 1802—1811 (13 items). - 1802 - 1811

46 - Brass air pumps etc., 1804—1838 (31 items). - 1804 - 1838

47 - Parts for 6 to 16 horse engines; costs of fitting of nozzles etc., 1805—1819 (31 items). - 1805 - 1819

48 - Parts for land engines, 1805—1831 (23 items). - 1805 - 1831

49 - Parts for land engines and pumping engines, 1807—1842 (38 items). - 1807 - 1842

50 - Pumps, 1807—1826 (23 items). - 1807 - 1826

51 - Spur wheels, 1809—1832. (17 items) - 1809 - 1832

52 - Brass work, 1809—1830 (13 items). - 1809 - 1830

53 - Cylinders and nozzles, 1810—1830 (42 items). - 1810 - 1830

54 - Estimates of Miscellanies – counters, gaskets, gauge cock cisterns, patterns, valves, spanner, 14 horse governor, syphons, 1808, 1812, 1814, 1815, 1820—1832 (14 items). - 1808 - 1832

55 - Parts for boat engines and boat engines for land, 1831—1843 (41 items). - 1831 - 1843

56 - Parts for independent engines, 1831—1847 (34 items). - 1831 - 1847

57 - Copper boilers etc., 1801—1829 (32 items). - 1801 - 1829

58 - Boilers and apparatus, 1805—1820 (44 items) (CANNOT BE SERVED). - 1805 - 1820

59 - Land boilers, 1810—1840 (99 items). - 1810 - 1840

60 - Boat engine boilers, 1819—1837 (66 items). - 1819 - 1837

61 - Extinguishing apparatus, pipes etc., heating apparatus, 1802—1826 (21 items). - 1802 - 1826

62 - Rough estimates of railways, extinguishing apparatus and cold water pipes, rams etc., 1805—circa 1809 (CANNOT BE COUNTED/SERVED). - 1805 - 1809

63 - Water rams, 1805—1810 (6 items). - 1805 - 1810

64 - Heating, drying and warm air apparatus, 1806—circa 1812 (CANNOT BE COUNTED/ SERVED). - 1806 - 1812

65 - Gas lighting, 1806—1814 (28 items). (CANNOT BE SERVED). - 1806 - 1814

66 - Gas lighting (CANNOT BE COUNTED/SERVED).

67 - Machine tools, lathes, taps and dies, cranes, pulleys etc., 1814—1841 (14 items). - 1814 - 1841

68 - Sugar Mills, 1816—1843 (13 items). - 1816 - 1843

69 - Cisterns, boiler punching machine, 1822—1828 (3 items). (CANNOT BE SERVED.) - 1822 - 1828

70 - Mint machinery, dies, stores etc., 1831—1846 (14 items). - 1831 - 1846

71 - Miscellaneous estimates and memoranda – engines, tools for the Great Eastern, cartridge making machinery, hot water pump, forgings for artillery, 1849—1877 (9 items). - 1849 - 1877

72 - Rough Estimate Book, 26 Nov. 1819—4 May 1826 (1 volume). - 1819 - 1826

73 - Rough Estimate Book, 7 Sep. 1830—10 Sep. 1834 (1 volume). - 1830 - 1834

74 - Rough Estimate Book, Dec. 1834—29 Oct. 1851 (1 volume). - 1834 - 1851

75 - Statements and Estimates Book, 21 Feb. 1827—Midsummer 1875 (1 volume). - 1827 - 1875

76 - Costs and proposals for fitting of small sliding valve engines; estimates for blowing engine and pumping engine at Washington; T. Gilbert’s estimates for making bricks, 1800—1802, 1805 (18 items). - 1800 - 1805

77 - Various prices of castings and wrought iron – Boulton Watt & Co.’s own costs, other manufacturers’ costs etc., 1801—1837 (51 items). - 1801 - 1837

78 - Prices of rotative and foreign engines Aug. 1795; tables of premiums and prices of duplicates; provisional prices of 2 to 50 horse and rotative engines 1801 (8 items). - 1795 - 1801

79 - General Order Book, Feb. 1786—Aug. 1793 (1 volume). - 1786 - 1793

80 - General Order Book, Aug. 1793—Nov. 1803 (1 volume). - 1793 - 1803

81 - General Order Book, Oct. 1803—May 1806 (1 volume). - 1803 - 1806

82 - General Order Book, Jul. 1806—Mar. 1815 (1 volume). - 1806 - 1815

83 - General Order Book, Mar. 1815—Dec. 1833 (1 volume). - 1815 - 1833

84 - General Order Book, Jan. 1834—Apr. 1842 (1 volume). - 1834 - 1842

85 - General Order Book, Apr. 1842—Jun. 1867 (1 volume). - 1842 - 1867

86 - General Order Book, Jul. 1867—Oct. 1884 (1 volume). - 1867 - 1884

87 - Engine Order Book, No. 1 - c. November 1797 - July 1799

88 - Engine Order Book, No. 2 - April 1799 - June 1800

89 - Engine Order Book, No. 3 - July 1800 - February 1803

90 - Engine Order Book, No. 4 - July 1801 - December 1802

91 - Engine Order Book, No. 5 - December 1802 - August 1805

92 - Engine Order Book, No. 6 - May 1805 - Aug 1808

93 - Engine Order Book, No. 7, Aug. 1807—Jul. 1811, small engines April 1808—Dec. 1810 (1 volume). - 1807 - 1811

94 - Engine Order Book, No. 8, Jul. 1811—Dec. 1815, small engines Mar. 1811—Dec. 1815 (1 volume). - 1811 - 1815

95 - Engine Order Book, No. 9, Jan. 1816—Nov. 1820, small engines Feb. 1816—Oct. 1844 (1 volume). - 1816 - 1844

96 - Engine Order Book, No. 10, Feb. 1821—Mar. 1825 (1 volume). - 1821 - 1825

97 - Engine Order Book, No. 11, Apr. 1825—Feb. 1831 (1 volume). - 1825 - 1831

98 - Engine Order Book, No. 12, Oct. 1830—Sep. 1841 (1 volume). - 1830 - 1841

99 - Engine Order Book, No. 13, Dec. 1841—Mar. 1852 (1 volume). - 1841 - 1852

100 - Orders to the Engine Works, Soho Manufactory - September 1790 - September 1805

101 - Orders to the Engine Works, Nov. 1822—Oct. 1832 (1 volume). - 1822 - 1832

102 - Orders to the Engine Works, Apr. 1833—Sep. 1840, index missing (1 volume). - 1833 - 1840

103 - Orders to the Engine Works, Oct. 1840—May 1851 (1 volume). - 1840 - 1851

104 - Order Book, Feb. 1795—Jul. 1797; Sep. 1801—Jan. 1805 (1 volume). - 1795 - 1805

105 - Order Book, Jan. 1805—Mar. 1809 (1 volume). - 1805 - 1809

106 - Order Book, Apr. 1809—Jul. 1814 (1 volume). - 1809 - 1814

107 - Order Book, Jul. 1814—Dec. 1819, index missing (1 volume). - 1814 - 1819

108 - Order Book, Jan. 1820—Dec. 1822, index not completed (1 volume). - 1820 - 1822

109 - Soho Mint, 1797—1805; Calcutta, Bombay and Soho Mints, 1821—1826 (1 volume). - 1797 - 1826

110 - Russian Mint, 1799—1802; List of Drawings sent 17 Apr. 1802 to Russia by James Duncan (2 volumes). - 1799 - 1802

111 - Danish Mint, 1805—1806 (1 volume). - 1805 - 1806

112 - British Mint (Royal Mint), 1806—1809 (1 volume). - 1806 - 1809

113 - Brazil Mint, 1810—1811 (1 volume). - 1810 - 1811

114 - Order Book, Aug. 1797—Apr. 1805 (1 volume). - 1797 - 1805

115 - Order Book, Mar. 1804—Oct. 1810, index and pages 1-40 missing (1 volume). - 1804 - 1810

116 - Order Book, Nov. 1810—Sep. 1816 (1 volume). - 1810 - 1816

117 - Order Book, Sep. 1816—Dec. 1821, index missing (1 volume). - 1816 - 1821

118 - Order Book, Dec. 1827—Sep. 1830 (1 volume). - 1827 - 1830

119 - Dec. 1831—Jul. 1835 (1 volume). - 1831 - 1835

120 - Jul. 1835—Mar. 1838 (1 volume). - 1835 - 1838

121 - Order Book, Mar. 1843—Aug. 1848 (1 volume). - 1843 - 1848

122 - Order Book, Aug. 1848—Jan. 1855 (1 volume). - 1848 - 1855

123 - Order Book, Mar. 1817—Mar. 1828, index missing (1 volume). - 1817 - 1828

124 - Order Book, Apr. 1828—Aug. 1830 (1 volume). - 1828 - 1830

125 - Order Book, Mar. 1836—Oct. 1838, index not filled in (1 volume). - 1836 - 1838

126 - Order Book, Oct. 1838—Oct. 1842, index not filled in (1 volume). - 1838 - 1842

127 - Order Book, Nov. 1842—Oct. 1846, index and pagination incomplete, part of index attached inside No. 122 above (1 volume). - 1842 - 1846

128 - Order Book, Sep. 1846—Nov. 1853, index not filled in (1 volume). - 1846 - 1853

129 - Order Book, Nov. 1853—Mar. 1860, index not filled in (1 volume). - 1853 - 1860

130 - Order Book, Aug. 1837—Nov. 1839 (1 volume). - 1837 - 1839

131 - Order Book, Dec. 1839—Oct. 1846 (1 volume). - 1839 - 1846

132 - Soho Orders, Feb. 1824—Feb. 1832, index attached inside No. 126 above (1 volume in fragments). - 1824 - 1832

133 - Soho Orders, Apr.—May 1832 (fragment of volume). - 1832

134 - Soho Orders, Nov. 1832—May 1845, index missing, incomplete (1 volume). - 1832 - 1845

135 - Soho Orders, May 1845—Nov. 1849 (fragment of volume). - 1845 - 1849

136 - Odd Orders, Oct. 1818—Jun. 1860 (1 volume). - 1818 - 1860

137 - Odd Orders, 1829—1831 (1 volume). - 1829 - 1831

138 - Fitting Department Superintendent’s Order Book, 1805—1811 (1 volume). - 1805 - 1811

139 - James Watt & Co. Order Book, Oct. 1852—May 1872 (1 volume). - 1852 - 1872

140 - James Watt & Co. Order Book, No. 11, Jun. 1872—Jun. 1876 (1 volume). - 1872 - 1876

141 - James Watt & Co. Order Book, Nov. 1852—Mar. 1859 (1 volume). - 1852 - 1859

142 - James Watt & Co. Order Book, Apr. 1860—Sep. 1880 (1 volume). - 1860 - 1880

143 - James Watt & Co. Order Book, May 1867—Sep. 1873 (1 volume). - 1867 - 1873

144 - James Watt & Co. Order Book, No. 16, Jan. 1880—Jun. 1890 (1 volume). - 1880 - 1890

145 - Drawings Day Book, Oct. 1784—19 Dec. 1842 (1 volume). - 1784 - 1842

146 - Drawings Day Book, 7 Apr. 1864—8 Dec. 1875 (1 volume). - 1864 - 1875

147 - Drawings Day Book, 1 Sep. 1875—8 Mar. 1883 (1 volume). - 1875 - 1883

148 - Drawings Ledger, 1882—1894 (1 volume). - 1882 - 1894

149 - Index to the books (portfolios) of drawings, not dated (1 notebook).

150 - Indexes to engines and drawings, not dated (2 notebooks).

151 - Book of copy drawings of steam boat boilers, 1817—1833 (1 volume) - 1817 - 1833

152 - To copy drawings upon thick paper – James Watt, 1785; proposed rules for the Drawing Office, May 1828; instructions for pasting order notes into books, by William Creighton, 1827 and 1829 (3 items). - 1785 - 1829

153 - General orders, directions, instructions etc., circa 1791—circa 1873 (1 volume). - 1791 - 1873

154 - General orders and directions, Soho Manufactory, 1801—1807 (1 volume). - 1801 - 1807

155 - General order book, Soho Foundry, May 1803—Mar. 1860 (1 volume). - 1803 - 1860

156 - Instructions, estimates etc., Soho Manufactory, circa 1828—circa 1850 (1 volume). - 1828 - 1850

157 - Patterns to be charged with goods sold, 6 Mar. 1813—circa Sep. 1817, index missing (1 volume). - 1813 - 1817

158 - Patterns to be charged with goods sold, 1 Sep. 1817—Michaelmas Quarter 1822 (1 volume). - 1817 - 1822

159 - Patterns to be charged with goods sold, 27 Nov. 1822—31 Mar. 1828 (1 volume). - 1822 - 1828

160 - Patterns to be charged with goods sold, Lady Day 1827—Midsummer 1833 (1 volume). - 1827 - 1833

161 - Patterns to be charged with goods sold, 20 Jul. 1833—24 Mar. 1840 (1 volume). - 1833 - 1840

162 - Patterns to be charged with goods sold, 8 Apr. 1840—22 Aug. 1846 (1 volume). - 1840 - 1846

163 - Patterns to be charged with goods sold, 30 Sep. 1844—1 Jul. 1850 (1 volume). - 1844 - 1850

164 - Patterns to be charged with goods sold, 30 Sep. 1849—25 Nov. 1854 (1 volume). - 1849 - 1854

165 - Pattern Accounts Ledger, 1858—1864 (1 volume). - 1858 - 1864

166 - Pattern Accounts Ledger, 1864—1871 (1 volume). - 1864 - 1871

167 - Pattern Accounts Ledger, 1871—1876 (1 volume). - 1871 - 1876

168 - Pattern Accounts Ledger, 1876—1883 (1 volume). - 1876 - 1883

169 - Patterns, Oct. 1845—Jul. 1863 (1 volume). - 1845 - 1863

170 - Pattern Book (Rough) 1847—1860 (1 volume). - 1847 - 1860

171 - Patterns made at Soho Foundry Sep. 1857—Sep. 1858 (1 volume). - 1857 - 1858

172 - Papers, 1791, 1799—1802: Day and piece work prices, times and proposals etc. for turning, boring, fitting etc., Soho Manufactory and Soho Foundry; particulars of piece work at Soho Manufactory and Soho Foundry; fitting of pistons, nozzles; alteration - 1791 - 1802

173 - Papers 1795—1806: Agreements with workers at Soho Foundry, 1795—1796; statements and accounts of moulders’ time and castings for apportioning premiums, 1800; proposals and arrangements for piece working, foundry men and moulders’ wages for premium and - 1795 - 1806

174 - Agreement for piece work with Edward Collier, George Croft and Bartholomew Young, for articles in green sand, 6 Aug. 1802; arrangements of the classes of green sand work; piece prices and expenses of green sand work; tables of weights of items cast, etc., 1802, 1809, 1811 (72 items). - 1802 - 1811

175 - A: Agreement for piece work with Thomas Mousley for pipes, pumps etc., 24 Jul. 1802; calculations of the expense of moulding; Isaac Croft’s proposals for moulding and chipping pumps and pipes; Mousley and James Middleton’s proposal for piece work; tables of weights of items cast; papers re boiler steam pipes, etc., 1802 (22 items). - 1802

176 - B: Agreement for piece work with James Middleton for eduction pipes and sockets, rotative and crank shafts, connecting rods up to 20 horses, cranks cast in dry sand, sliding valve cases, 24 Jul. 1802; calculations of the expense of moulding; tables of - 1802

177 - C: Agreement for piece work with Daniel Pearsol [Pearsall] for fly wheels, plate beams, stand plates for cylinders, dead and lintel plates and bearer and grate bars, 27 Jul. 1802; calculations of the expense of moulding; tables of weights of items cast; - 1802

178 - D: Agreement for piece work with Joseph Croft Jr. for cylinders, air pumps and condensers in pits and loam, cylinder tops, pistons and bottoms in loam, iron beams and connecting rods in dry sand, 16 Jul. 1802; calculations of the expense of moulding; tables of weights of items cast; examination of Stephens and Webster’s account for 1808 to 1810; Croft’s proposal for chipping, weighing and doing extra work about the cylinders etc.; Croft’s proposal for moulding cylinders by the piece, 26 Nov. 1801; estimate of the amount of wages in moulding and casting cylinders, 6 Mar. 1802; calculation of the risk of waster cylinders; list of piece prices; time and cost of moulding tar condensers for gas light apparatus; calculations for moulding air vessels, working barrels, clack seats for large pumps, suction pipes, steam cases, blowing cylinders, entablature plates, heating vessels, coining presses for the Brazil Mint, etc.; Croft’s observations on prices offered him for large cast iron beams; time and cost of moulding large cylinders on the new plan, Mar. 1811; time and cost of moulding cylinders by Stephens and Webster, 1 Apr. 1810; moulding connecting rods, etc., 1801—1815 (54 items). - 1801 - 1815

179 - E: Agreement for piece work with Isaac Croft for nozzles, 24 Jul. 1802; calculations of the expense of moulding; table of weights of nozzles cast; cost of moulding stand pipes; Jos. Marsh and James Middleton’s moulding of pipes for heating apparatus; centre pieces for fly wheels; statement of Croft’s gains Michaelmas 1806 to Christmas 1807; Croft’s proposals for moulding nozzles; John Southern’s classification of the nozzles for single engines 1802—1814 (13 items). - 1802 - 1814

180 - F: Agreement for piece work with George Halligan [Holligan] and Owen Owens for cylinders, air pumps and condensers, and steam cases from patterns in dry sand, 16 Jul. 1802; calculations of the expense of moulding; table of weights of items cast; statement of Halligan’s gains Michaelmas 1806 to Christmas 1807 (5 items). - 1802 - 1807

181 - G: Agreement for piece work with Samuel Williams for cylinder tops, bottoms and pistons, main gudgeons, outer and inner end gudgeons for parallel motions, double cranks and bell crank gudgeons in dry sand, 27 Jul. 1802; classes and prices of items; calculations of expenses of moulting; tables of weights of items cast; statement of Croft’s gains Michaelmas 1806 to Christmas 1807; tar and washing vessels for gas apparatus; expense of moulding columns; Marsh’s proposal for doing cylinders air pumps and steam cases for the sliding valve engines; Williams’ proposals for moulding cylinder tops and bottoms and for centre gudgeons and for moulding shafts in dry sand, etc., 1802, 1811 (21 items). - 1802 - 1811

182 - Accounts of piece work 1800—1816: Analysis of Thomas Mousley’s work, Jul. 1800 to Sep. 1801; Joseph Stephens and assistants’ time and wages in moulding etc., 1806—1814; Daniel Pearsall and Thomas Withers’ time and wages making various engine parts, 1810, 1811—1814; James Middleton’s times and wages making various engine parts, 1810, 1815; Isaac Croft’s time and wages making various engine parts, 1810, 1813—1815; Thomas Philips and assistant making 5 beams for Kent Water Works, 1810; Wells and Jennings making sundry pipes, 1813; B. Croft etc. making condenser cistern for exhuasting pump for Sutton & Davis, 1815; memoranda respecting Thomas Philips, Barnabas Croft, John Philips and John Saunders’ accounts for 1815, Jun. 1816; account work done and money drawn by foundry men in 1816 (31 items). - 1800 - 1816

183 - Papers 1800—1816: Amounts and particulars of day work in the Foundry Department, 1802—1812; view of the work done by the moulders, Jul. 1800—Sep. 1813; weight of castings at Soho Foundry 1813—1815; comparative statement of the Foundrymen’s accounts showing the weights, prices and cash drawn, 1815 and 1816 (21 items). - 1800 - 1816

184 - List of Piece Prices for the Moulders at Soho Foundry, Jul., Aug. 1802 (1 volume). - 1802

185 - Piece and day work costs of fitting slide valve nozzles; turning and fitting piston rods; filing air pump buckets; fitting working gears; costs of forgers’ work; gains of the piece workmen; lists of labourers’and forgers’ wages etc., circa 1802—1814 (27 items). (CANNOT BE SERVED) - 1802 - 1814

186 - Costs of connecting and toothed wheels, Thomas Galey’s proposals for turning wheels, 1804—1816 (9 items). - 1804 - 1816

187 - List of the Prices of the Foundry Piece Workers, Sep. 1816 (1 volume). - 1816

188 - Memorandum Book for the New Prices of the Foundry Piece Workers, Sep. 1816 (1 volume). - 1816

189 - Sundry papers and calculations relating to the accounts made out for Mr. Watt in April 1817 for the purpose of ascertaining a proper price for the castings made at Soho Foundry and entered in the Inventory of 30 Sep. 1816 (10 items). - 1816 - 1817

190 - Memoranda of fitting on goods in stock and of materials of various engines for the inventory, 30 Sep. 1816 (23 items). - 1816

191 - Piece work prices, circa 1832 (1 volume). - 1832

192 - Piece work ledger, Jun. 1825—Sep. 1831 (1 volume). - 1825 - 1831

193 - Piece work ledger, Oct. 1831—Sep. 1839 (1 volume). - 1831 - 1839

194 - Large Pieceworkers’ Ledger, Oct. 1839—Dec. 1843 (1 volume). - 1839 - 1843

195 - Piece work ledger B, 1828—1830 (1 volume). - 1828 - 1830

196 - Edward Molyneux, 12 Jan. 1830—Jul. 1839 (1 volume). - 1830 - 1839

197 - Edward Seager, 8 Nov. 1828—16 Jan. 1846 (1 volume). - 1828 - 1846

198 - Piece work book, 14 Jul. 1837—7 Jan. 1842 (1 volume). - 1837 - 1842

199 - Piece work book, 14 Jan. 1842—11 Sep. 1846 (1 volume). - 1842 - 1846

200 - Piece work book, 11 Sep. 1846—12 Jul. 1849 (1 volume). - 1846 - 1849

201 - Smiths’ piece work, 15 May 1873—2 Jan. 1879 (1 volume). - 1873 - 1879

202 - Account book, 9 Oct. 1823—29 Jan. 1844 (1 volume). - 1823 - 1844

203 - SFS Book, 1795—1797 (1 volume). - 1795 - 1797

204 - Department Books, May 1797—Sep. 1798 (1 volume). - 1797 - 1798

205 - Distribution Register, Oct. 1800—Sep. 1801 (1 volume). - 1800 - 1801

206 - Distribution Register, Oct. 1801—Sept. 1802 (1 volume). - 1801 - 1802

207 - Account of Goods (Distribution Register), Oct. 1802—Sep. 1803 (1 volume). - 1802 - 1803

208 - Account of Goods (Distribution Register), Sep. 1803—Oct. 1804 (1 volume). - 1803 - 1804

209 - Account of Goods (Distribution Register), Oct. 1804—Sep. 1805 (1 volume). - 1804 - 1805

210 - Account of Goods (Distribution Register), Oct. 1805—Sep. 1806 (1 volume). - 1805 - 1806

211 - Account of Goods (Distribution Register), Oct. 1806—Sep. 1807 (1 volume). - 1806 - 1807

212 - Account of Goods (Distribution Register), Oct. 1808—Sep. 1809 (1 volume). - 1808 - 1809

213 - Account of Goods (Distribution Register), Oct. 1809—Sep. 1810 (1 volume). - 1809 - 1810

214 - Distribution register, Oct. 1811—Sep. 1812 (1 volume). - 1811 - 1812

215 - Sundry Department, Oct. 1814—Sep. 1815 (1 volume). - 1814 - 1815

216 - Miscellaneous Accounts etc., 1799—1806 (1 volume). - 1799 - 1806

217 - Castings to Fitting Book, 1 July 1809—29 Sept. 1813 (1 volume). - 1809 - 1813

218 - Castings to Fitting Book, 9 Oct. 1813—29 June 1815 (1 volume). - 1813 - 1815

219 - Castings to Fitting Book, 11 July 1815—30 Dec. 1818 (1 volume). - 1815 - 1818

220 - Castings to Fitting Book, 21 Jan. 1819—7 Oct. 1823 (1 volume). - 1819 - 1823

221 - Castings to Fitting Book, 4 Nov. 1823—30 Dec. 1828 (1 volume). - 1823 - 1828

222 - Castings to Fitting Book, 27 Aug. 1836—19 Oct. 1844 (1 volume). - 1836 - 1844

223 - Castings to Fitting Book, 25 Oct. 1844—23 Nov. 1849 (1 volume). - 1844 - 1849

224 - Castings to Fitting Book, 30 Nov. 1849—5 Jan. 1856 (1 volume). - 1849 - 1856

225 - Castings Made, Soho Foundry, Jul. 1802—8 Oct. 1842 (1 volume). - 1802 - 1842

226 - Untitled castings book, Soho Foundry, 27 Jan. 1810—29 Sep. 1813 (1 volume). - 1810 - 1813

227 - Castings to Fitting & Machinery, Buildings etc., Soho Foundry, 23 Oct. 1816—6 Mar. 1835 (1 volume). - 1816 - 1835

228 - Castings Book, 3 Oct. 1879—23 Jun. 1888 (1 volume). - 1879 - 1888

229 - Moulders’ Estimates, Soho Foundry, 1815—1839 (1 volume). - 1815 - 1839

230 - Work done by John Smith and William Wright 2 Jul. 1821—30 Sep. 1842 (1 volume). - 1821 - 1842

231 - Samuel Pemberton, 1828—1837; Richard Hunting 1838—1842 (1 volume). - 1828 - 1842

232 - Weight & Cost Book, 30 Sep. 1874—Michaelmas Quarter 1894 (1 volume). - 1874 - 1894

233 - Bundle of papers – statement of engine business, 1786 to 1787; castings used by Boulton & Watt, 1791—1794; particulars of engine materials left with Bayly & Co., Plymouth; list of boilers made by Horton from 1796 to 1799; statement of the time made b - 1786 - 1799

234 - Notes from the Drawing Office to Abraham Storey and Soho Foundry ordering parts of engines etc., 1797—1833 (85 items). - 1797 - 1833

235 - Unidentified Book, 17 Jan. 1845—26 Jan. 1852 (1 volume). - 1845 - 1852

236 - Index of engine parts, from a larger volume, not dated.

237 - Miscellaneous papers, 1790s—1842 (8 items). - 1790 - 1842

237A. - Estimate of the Stock of Engines and Engine Materials at Soho Foundry, 30 Jun. 1830 (11 items). - 1830

237B. - Statements of mint stock, 30 Jun. 1864—18 Feb. 1865 (10 items). - 1864 - 1865

238 - Rough accounts of forging, fitting, stores supplied for Ten Mile engine, Sutton, F. & E. Cogswell, Hilgay Fen, Southery, Brandon River, Burnt Fen, Mepal & Sutton, “100 foot engine”, scoop wheel and rising apron for Mepal & Sutton and 100 ft. engines, Jul.

238A. - Notebook of goods ordered by John Darlington, 1879—1881, and charges to him, 1879—1883 (1 item). - 1879 - 1883

239 - Fitting Book, circa 1800—1802, index missing (1 volume). - 1800 - 1802

240 - Fitting Book for large engines [?], Apr. 1827—May 1839 (1 volume). - 1827 - 1839

241 - Fitting Book for large engines [?], Jun. 1840—Apr. 1849 (1 volume). - 1840 - 1849

242 - Fitting Book, Sep. 1840—May 1850 (1 volume). - 1840 - 1850

243 - Fitting Book, circa 1800—1803, index missing (1 volume). - 1800 - 1803

244 - Fitting Book, Dec. 1803—Apr. 1809, index missing (1 volume). - 1803 - 1809

245 - Fitting Book, Jul. 1809—Apr. 1837 (1 volume). - 1809 - 1837

246 - Fitting Book, Oct. 1837—Jun. 1843, index missing (1 volume). - 1837 - 1843

247 - Fitting Book, Jan. 1821—May 1826 (1 volume). - 1821 - 1826

248 - Fitting Book, May 1826—Jan. 1837 (1 volume). - 1826 - 1837

249 - Fitting Book, May 1837—Jul. 1841 (1 volume). - 1837 - 1841

250 - Fitting Book, Sep. 1827—Sep. 1830 (1 volume). - 1827 - 1830

251 - Fitting Book, Sep. 1830—Mar. 1835 (1 volume). - 1830 - 1835

252 - Miscellaneous Fitting Accounts, Soho Foundry, circa 1797—circa 1800 (1 volume). - 1797 - 1800

253 - Fitting on Goods in Stock, Soho Foundry, 1830—1840; 1844—1848 (1 volume). - 1830 - 1848

254 - Rough Fitting Soho, Odd Account and Foundry Jan. 1842—Dec. 1845 (1 volume). - 1842 - 1845

255 - Fitting Book No. 30, Apr. 1891—Sep. 1895 (1 volume). - 1891 - 1895

256 - Fitting of Engines, circa 1830 (1 volume). - 1830

257 - Engine Book, Jul. 1779—Aug. 1786 (1 volume). - 1779 - 1786

258 - Engine Book, Jul.—Aug. 1797; Dec. 1798—Feb. 1800 (1 volume). - 1797 - 1800

259 - Engine Book, Feb. 1800—Feb. 1802 (1 volume). - 1800 - 1802

260 - Engine Book, Feb. 1802—Sep. 1803 (1 volume). - 1802 - 1803

261 - Engine Book, Sep. 1803—Feb. 1806 (1 volume). - 1803 - 1806

262 - Index to Engine Book, Feb. 1806—circa 1810 (1 volume). - 1806 - 1810

263 - Engine Book No. I, Apr. 1810—May 1815 (1 volume). - 1810 - 1815

264 - Large Engine Book, May 1815—Oct. 1823 (1 volume). - 1815 - 1823

265 - Large Engine Book, Jul. 1824—Apr. 1837 (1 volume). - 1824 - 1837

266 - Small Engine Book, Dec. 1800—Sep. 1804 (1 volume). - 1800 - 1804

267 - Small Engine Book, Aug. 1804—28 Dec.1810 (1 volume). - 1804 - 1810

268 - Small Engine Book, Apr. 1815—Aug. 1845 (1 volume). - 1815 - 1845

269 - 8 and 10 Horse Engine Book, Sep. 1817—Mar. 1847 (1 volume). - 1817 - 1847

270 - Engine Book, Apr. 1815—Sep. 1830 (1 volume). - 1815 - 1830

271 - Engine Book, Jan. 1832—May 1850 (1 volume). - 1832 - 1850

272 - Boat Engine Book, Mar. 1821—Feb. 1828; 1832; 1834 (1 volume). - 1821 - 1834

273 - Boat Engine Book, Nov. 1828—Sep. 1842 (1 volume). - 1828 - 1842

274 - Boat Engine Book, Jan. 1821—Sep. 1823 (1 volume). - 1821 - 1823

275 - Boat Engine Book, Nov. 1823—Jun. 1827 (1 volume). - 1823 - 1827

276 - Boat Engine Book, Jun. 1827—May 1833 (1 volume). - 1827 - 1833

277 - Boat Engine Book No. 4, Jul. 1833—Jan. 1839 (1 volume). - 1833 - 1839

278 - Boat Engine Book, May 1839—Sep. 1847 (1 volume). - 1839 - 1847

279 - Boat Engine Book, Sep. 1847—Jul. 1849 (1 volume). - 1847 - 1849

280 - Engine Book, Nov. 1800—Jul. 1803, index missing (1 volume). - 1800 - 1803

281 - Engine Book, Sep. 1803—27 Apr. 1809 (1 volume). - 1803 - 1809

282 - Engine Book, Jul. 1809—Dec. 1830 (1 volume). - 1809 - 1830

283 - Engine Book, Aug. 1804—Sep. 1811 (1 volume). - 1804 - 1811

284 - Engine Book, Nov. 1811—May 1815 (1 volume). - 1811 - 1815

285 - Engine Book, May 1815—Oct. 1817; 17 Aug. 1859 (1 volume). - 1815 - 1859

286 - 8 and 10 horse Engine Book, Oct. 1817—Mar. 1847; Feb. 1853—Aug. 1858 ( 1 volume). - 1817 - 1858

287 - Boat Engine Book, Nov. 1815—Mar. 1820 (1 volume). - 1815 - 1820

288 - Boat Engine Book, Jan. 1821—Sep. 1823 (1 volume). - 1821 - 1823

289 - Boat Engine Book, Nov. 1823—Mar. 1827 (1 volume). - 1823 - 1827

290 - Boat Engine Book, Feb. 1827—Jan. 1833 (1 volume). - 1827 - 1833

291 - Boat Engine Book, May 1833—Jan. 1839 (1 volume). - 1833 - 1839

292 - Statements of boiler orders at Soho Foundry, 1796—1825 (31 items). (CANNOT BE SERVED.) - 1796 - 1825

293 - Miscellaneous boiler making memoranda and papers, 1807—1815; memoranda re. construction of copper boiler for Jauberry, Sep. 1851 (20 items). - 1807 - 1851

294 - List of Boilers made at Soho Foundry, Dec. 1806—Apr. 1814 (1 volume). - 1806 - 1814

295 - List of Boilers made at Soho Foundry, Nov. 1810—Jan. 1816 (1 volume). - 1810 - 1816

296 - Notebook listing boilers made, boilers on hand and boilers sent off, Jul. 1812—Jun. 1814 (1 item). - 1812 - 1814

297 - Notebook of boiler experiments tried at Soho Foundry / evaporation experiments (trials made prior to boilers being sent out), Jun. 1824—Sep. 1853 (1 item). - 1824 - 1853

298 - Boiler Book, Mar. 1810—Sep. 1832 (1 volume). - 1810 - 1832

299 - Boilers Book, Mar. 1810—Nov. 1852 (1 volume). - 1810 - 1852

300 - Account, Apr. 1820—Jul. 1836 (1 volume). - 1820 - 1836

301 - Account, Apr. 1820—11 Jul. 1836 (1 volume). - 1820 - 1836

302 - Boiler Fittings and Statements, 1887—Oct. 1891 (1 volume). - 1887 - 1891

303 - Packing Book, Soho Foundry, Sep. 1817—? (1 volume). - 1817

304 - Large Engines Packing Book No. 3, Soho Foundry, Jan. 1832—circa Dec. 1860 (1 volume). - 1832 - 1860

305 - Boat engines, boat engines for land, Soho Foundry, Jun. 1847—Oct. 1853 (1 volume). - 1847 - 1853

306 - Boat engines, boat engines for land, Oct. 1868—Mar. 1879 (1 volume). - 1868 - 1879

307 - Delivery Account Book, 6 Mar. 1837—24 Jun. 1844 (1 volume). - 1837 - 1844

308 - Accounts of orders sent out, 10 Nov. 1817—16 Apr. 1819 (fragment of volume). - 1817 - 1819

309 - Accounts of orders sent out, 6 May 1822—9 May 1823 (fragment of volume). - 1822 - 1823

310 - Accounts of orders sent out, 10 Jul. 1823—29 Dec. 1824 (1 volume). - 1823 - 1824

311 - Accounts of orders sent out, 5 Sep. 1829—4 Aug. 1830 (1 volume). - 1829 - 1830

312 - Accounts of orders sent out, 1 May 1834—7 Oct. 1836; Quarterly Boiler Account Lady Day 1834—Midsummer 1836 (1 volume). - 1834 - 1836

313 - Accounts of orders sent out, 7 Oct. 1836—13 April 1839; Quarterly Boiler Account Michaelmas 1836—Lady Day 1839 (1 volume). - 1836 - 1839

314 - Accounts of orders sent out, 25 April 1839—30 Jan. 1843; Quarterly Boiler Account Midsummer 1840—Midsummer 1844 (1 volume). - 1839 - 1844

315 - Accounts of orders sent out, 17 Feb. 1843—30 Sept. 1847; Quarterly Boiler Account 30 Sept. 1844—Michaelmas 1847 (1 volume). - 1843 - 1847

316 - Accounts of orders sent out, 6 April 1835—7 Nov. 1851 (1 volume). - 1835 - 1851

317 - Loads sent from Soho Foundry, 7 Jan. 1819—22 Oct. 1823 (1 volume). - 1819 - 1823

318 - Loads sent from Soho Foundry, 28 Oct. 1823—24 Dec. 1828 (1 volume). - 1823 - 1828

319 - Loads sent from Soho Foundry, 9 May 1837—29 May 1846 (1 volume). - 1837 - 1846

320 - Scrapbook of Information on Carriers, Merchants etc., 1795—1812 (1 volume). - 1795 - 1812

321 - List of Engines made at Soho, circa 1775—circa 1833 (1 volume). - 1775 - 1833

322 - List of engines completed at Soho Foundry, 1 Jan. 1854—2 Feb. 1859; List of horizontal engines made at Soho, 1846—1863 (2 items). - 1846 - 1863

323 - Engine details and performance, atmospheric engines, 1774—1781 (1 volume). - 1774 - 1781

324 - Engine details and performance, not filled in (1 volume).

325 - Engine details and performance, not filled in (1 volume).

326 - Directions for Erecting & Working the newly invented Steam Engines by Boulton &

327 - James Watt & Co. printed advertisments, and papers re. the Mayhew Patent Boiler Feeder, 1860—1886 (29 items). - 1860 - 1886

5 - DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES - 1775 - 1904

6 - DRAWINGS - "AVERY" PORTFOLIOS - 1815 - 1903

7 - DRAWINGS - 'SCIENCE MUSEUM' PORTFOLIOS - 1797 - 1919

8 - Staff and Employment Records - 1784-1888

9 - Premises Records - 1783-1894

10 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MATERIAL - 1776 - 1896

11 - Miscellaneous Non-Engineering Business Material - 1761-c.1850

12 - RECORDS OF THE BOULTON, WATT & CO. LONDON OFFICE - 1818 - 1885

12 - Records of the Boulton Watt & Co. London Office - 1818-1885

13 - LONDON OFFICE LETTERS OF ADVICE - 1828 - 1837

14 - London Office Financial Records - 1835-1883

15 - LONDON OFFICE SURVEY OF STEAM POWER IN THE NORTH EAST, 1835 - 1835

16 - London Office Miscellaneous Papers - 1817-1881

17-20 - Records of James Watt & Co - 1779 - 1851

18 - James Watt & Co. Legal Records - 1779-1780

21-25 - Records of French Walls Iron & Steel Works - 1816 - 1866

26 - M.R.Boulton, J. Watt & Co. Financial and Legal Records - 1804 - 1836

26-30 - Records of M. R. Boulton J. Watt & Co. - 1771-1840

27 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Correspondence - 1816-1840

28 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of William and Charlotte Matthews - 1771-1830

29 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of Joseph Taylor and Taylor Campbell & Bowden - 1804-1813

30 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of John Woodward - 1803-1812

31 - Material added by George Tangye - 1857 -1915

32 - Material added by Birmingham Library - 1784 - 1977

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