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Collapse MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873

MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873

Expand 1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727

1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727

Expand 2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744

2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744

Expand 3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787

3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787

Expand 4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)

4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)

Expand 5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762

5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762

Expand 6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848

6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848

Expand 7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804

7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804

Collapse 8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

Collapse 1 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

1 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

1 - Volume of trigonometry teachings and diagrams - nd. c. 1754

2 - Note about cotton - 1772

3 - Table of engines in Cornwall with their fuel consumption - nd. c. 1780

4 - Drawings by Jessy Watt, Gregory Watt, James Miller, Agnes Gibson, James Watt Gibson etc. - 1790 - 1854

5 - Record of results of experiments with the Boulton & Watt engine at Salford cotton mill - 1793 - 1795

6 - Table of calculations - 1793 - 1798

7 - Designs by George Bullock for bowls, a clock, figures and a harp - 1809

8 - Plan of a proposed extension of a branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations from Dank's Branch, West Bromwich to Salford Bridge, Aston, surveyed by John Snape - 1810

9 - Account. Mr Stonebridge to J. Griffiths for letters, parcels etc. - 1824 - 1826

10 - Engraving of a Braithwaite and Ericsson locomotive - 1830

11 - Agreement between the executors of the late James Watt [jr.] and Mr Abraham Spooner - 1852

12 - Two pages from the Illustrated London News with illustrations of Birmingham including Heathfield House and Handsworth church - 1865

13 - Inventory of Watt Family papers - 1870 - 1873

14 - List of improvements to the steam engine not secured by patent - nd. 19th cent.

15 - Manuscript copy of 'Navigation Improved' by Thomas Savery - nd. 18th cent.

16 - Manuscript description of crystallization, in German - nd. 19th cent.

17 - Plan of an unidentified house - nd. 19th cent.

18 - Drawing of ?magnetic fields - nd. 19th cent.

19 - Notebook, mostly unused, with some notes on respiration, arsenic etc. - nd. 19th cent.

Collapse 20 - Photographs - nd. 19th cent. - 20th cent.

20 - Photographs - nd. 19th cent. - 20th cent.

1 - Black and white photograph of part of Thomas Lawrence's portrait of James Watt - nd. 19th cent. - 20th cent.

2 - Black and white photograph of the statue of James Watt by Francis Chantrey - nd. 19th cent. - 20th cent.

3 - Black and white photograph of an engraving of a young James Watt and the kettle - nd. 19th cent. - 20th cent.

4 - Black and white photograph of an engraving by John Le Conte from a painting by John McDonald, published May 1860, by William Vannan, Edinburgh - nd. [19th cent. - 20th cent]

5 - Black and white photograph of ?a painting of Glasgow docks - nd. 19th cent. - 20th cent.

6 - Black and white photograph of ? the site of James Watt's shop in Glasgow - nd. 19th cent. - 20th cent.

7 - Black and white photograph by Captain R. G. Taitt, of the statue of James Watt ?at Greenock Library - nd. 19th cent. - 20th cent.

21 - List of documents in 'Tin Box 6' - Late 19th cent.

22 - Printed notice of 'Hints to engine drivers' - 1891

23 - Letter (incomplete). James Watt jr. (-----) to James Watt (-----) - nd. c. 1810

Expand 9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

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