General papers

This material is held atNational Aerospace Library

Reference
- GB 398 cay/18
Former Reference
- GB 398 Cayley - X
Dates of Creation
- 1791 - 1852, 1927 - 1957
Physical Description
- 3 files

Scope and Content

Includes sketches, notes, extracts from the Mechanics Magazine, cuttings relating to Cayley and material relating to Rudkin's Distillery.

Archive Record|Table of contents

The notebooks and other papers of Sir George Cayley.cay

Papers relating to aeronautics, including correspondence and drawingscay/2

Papers relating to engines, including correspondence, notes, sketches and draft patent specificationscay/3

Papers relating to Sir Goldsworthy Gurney's work on high-pressure steam jet for boilers etc.cay/4

Papers related to the Polytechnic Institutioncay/5

Papers related to agriculture, including correspondence, notes and designs for farm machinerycay/6

Papers related to Cayley's Patent Universal Railway, including sketches, notes and patent materialcay/7

Papers relating to the railway and railway safety, including correspondence and notescay/8

Papers relating to armaments, including shells and gunscay/9

Papers relating to Cayley's artificial hand, including correspondence, notes and sketchescay/10

Correspondence relating to the tension wheelcay/11

Papers relating to George Walker's boat, including correspondence, drawings and notescay/12

Papers relating to lifeboats, including correspondence and sketchescay/13

Correspondence relating to heat and magnetismcay/14

Papers relating to minor inventions by Cayley or advised by himcay/15

Personal non-technical paperscay/16

Personal technical paperscay/17

General paperscay/18