Description | Item 1: "The New Swan Village Gas Works", publication commissioned by the Gas Committee of Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Gas Board. Bryan Donkin Company was a contractor of gas development, 1953 Item 2: "Gas Development in Dunbarton", publication commissioned by Scottish Gas Board. Bryan Donkin Company was a contractor of gas developmentt, 1954 Items 3-4: Product literature: company promotional and instructional material re compressors and district governor machinery, e.g. gas exhausters and reciprocating compressors. Also including Dutch translation of a guide to high to low pressure govenors, Early-mid 20th Cent Items 5-6: Product literature: company promotional and instructional material re pumps and blower machinery, e.g. oil pump/injectors, centrifugal pumps, borehole pumps, high pressure blowers, high speed blowers, Early-mid 20th Cent Item 7: Product literature: company promotional and instructional material re valves, e.g. safety valves, "Aiken" low pressure valve, c1930s-1950s Items 8-9: Product literature: company promotional and instructional material re regulator machinery, e.g. high, low and intermediate pressure regulators, mid 20th cent Items 10-14: Product literature: company promotional and instructional material re various Bryan Donkin Company products and machinery, also including a high speed steam engine poster and a history of safety valves, mid 20th cent Item 15: "The Transmission and Distribution of Gas at High Pressure", publication by the Bryan Donkin Company, 1908 Item 16: "The War-time Activities of the Bryan Donkin Company Ltd and British Furnaces Limited, Chesterfield 1939-1945": reprint of Derbyshire Times article of 27 Jul, c1945 Item 17: "A Brief Description of the High Pressure Gas Storaoge Plant at Mourtown, Leeds": publication by the Byran Donkin Company, c1947 Item 18: Research and technical publications: assortment of research publications by Bryan Donkin, 1950s-1960s Item 19: Technical booklets: assortment of technical publications, e.g. lubricators for gas works, product identification marks, refresher manual, newspaper correspondence on machinery, 1930 |