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Working notes compiled by Charles Wheatstone comprising measurement of the electro-motive force between electrodes coated with films of sulphides, bromides and iodides, elements including zinc, mercury, cobalt and rubidium, and between electrodes of various alloys; measurement of electric potential of compound circuits; observations on the manufacture of amalgams; calculation of the weights of products of electrophoresis; the phenomenon of 'passivity'; employment in electric cells of peroxides and teroxides.

Working notes and rough drafts of hypotheses, methodological narratives, experimental observations and tables of test results compiled by Charles Wheatstone under the general heading of 'electro-motive forces', relating to the utility of employing combinations of elements in battery electrodes, 1871-1873; correspondence between Charles Wheatstone and Richard William Henry Paget Higgs, chemist, on the analysis of acid solutions in battery experiments, with Higgs' experimental observations.

The Working Men's College was founded in 1854 by social reformers John Frederick Denison Maurice, John Malcolm Ludlow, Charles Kingsley, Frederick Furnivall and others to promote regular and organised education amongst working class men (women's classes began in 1856). The classes were not intended to be a series of miscellaneous lectures as taught at the Mechanics Institutes, but structured courses comparable to those run by larger established universities such as University College London and King's College London. The college is still extant, and is now situated in Crowndale Road, North London.

Neuropsychiatry, a training pack created for psychiatrists in less economically developed countries compiled by Sir David Goldberg, written by Dr Steven Church, and edited by Lishman and Professor Anthony David. The pack includes Organic Psychiatry and is based on its ideas. 1 workbook, 1 DVD, 2 VHS tapes.

E. E. Vonna-Michel: 'Box of Mein (study no.1)', labelled, 'Process before 3 Jun 1982', 190 x 190 x 24mm

Work 2 (Detroit, 1965), issue dedicated to Jack Spicer, includes work by Gael Turnbull, Fielding Dawson, Anselm Hollo;

Issue 3, 1965-1966: features, 'A homage to Rainer Gerhardt' compiled by Tom Raworth, with contributions from Robert Creeley, Jonathan Williams, Charles Olson, Anselm Hollo

Work, no 1, Detroit, 1965, ed John Sinclair, includes Clayton Eshleman, Tom Raworth, Lee Harward and Andrew Crozier. No 3, Winter 1965/66, includes Tom Raworth, Robert Creeley, Jonathan Williams, Rainer Gerhardt, Charles Olson and Anselm Hollo [ see 7/698/1 – 2 for no 2 and a duplicate of no 3].

Papers of John Wordsworth, 1881-1911, comprising manuscript texts of 395 sermons delivered at King's College London and elsewhere, 1881-1904, each annotated with dates and places of delivery; letters to the Reverend Henry Julian White concerning Wordsworth, copies of Wordsworth's obituaries, 1911; manuscript notebook, possibly by Wordsworth, concerning doctrinal themes, largely relating to the training and work of the clergy.

Words no issue number (Chesterfield, 1978): includes work by Paul Brown and Jeff Nuttall, 2 copies

Words Worth 1/1 (London, 1978), edited by Alaric Sumner: includes work by Paul Buck, Cris Cheek, Dom Sylvester Houedard, Cory Harding, Herb Burke;

Issue 1/2, 1978: includes work by Jackson Mac Low, Paul Buck, Allen Fisher, Glenda George, Cris Cheek, Bill Griffiths, 2 copies;

Issue 1/3, 1979: includes work by Ken Edwards, Robert Sheppard, Peter Finch, Glenda George, Carlyle Reedy

The papers of Sidney Wooldridge comprise correspondence, lecture texts, a bibliography and photographs, 1921-1965, most notably correspondence concerned with the development of the Department and the Joint School of Geography set up between King's and the London School of Economics, including the move of Geology to Royal Holloway College, 1921-1985; typescript lecture text by Wooldridge entitled 'The Trend of Geomorphology', 1958; bibliography of Wooldridge's work, 1964; correspondence relating to the establishment of a memorial fund in honour of Wooldridge, 1963-1965; photographs of field trips, 1954; order of service for the funeral of Sidney Wooldridge.

Wooden case inscribed Wm Stead, 1830, containing surgical instruments, including 3 hooks attached to a chain; spatula; hook with ivory handle; and a large blunt needle. Also includes a receipt for 6 scalpels, hooks and forceps; 2 pairs of scissors and claws, from maker J Ellis, Sheffield.

Wood model of the Walrus and its base from The Walrus magazine. Height 198mm. Unclear writing on the base states '[This reproduction in work] of Sir [Robert] Tenniel's [illustrations] to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are made by the permission of Messer Macmillan & Co Ltd the [holder] of the copyright of the illustrations.' 2 items.

Records relating to the Women's Common Rooms, 1925-1972, comprising constitution of the Students' Common Room and amendments, 1931-1951 and undated, and a ballot paper concerning its dissolution, 1972; papers relating to the Women's Staff Common Room including its rules, undated, cash books, 1925-1932, 1967-1972, lists of subscriptions, 1971-1972, papers of the interim Common Room committee concerned with the amalgamation of staff common rooms, 1972, and rules for the new Senior Common Room, 1972.

Earthgrip Press (London): Wolf month by Marius Kociejowski, Earthgrip with Flugsprung Press, 1975

Papers of Professor Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram, [1922-1995] including research papers relating to Studies in Aeschylus (Cambridge University Press, 1983) comprising manuscript and typescript drafts and notes by Winnington-Ingram including on the Erines in the Oresteia , the Seven against Thebes and Prometheus Bound ; off-prints of articles; correspondence with other classicists including his students John Lavery and Michael Evans. Working notes, draft articles, off-prints and correspondence on the following themes: the works of Euripedes, notably Bacchae, Heracles, Hippolytus and Electra ; the works of Proclus, the works of Pindar and the works of Sophocles notably Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, The Trachiniae, Electra , and Philoctetes . General correspondence, 1939-1990. Papers relating to Plato including notes for Winnington-Ingram's inaugural lecture at King's College London 'The Unity of Plato's Phaedrus'. Draft lecture notes, including for 'Swan's Hellenic Cruises', 1973, lectures on Aristophanes and lectures on Greek drama for a lecture tour of USA and New Zealand. Teaching notes on Thucydides and the development of Greek prose. Unpublished articles on subjects including 'Revenge, justice and tragedy', 'The staging of the Peace of Aristophanes' and 'Greek stage conventions and their ancient critics.' Notebook containing notes on pupils and on Greek palaeography. Scrapbook containing press cuttings of reviews of Winnington-Ingram's publications, 1936-1949. Correspondence with Edward O. Symonds, a close personal friend of Winnington-Ingram, 1922-1949. Press cuttings of reviews by Winnington-Ingram.

Windsor Forest: Bill Butler in memoriam (Pig Press, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1979)

Windows 7 (Eastbourne, Sussex, 1979) unpaginated

Windows 4 (Eastbourne, [1976]): includes poems by Bernard J. Kelly, Jim Burns, and translation by Bill Griffiths, with insert typescript letter from editor to Mottram, 23 Sep 1978;

Issue 5, 1978: includes poems by Allen Fisher with a short introductory article by 'P. B.' (Paul Buck?);

Issue 6, 1978: special feature on David Miller (born Australia 1950)