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Leather bound ledger (mostly empty) for an individual which shows earnings and income and expenditure in connection with specific jobs. Whilst there is no name in the ledger it is likely to have belonged to Charles Henry Gimingham and shows details of his work prior to working for Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company. At the back of the ledger (page 138), there is a table titled 'earnings' which covers the period 1878 to April 1880. Much of the work relates to drawings, designs and reports. Work undertaken includes; 1878. Brighton Corporation Water Works. (Whilst working for Mr Easton) 1878. Brighton Corporation railway case. (Whilst working for Mr Easton) 1878. Middlesbrough Corporation. (Whilst working for Mr Easton) 1878. Metropolitan Water Works . (Whilst working for Mr Easton) 1879. J Wedgewood Water Works report. 1879. Charles Darwin drainage. 1880. F Darwin, designing. 1880. L Darwin, designing. 1880. Charles Darwin Down [House] drainage. 1880. Michael Foster lightning conductor. 1880. Dew Smith, drawings. 1881. Dew Smith, commission on work done at shop. 1881. Captain Abney [William de Wiveleslie Abney], drawing electric slide. 1881. Captain Abney, alterations to drawing electric slide. 1881. Captain Abney, drawing 'photo-nephoscope'. 1881. Adjusting photo-nephoscope. 1881. A J Balfour [Arthur James Balfour - later to be Prime Minister]. Report dated November 1877 1881. Lost $106 12sh 9d for experimental pump. 1881. A J Balfour fee. 1881. Miss Bonham Carter The first 14 pages of the ledger give more explicit financial details about the above and other jobs carried out in this period.