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Notes on the Bianchetti compass and compass correction etc., no dates (Manuscript) MAA/5/2
The Compass Department II, Typescript transcripts of Biographies of the Officers in the Compass Department: Chetwynd, Strange, Drake, Tully and Douglas, including typescripts of the cost of the Compass Department and report of the Admiralty Compass Committee (Manuscript) MAA/4
The Theory of the Deviations of the Magnetic Compass, 1948, Admiralty Compass Observatory publication (Manuscript) 1948 - 1948 MAA/34
Admiralty Manual copy of the Deviations of the Compass, 1862, Admiralty (Manuscript) 1862 - 1862 MAA/35/1
Folder entitled 'Compass Characters' including typescript essay 'The Gentlemen of Jamaica' and a pamphlet 'The Compass Makers of Deptford Dockyard' by W. E. May, 1950 (Manuscript) 1950 - ? MAA/1/2
Admiralty Manual, Deviations of the Compass, 1869 (Manuscript) 1869 - 1869 MAA/30
Pamphlet, The Technical History and Index: A Serial History of Technical Problems Dealt With By Admiralty Departments, The Development of The Gyro- Compass Prior To And During The War, Technical History Section, Admiralty, October, 1919 (Manuscript) 1919 - 1919 MAA/52
A series of xerox copy of Pamphlets about compasses. (Manuscript) 1881 - 1881 MAA/70-76
Extracts and photographs relating to Dr Gowin Knight and his Compass and transcrips from the National Archives about chronometers (Manuscript) MAA/22-23
Book, Pivots and Caps in Compasses by R. J. Bray, 1917 (Manuscript) 1917 - ? MAA/26
Chronological list of Patents concerning compasses, Book 2, 1915- 1937, compiled by May (Manuscript) 1915 - 1937 MAA/8
The Brown Gyro Compass Equipment, Technical Manual, no date (Manuscript) MAA/48
Admiralty Manual copy of the Deviations of the Compass, 1920, Admiralty (Manuscript) 1920 - 1920 MAA/35/2
Naval career and service papers of W. E. May, 1912 - 1953 (Manuscript) 1912-00-00 - 1953-00-00 MAA/77
Pamphlet, 'The House of Dallond, Two Hundred Years of Optical Service', 1750- 1950, no date (Manuscript) 1750 - 1950 MAA/54
Italian pamphlet, copy, Rivista Maritima, 1878, published in Roma (Manuscript) 1878 - 1878 MAA/64
Pamphlet, article extract, Xerox copy, 'Brief Narrative of An Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay­' 1824, Captain G F Lyon, RN (Manuscript) 1824 - 1824 MAA/61
Pamphlet, article extract, Xerox copy, 'The Pseudo- Labrador and the Oblique Meridian' by Heinrich Winter (Manuscript) MAA/60/2
Pamphlet, 'The National Maritime Museum' by Commander W. E. May, The Institute of Navigation, Vol.3, No.4 October 1954 (Manuscript) 1954 - 1954 MAA/56
Miscellaneous German Pamphlets, extracts, no dates, mainly by Professor. Dr. Hans Blume and Dr. J. Kobb (Manuscript) MAA/53
Pamphlet, Xerox copy, Correcting heeling error of ships' compasses at sea, the Chevalier Piechl's patent balance, 1889, Admiralty Compass Observatory reference: R6 (7) (Manuscript) 1889 - 1889 MAA/70/3
Miscellaneous transcripts from the National Archives by May, re: chronometers (Manuscript) MAA/23
Pamphlet, Xerox copy, French, Nouveau Systeme de compass, Joseph Piechl, 1881 (Manuscript) 1881 - 1881 MAA/71/2
Pamphlet, Xerox copies, French, REVUE MARITIME, Nouveau systemede roses de boussle de faible poids, Dr. Kaiser, 1893, vol. 116 (Manuscript) 1893 - 1893 MAA/71/3