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Digital Library
We have digitised thousands of early publications from 1833-1950 and these are available in PDF format for a small subscription.
General Engineering
The Engineer - (1856-1950)
Engineering - (1866-1950)
Automotive
Autocar - (1895-1915)
Automobile Engineer - (1910-1930)
Automotor Journal - (1896-1917)
Light Car and Cyclecar - (1912-1939)
Motor - (1902-1914)
Books
Life of Sir William Fairbairn by William Pole
Life of Robert Stephenson by William Pole
Life of Richard Trevithick by F. Trevithick
Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
The Evolution of the Parsons Steam Turbine by Alexander Richardson
Latest additions
- King Arthurs Road, Exeter
- Elaine Close, Exeter
- Cowick Lane, Exeter
- Dunsford Road, Exeter
- Cowick Street, Exeter
- Alphington Street, Exeter
- Alphington Road, Exeter
- Edwin Road, Exeter
- Regents Canal: Bridges
- Netherton Canal Tunnel
- Netherton Tunnel
- Joseph Woodall (b.1825)
- Hampstead Road Bridge (Regent's Canal)
- Samuel Woodall
- Samuel Woodall (Junior)
- Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
- Fashionflow
- Fluor Corporation
- Svedala Industri AB
- Earl Richards Road South, Exeter
- Earl Richards Road North, Exeter
- Rosebank Crescent, Exeter
- Larch Road, Exeter
- Durham Close, Exeter
- Dunsford Gardens, Exeter
- Drakes Road, Exeter
- Deepdene Park, Exeter
- Douglas, Reyburn and Co
- Daleside Road, Exeter
- Cranbrook Road, Exeter
- Cowper Avenue, Exeter
- Coverdale Road, Exeter
- Cordery Road, Exeter
- Conrad Avenue, Exeter
- Colleton Hill, Exeter
- Hunter and Jack
- Reeves and Co (Birmingham)
- Horizon Biscuit Co
- Southwold Homeknit Hosiery Co
- Town - Southwold