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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
- Associated British Maltsters
- Joseph Frederick Laycock
- E. N. V. Motors
- Grimsley and Co
- 1977 Health and Safety Exemptions
- Australian Motor Industries
- E. N. V.
- E. N. V. Motor Syndicate
- E. N. V. Motor Co
- London and Parisian Motor Co
- G. R. S. Wilson
- V. Riley
- Charles Penrose (1886-1958)
- Engineering 1958 Jan-Jun: Index: Obituaries
- C. Penrose
- Alistair McLeod
- A. McLeod
- A. Gibb
- A. Verdon-Roe
- Viscount Waverley
- William Walter Franklin
- W. W. Franklin
- Engineering 1958 Jan-Jun: Index
- 1909 Aero and Motor Boat Exhibition
- W. B. Challen
- Cowey Engineering Co
- 1905 Motor Show (SMMT February)
- 1905 Motor Show (SMMT November)
- Engineering 1957 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering
- Gearless Motor Omnibus Co
- W. F. Milward
- Hampton Cars
- Charron-Laycock
- R. R. Stokes
- Engineering 1957 Jul-Dec: Index: Obituaries
- 1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades: Company L
- V. A. Patterson
- C. Kirkpatrick
- H. H. Johnson