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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
- Engineering 1967 Jul-Dec: Index
- Yale Tractor Shovels
- Compounding Ingredients
- BOC
- ICI Fibres Division
- Engineering 1967 Jan-Jun: Index
- Engineering 1961 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering
- Unistrut
- Sankey-Sheldon
- Vassal and Claire (Coachwork)
- All Saints Church, Wellington (Shropshire)
- 1972 Health and Safety Exemptions
- GKN Sankey
- Joseph Sankey and Sons
- Engineering 1962 Jul-Dec: Index
- F. Collar
- Victoria Street, Exeter
- Victoria Road, Exeter
- Bloomtree Terrace, Exeter
- 1871 Exeter Census: RG10 2061 2064-0261
- 1881 Exeter Census: RG11 2148 2152-0642
- Prescot Clock and Mechanism Co
- Prescott Clock and Watch Co
- English Velvet and Cord Dyers Association
- Stubbin Holme Dyeing Co
- Cleggs Court Printing Co
- Compagnie Electro-Mecanique
- Driver, Goodier and Co
- Dickins and Heywood
- 1953 British Industries Fair: Companies W
- Wakefield Everymans Cycle Oil
- 1953 British Industries Fair: Companies C
- Mordey and Dawbarn
- Clissold Cycle Co
- Industrial Colloids
- British Colloids
- John Drury and Co
- Christy and Penny
- Thorn-Parsons