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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
- Eaton Manufacturing Co
- Engineering 1969 Jan-Jun: Index
- Engineering
- Yale Tractor Shovels
- Yale and Towne Co
- Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co
- Engineering 1968 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1967 Jan-Jun: Index
- Maclea and March
- Samuel Lees and Sons
- Samuel Lees (1831-1907)
- Sanderson and Watson
- H. Lees and Sons
- Levity Plastics
- Samuel Lees (1794-1873)
- 1959 Chemical Manufacturers Directory: Chemical Manufacturers
- Engineering 1967 Jul-Dec: Index
- A. and E. Controls
- Power Development
- Abbey Electronics and Automation
- Accurate Diamond Tool Co
- East Lancs. Paper Mill Co
- East Lancashire Paper Mill Co
- Johnson Matthey Metals
- Yarsley Research Laboratories
- Johnson Machinery
- Samuel Strother
- Colorado Nitrate Co
- Nahum Figur
- N. B. Smith and Co
- Muir, Goodfellow and Co
- Morceau
- Dewey and Almy
- John Whiteley
- English Velvet and Cord Dyers Association
- Wood Top Dyeing Co
- Calderside Dyeing Co
- James Brown (of Manchester)
- John Brown and Co (Huddersfield)
- Moranding Co