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Aircraft: An Outline, Avro, Armstrong Whitworth, Blackburn, Fairey, De Havilland, Gloster Aircraft Co, Handley Page, Hawker, Sopwith, Supermarine, Vickers, Westland . . . . . more aircraft
Bicycles: BSA, Humber, Raleigh, Royal Enfield, Rover, Rudge, Star, Sunbeam, Triumph . . . . . more bicycles
Buses: Albion, Atkinson, Bedford, Commer, Crossley, Sentinel, Wolseley . . . . . more buses
Cars: Austin, Morris, Humber, Rover, Standard, Sunbeam, Triumph . . . . . more cars
Locomotive Manufacturers: GKN, Hunslet Engine Co, Kerr Stuart and Co, Metropolitan-Vickers, Penydarren Ironworks, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Vulcan Foundry . . . . . more locomotives
Locomotive Workshops: Crewe Works, Derby Works, Shildon Works, Swindon Works . . . . . more workshops
Lorries and Trucks: Atkinson, Bedford, Dennis, Guy, Scammell, Seddon, Thornycroft, Vulcan . . . . . more lorries
Machine Tools: Alfred Herbert, Bradford Machine Tool Co, Cunliffe and Croom, George Richards and Co, Greenwood and Batley, H. W. Kearns and Co, H. W. Ward and Co, J. Butler and Co, J. Parkinson and Son, John Hetherington and Sons, Joseph Whitworth, Kendall and Gent, Smith and Coventry, Tangyes, Thomas Shanks and Co, Webster and Bennett . . . . .more machine tools
Motorcycles: Ariel, BSA, Norton, Triumph, Velocette . . . . . more motorcycles
Railways An Outline, Early Locomotives, Great Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Southern Railway . . . . .
Shipbuilders: Austin and Pickersgill, Barclay Curle and Co, Cammell, Laird and Co, Harland and Wolff, R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co, Short Bros, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson . . . . . more shipbuilders
Stationary Engines: Armstrong Whitworth, British Thompson Houston, Brown and May, Davey, Paxman and Co, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co, Kitson and Co, Marshall, Sons and Co, Maudslay, Sons and Field, Robert Napier, Robey and Co, Ruston and Hornsby, Tangyes, Willans and Robinson . . . . . more stationary engines
Steel Mills: Stewarts and Lloyds , Steel Company of Wales, Dorman, Long and Co, South Durham Steel and Iron Co, Ebbw Vale Steelworks, Gartcosh Iron and Steel Co, Colvilles, Stanton and Staveley . . . . . more steel mills
Textile Mills: Cotton Mills in Manchester and Oldham . . . . . more cotton mills
Traction Engines: Aveling-Barford, Charles Burrell and Sons , Richard Garrett and Sons, Marshall, Sons and Co, Merryweather, Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries, Robey and Co, Ruston and Hornsby, Sentinel . . . . . more traction engines
Tractors: AGE, Aveling and Porter, Ernest Doe, Fordson, Ivel, John Fowler and Co, Richard Hornsby and Sons . . . . . more tractors
People: Abraham Darby, Abraham Darby II, Abraham Darby III, George Stephenson, Henry Bessemer, Henry Cort, Henry Maudslay, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, James Hargreaves, James Nasmyth, James Watt, John Wilkinson, Joseph Locke, Joseph Whitworth, Matthew Boulton, Matthew Murray, Richard Arkwright, Richard Roberts, Richard Crawshay, Richard Trevithick, Robert Stephenson, Samuel Bentham, Samuel Crompton, Timothy Hackworth, Thomas Newcomen, William Armstrong, William Hedley, William Murdoch, William Symington, William Thompson
[edit] Biographies
- Mathew Boulton by Samuel Smiles
- Joseph Bramah by Samuel Smiles
- Thomas Brassey by G. Barnett Smith
- Marc Isambard Brunel by Samuel Smiles
- Joseph Clement by Samuel Smiles
- Henry Cort by Samuel Smiles
- Abraham Darby by Samuel Smiles
- Dud Dudley by Samuel Smiles
- William Fairbairn by Samuel Smiles
- James Fox by Samuel Smiles
- Edward James Harland by E. J. Harland
- Benjamin Huntsman by Samuel Smiles
- Charles Knight by G. Barnett Smith
- Josiah Mason by G. Barnett Smith
- Henry Maudslay by Samuel Smiles
- William Muir by Robert Smiles
- William Murdoch by Samuel Smiles
- Matthew Murray by Samuel Smiles
- David Mushet by Samuel Smiles
- David Napier by David Napier and David Bell
- James Nasmyth by Samuel Smiles
- James Nasmyth by James Nasmyth
- John Beaumont Neilson by Samuel Smiles
- The Rennies by G. Barnett Smith
- Richard Reynolds by Samuel Smiles
- Richard Roberts by Samuel Smiles
- John Roebuck by Samuel Smiles
- William Siemens by G. Barnett Smith
- George Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
- Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
- Richard Tangye by Richard Tangye
- Richard Trevithick by Francis Trevithick
- James Watt by Samuel Smiles
- Josiah Wedgwood by G. Barnett Smith
- Joseph Whitworth by Samuel Smiles
- Andrew Yarranton by Samuel Smiles
[edit] Other Publications
- The Basic Industries of Great Britain by Aberconway 1927
- Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co 1899-1949 by John Dummelow
- A Shipbuilding History. 1750-1932 (Alexander Stephen and Sons)
- Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company by Malcolm Dillon
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue
- 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue
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