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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in the UK. Additions are being made daily by a team of volunteers who give freely of their time and expertise.
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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.
- The Engineer - (1856-1940)
- Engineering - (1866-1930)
- Autocar - (1895-1915)
- Automobile Engineer - (1910-1930)
- Automotor Journal - (1896-1917)
- Car Illustrated - (1902-1903)
- Light Car and Cyclecar - (1912-1939)
- Motor - (1902-1914)
Latest additions
- George Cowie and Son
- James Eastwood (2)
- J. H. Motor Engineering Works
- James Howarth (b.1860)
- James Howarth (2)
- Percy Muir Jones
- P. M. Jones
- British Peerless Motor Co
- Peerless
- Peerless (American)
- Robinson and Price
- James Hall (2)
- George Francis Bradbury
- Sugdens, Bradbury and Firth
- Sugden, Bradbury and Firth
- Thomas Sugden (1816-1888)
- Bradbury and Co
- Thomas Sugden
- Jones Sewing Machine Co
- Geiser Manufacturing Co
- Peerless: Princess Tammy
- Gordon-Keeble
- Automobile Supply Co
- Bradbury and Co: Motorcycles
- Kepier Colliery
- Thomas Chadwick (1830-1886)
- Joseph Platt
- Hibbert, Platt and Sons
- Henry Platt
- Elijah Hibbert
- 1894 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- William Jones
- Jones and Co (of Ashton under Lyne)
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- John Jones (1841-1903)
- Kay Street Mills, Preston
- The Engineer 1948 Jul-Dec: Index
- William Jones (of London)
- William Jones (1835-1911)
- Joseph Foster and Sons

