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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
- Hensman and Son
- 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class IX.: William Hensmen and Son
- 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class IX.: Hughes and Sons
- Charles Dreyfus
- Clayton Aniline Co
- Sandoz Chemical Co
- Ciba (A.R.L.)
- Ciba (A.R.L)
- Ciba-Geigy Plastics
- Ciba
- Ciba-Geigy
- Novartis
- Claus and Co
- British Dyestuffs Corporation
- Levinstein
- British Alizarine Co
- Shipley Fan Co
- Aveling and Porter
- Cordelova Co
- Andrew Whyte and Son
- 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7.: Cornelius Tipple Youngman
- 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7.: Glenn and Ross
- 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class IX.: J. Aveling
- Edmund Bamford Taylor
- E. Firth
- Dog and Partridge Hotel, Wallgate
- Clare and Ridgway
- Laidlaw, Mackill and Co
- L. and H. Pinto
- Kiloh and Co
- Johnson, Cole, Brier and Cordrey
- Joseph and John Beswick
- F. Andrews and Co
- Iron Ore Co
- Inshaw Seamless Iron and Steel Tubes
- Improved Wood Pavement Co
- Tootell and Co
- Thomas Turner, Son and Co
- Thomas Scholes and Co
- Thomas B. Haigh