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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
- Wheelabrator Corporation
- Akzo Coatings
- AkzoNobel
- Isaac Spencer and Co
- P. and A. Campbell
- Bristol Channel Passenger Boats
- Loyne
- Northpoint Powder Coatings
- Joseph Cookson
- Albion Asbestos Co
- Rolls-Royce Engines: Trent RB.50
- Rolls-Royce Engines: Trent
- Gloster Aircraft Co: Meteor
- Rolls-Royce Engines: Derwent
- Dodge Brothers
- Magnesium Elektron
- Dodge Brothers: Graham Brothers
- Metropolitan-Vickers: Jet Engines
- Metropolitan-Vickers
- John L. Dexter
- Ruck and Burt
- Allison, Lees and Preston
- C. Brandauer and Co
- Albion (Mansfield) Sands Co
- Steetley Magnesite Co
- Bulpitt and Sons
- William Tighe Hamilton
- Herbert Henry Berry
- John Dixon Kendall (1848-1928)
- Electric Construction Co
- Berry's Electric
- Xcel
- BTH: Film Projection
- Tighe Hamilton
- Thomas Piggott and Co
- Crownhill Reservoir
- Dodge Brothers: Cars
- Maxwell Chrysler Motors
- Maxwell Motor Co
- Rootes Group