Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 130,464 pages of information and 207,853 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
From Graces Guide
Welcome to Grace's Guide
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in the UK. The scope is gradually being extended to include non-UK businesses and biographies. Additions are being made to the information daily by a team of volunteers who give freely of their time and expertise.
Periodicals (available in pdf format)
- Autocar - (1895-1900)
- Automotor Journal - (1896-1907)
- Light Car and Cyclecar (1912-1914)
- The Engineer - (1856-1960)
- Engineering (1866-1900)
Wanted
We always need early magazines, books, directories, photographs etc. to help with this project and your contributions are always welcome. Our contact details are here.We welcome Contributors with a specialist knowledge of industrial subjects that they can share with others through Grace's Guide. Our contact details are here.
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Grace's Guide Ltd is a charity (No.1154342) for the advancement of education of the history of Industry and Engineering in the UK.
Latest additions
- Merlin Gerin
- 1909 RAC Directory of Cars
- Coventry Aero-Engines and Components
- Lorraine
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- Johnson and Firth Brown
- Firth Cleveland Tools
- Firth Co
- Firth Brown Tools
- Thomas Firth and John Brown
- Firth Brown
- Firth, Brown Tools
- Allan John Grant
- Alan J. Grant
- Crabtree Electrical Industries
- J. A. Crabtree and Co
- TRL EMC
- Rohde and Schwarz
- Polymeters Response International
- Michell Instruments
- Town - Skelmersdale
- HEME International
- GEC Alsthom: T. and D. Protection and Control
- W. J. Furse and Co
- Flowlyne (UK)
- Feedback Instruments
- Electro-Metrics
- Edgcumbe Instruments
- British Library
- Avo
- Stephen Austin
- Alpha Electronics
- Northern Design (Electronics)
- Mainstream Electronics
- LEM UK
- Town - Burgess Hill
- Highland Electronics
- Bells Control Equipment
- Town - Chesham
- Aerial Group