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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
- Distillers Co
- R. W. Preston and Co
- Preston's Liverpool Distillery Co
- Richard Wheeler Preston
- Portland Colliery Co
- Braine-le-Comte
- Societe de St. Leonard
- Forges, Usines et Fonderies de Gilly
- Train World, Brussels
- Bargoed Colliery
- Town - Bargoed
- Franco-Belge
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- Battersea Bridge
- Albert Bridge
- Chelsea Bridge
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- JD 2025 07 03 Railworld 3.JPG
- Frizington Mining Co
- Battersea Power Station
- Birks Iron Ore Mines, Cumberland
- Pike and Co
- Henderson Aviation Bureau
- Paddle Steamers Waverley and Balmoral
- Recticel Rubber Co
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- Andrew Johnston (1841-1912)
- Engineering 1894 Jul-Dec: Index: Illustrations
- Strongitharm and Johnston
- William Dalzell (1841-1889)
- William Burnyeat (1849-1921)
- William Dalzell of Whitehaven (1841-1889)
- P. Frankenstein and Sons (Manchester)
- H. Snape and Sons
- Regentessebrug (Rotterdam)
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- JD 2025 07 Rdam 2.JPG
- JD 2025 07 Rdam 1.JPG
- 2014 Companies: Employing 500-1,000