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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.
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
- Spa Plastics
- Warmspun Co
- Woodhead Components
- Tomado
- Wragby Plastics
- 600 Group
- Tornado
- Trevithick: Surviving Engines
- Sussex Coastline Buses
- Surrey Express
- Arrell Electrical Accessories
- Herbert Grange and Co
- United Motor Finance Corporation
- United Fabrics
- Lackenby Iron Co
- Cochrane and Co: Pillar Boxes
- Bacofoil Container Division
- Bacofoil
- British Aluminium Co
- British Alcan
- BICC Bryce Capacitors
- Bryce Electric Construction Co
- Hackbridge Cable Co
- BICC Power Cables
- Bryce Capacitors
- GEC Transformers
- Starkie
- Stuart Edgar
- James Hilton and Son
- Charles Hilton and Son
- Yarmouth (I. W.) Electricity Supply Co
- Thomas and Charles Henry Arrowsmith
- Smith and Houston
- Telegraph Manufacturing Co
- BICC
- Car-O-Liner (UK)
- Samefa (UK)
- 1972 Health and Safety Exemptions
- Colledge Hosiery
- Capper Injection Mouldings