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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
- Early Planing Machines
- Owens-Corning Building Products (UK)
- Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation
- Owens-Illinois
- Corning Glass Works
- Dow Corning Corporation
- Engineering 1967 Jul-Dec: Index
- James A. Jobling and Co
- Pyrex
- Stewarts and Lloyds Plastics
- Lea Bridge Cabinet Works
- Pultra
- Chain Saw Products
- Woods of Colchester
- ADM Business Systems
- Kappa Electronics
- Maurice Walter Woods
- Maurice W. Woods
- Xpelair
- OSRAM-GEC
- Buckley and Seville
- Betty Buckley
- Betty Buckley and Son
- Booth Hill Mill, Oldham
- Dow Chemical Co
- 1903 Car Illustrated v6: Index
- Kean and Scott
- Siemens AG
- Ferranti: Instrumentation
- Hawes Soap Factory
- Sylvania Electric Products
- General Telephone Corporation
- Car Illustrated
- Livet and Co
- Lindoo Valley Tea Co
- James Lovelock
- British Tap and Die Co
- Gas Purification and Chemical Co
- Smart and Brown (Engineers)
- Smart and Brown (Machine Tools)