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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.
- The Engineer - (1856-1940)
- Engineering - (1866-1930)
- Autocar - (1895-1915)
- Automobile Engineer - (1910-1930)
- Automotor Journal - (1896-1917)
- Car Illustrated - (1902-1903)
- Light Car and Cyclecar - (1912-1939)
- Motor - (1902-1914)
Latest additions
- Richard Read
- 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class IX.: Richard Read
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Richard Read
- Cleveland Flour Mills
- Carlisle Bread and Flour Co
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VII.: B. Smith
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VII.: Robert Rettie
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VII.: Isaac Green
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VII.
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: Richard Clayton
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: E. Light
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VI.: George Park MacIndoe
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: James Veitch
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: John Hutton
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: T. Grimsley
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: J. Laycock
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Edward Jones (Camden Town)
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: W. Ball
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Matthew Gibson
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: William Robinson
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: J. Paxton
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Hugh Cowan
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Harry Dafaur and Co
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: P. Jones
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Edward Weir
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: W. Service
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: John Maynard and Son
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: James Sholl
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: W. and J. Hunter
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: John Hodges and Sons
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Giles Hayward
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: James Parsons
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: H. Carson
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Sewell and Co
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Charles Halstead and Sons
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: George Thompson
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: George Ponton
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: T. Briggs
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: William James Epps
- 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: R. Istance