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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
- William Dale Shaw
- W. Dale Shaw
- Woolcombers
- John H. Beaver
- John Pighills Heaton
- John Henry Beaver
- Heaton and Beaver
- William Morris (1806-1882)
- Thomas Henry Morris
- William Morris (2)
- William Morris and Sons
- Oscar Louis Anders
- 1874 London: Engineers - Civil
- Daniel Illingworth
- Henry Illingworth (1828-1895)
- Alfred Illingworth
- Daniel Illingworth and Sons
- Synseal Extrusions
- Albert Holden Illingworth
- Henry Illingworth
- Lewis Wild
- Henry Holden Illingworth
- Tarafirma Co
- Smith Haywood and Co (Ireland)
- Illingworth Morris and Co
- Smith-Adams Separator Co
- Preston Street Combing Co
- Popplewell and Ingham
- Pepper, Lee and Co
- John Mitton and Sons
- Learoyd Brothers and Co
- Josiah France
- J. and J. Crombie
- W. and G. Chambers
- Ernest Augustus Sykes
- James Sykes
- James Sykes and Son
- John Robertshaw
- John Robertshaw and Co
- James Tankard