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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
- Trevithick: Surviving Engines
- South Scotland Electricity Scheme
- Galloway Water Power Co
- Galloway Hydro-Electric Scheme
- Continental Gummi-Werke AG
- Continental Tyre and Rubber Co
- Semperit (UK)
- A. H. Smith and Co
- William Crosthwaite and Son
- William Crostwaite and Son
- Carron Co
- Cammell, Laird and Co
- Collinson and Lock
- Furness, Withy and Co
- T. W. Greenwell and Co
- William Crostwaite and Co
- British Paints
- Bethlehem Steel Co
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation
- Beal and Son
- Harland and Wolff
- Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co
- Gillow
- Burmeister and Wain
- Cunard Line
- William Doxford and Sons
- Houlder Brothers and Co
- Liffey Dockyard
- John Lynn and Co
- Sunderland Forge and Engineering Co
- John Brown and Co
- Henry Robb
- Mappin and Webb
- Red Hand Compositions
- S. G. Brown
- Shaw Savill Line
- Alexander Stephen and Sons
- James Howden and Co
- Isocrete Co