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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in the UK. Additions are being made daily by a team of volunteers who give freely of their time and expertise.
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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
- Continental Tyre and Rubber Co
- Milletts Stores (1928)
- R. and A. Millett Shops
- J. M. Millet and Sons
- Milletts of St. Albans
- G. Green and Son
- The Engineer 1907/09/20
- The Engineer 1907/09/27
- Glenmuir Viaduct
- J. A. Robertson and Sons (Dumfries)
- A. McNaught and Co
- James Gordon (of Castle Douglas)
- Castle Douglas Gas Co
- Glenlee Power Station
- Black and Edgington
- Blacks Camping and Leisure
- Greenfield Milletts
- Charles Stanley Peach
- Arthur Tisso Starr
- A. T. Starr
- Black's of Greenock
- Standard Telecommunication Laboratories
- Harry Grayson
- Joseph Bryant and Co
- Frasers Group
- SP Tyres UK
- Strand Palace Hotel
- Tayside Floorcloth Co
- Vango (Scotland)
- Continental Gummi-Werke AG
- Samuel Collett Homersham, Senior
- 1880 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Members
- 1875 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Members
- 1872 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Members
- 1868 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Members
- 1867 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Members
- 1866 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Members
- 1841 Institution of Civil Engineers: New Members
- Samuel Collett Homersham
- Caterham Spring Water Co