Engines
DICKINSON, H.W. & JENKINS, R.
James Watt and the Steam Engine
The Memorial Volume Prepared for the Centenary of the Watt Centenary Commemoration at Birmingham 1919
DICKINSON, H.W.; RUSSELL, Percy; ALLEN, J.S. & HILLS, J.G.B.
Thomas Newcomen - Engineer 1663/4 - 1729
FAREY, John
A Treatise on the Steam Engine - Historical, Practical and Descriptive
Volumes One & Two
Classic 1827 detailed work on the development of the steam engine in two parts, the second of which was only published as a modern printing.
FRENCH, James Weir (ed.)
Modern Power Generators - Steam, Electric and Internal Combustion and their applications to present-day requirements [1908]
Two fine volumes detailing engines at the time of publication in 1908. Descriptions supported by drawings and diagrams throughout, together with coloured sectional card models.
GIBBONS, Kenneth D'Maurney
A Path to the Door: The Complete Petter History - A Chronicle of Petter Businesses, People, Inventions, Aircraft and Engines 1895 - 1995
HAWKS, Ellison
How it Works and How it's Done
Late 1930s review of the application of machinery from transport to industry and wireless. Photographs and diagrams throughout.