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Some examples of papers on famous engineers and scientists. These papers can be purchased on the Internet from our on-line archive:
(Titles sorted alphabetically by the subject's surname):

Volume	Vol. Years	Title	Author
57	1985-86	William Adams (1823-1904)	Wilson, E H
13	1932-33	Richard Arkwright: Bicentenary Lecture	Nasmith, F
59	1987-88	The Arcana Family of Cesena as Gunfounders and Military Engineers	Awty, B G
14	1933-34	Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine	Buxton, L H D
58	1986-87	Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891): Engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works	Smith, D P
69	1997-98	Eugene Belgrand ( 1810-1878 ) : Civil Engineer, Geologist and Pioneer Hydrologist	Atkinson, G
16	1935-36	William Blakey - A Rival to Newcomen	Bootsgezel, J J
20	1939-40	Amédee Bollée: Pioneer of Mechanical Road Locomotion.	Nichols, J S
67	1995-96	Forgotten history: Sir Jagadis Bose and the origins of radio.	Dasgupta, S
70	1998-99	The contributions of Robert Boyle and Denis Papin to food preservation	Cowell, N D
22	1941-42	Joseph Bramah and his Inventions	Dickinson, H W
16	1935-36	Matthew Brindley	Anstey, H C
42	1969-70	I K Brunel and the Port of Bristol	Buchanan, R A
54	1982-83	The Overseas Projects of I K Brunel	Buchanan, R A
5	1924-25	Letters of Marc Isambard Brunel	Jenkins, R
70	1998-99	Richard Cail ( 1812-1893 ): Victorian contractor and man of many parts	Rennison,R W
11	1930-31	John Calley, the Partner of Thomas Newcomen	Bootsgezel, J J
3	1922-23	Notes on Sir George Cayley as a Pioneer of Aeronautics	Hodgson, J E
66	1994-95	The Marquis de Chabannes, pioneer of central heating and inventor	Meade, M & Saint, A
58	1986-87	André Chapelon: The French Context	vanRiemsdijk, J T
46	1973-74	William Chapman (1794-1832), Civil Engineer	Skempton, A W
30	1955-57	George Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Great Western Railway	Stanier, Sir William
63	1991-92	The Works of William Tierney Clark (1783-1852)	Smith, D P
50	1978-79	Josiah Clowes (1735-1794)	Lewis, C
25	1945-47	Alexandre Collin (1808-90), pioneer in soil mechanics	Skempton, A W
75:2	2003-04	Key to the Henry Cort Story? An Appraisal of the Weale Document Collection	Alexander, E
17	1936-37	Charles Auguste de Coulomb: A Bicentenary Appreciation of a Pioneer in the Science of Construction	Hamilton, S B
11	1930-31	John Curr, Originator of Iron Tramroads	Bland, F
31	1957-59	Abraham Darby (I and II) and the Coal-Iron Industry	Mott, R A
59	1987-88	George Deacon (1843-1909) and the Vrynwy Works	Davidson, I
5	1924-25	George Dixon: Discoverer of Gas Light from Coal	Macfarlan, J
47	1974-76	Ralph Dodd, The Very Ingenious Schemer	James, J G
27	1949-51	Bryan Donkin, FRS, MICE, 1768-1855	Donkin, S B
31	1957-59	Cornelius Drebbel; A Neglected Genius of Seventeenth Century Technology	Harris, L E
60	1988-89	Frederic Eliot Duckham, MICE, and the Millwall Docks (1868-1909)	Sargent, E
23	1942-43	John Edwards (1731-1807), Cornish Industrialist	Harris, T R
48	1976-77	John Ericsson (1803-89) in England	Bishop, P W
3	1922-23	A Holograph Letter of Faraday, 1821	Darmstaedter, L
70:2	1998-99	The civil-engineer's talent: Michael Faraday, science, engineering, and the English lighthouse service, 1836-1865	James, A J L
58	1986-87	John Torr Foulds (1742-1815): Millwright and Engineer	Moher, J G
76:1	2004-05	Humphrey Gainsborough (1718-1776): Cleric, Engineer and Inventor	Tyler, D
77:1	2005-06	Sir Douglas Strutt Galton (1822-99) and the Administration of Victorian Engineering	Smith, D P
32	1959-60	Davies Gilbert, Patron of Engineers (1767-1839) and Jonathan Hornblower (1753-1815)	Todd, A C
32	1959-60	Joshua Gilpin, an American Manufacturer in England and Wales, 1795-1801: Part I	Hancock, H B & Wilkinson, N B
56	1984-85	Thomas Longridge Gooch (1808-1882)	Robbins, M
18	1937-38	Simon Goodrich and His Work as an Engineer: Part 2, 1805-12	Forward, E A
32	1959-60	Simon Goodrich and his Work as an Engineer: Part 3, 1813-23	Crosley, A S
50	1978-79	John Gray and his Expansion Valve Gear	Smith, R T
2	1921-22	Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive	Young, R
19	1938-39	Samuel Hall and his Inventions	Smith, E C
28	1951-53	James Hargreaves and the Invention of the Spinning Jenny	Hunter, W A
72	2000-01	William Haywood and Municipal Engineering in the Victorian City of London	Clow, D G
76:1	2004-05	Hugh Henshall, 1734-1816	Lewis, C G
51	1979-80	Mr Hornblower and his Crew: Steam Engine Pirates in the Late 18th Century	Tann, J
54	1982-83	Some Newly Discovered Letters from Jonathan Hornblower (1753-1816)	Torrens, H S
43	1970-71	The Humphrey Pump and its Inventor	Smith, D
24	1943-45	Pedigree and Career of Benjamin Huntsman, Inventor in Europe of Crucible Steel	Hulme, E W
75:1	2003-04	Professor Robert Hutton, Technologist, 1876-1970	Vale, D
59	1987-88	John G James: An Appreciation	Newby, F
11	1930-31	John B Jervis, Civil Engineer	Finch, J K
47	1974-76	Alexander Kennedy: The Elegant Innovator	Bishop, R E D
52	1980-81	David Kirkaldy and Engineering Materials Testing	Smith, D P
45	1972-73	J G A Kitchen, 1869-1940, and His Inventions	Wilson, P N
30	1955-57	F W Lanchester, LLD, FRS: his life and work	Lanchester, G H
52	1980-81	John Frederic La Trobe-Bateman - Water Engineer	Russell, P
8	1927-28	Thomas Lewis and Samuel Owen; Two British Pioneers of Mechanical Engineering in Sweden	Sahlin, C
76:1	2004-05	Robert Mann Lowne, 1844-1929	Hayton, S J
30	1955-57	The Manbys and the Industrial Revolution in France, 1819-84	Chaloner, W H & Henderson, W O
44	1971-72	Henry Maudslay,1771-1831	Gilbert, K R
66	1994-95	The Maudslay touch: Henry Maudslay, product of the past and maker of the future	Evans, F
73:2	2001-02	Two Maudslay Proteges: Francis Lewis and George Nasmyth	Cantrell, J A
66	1994-95	Hugh McIntosh (1768-1840), national contractor	Chrimes, M M
22	1941-42	Robert Stuart Meikleham	Dickinson, H W & Gomme, A A
34	1961-62	Gaspard Monge (1746-1818) and his effect on Engineering Drawing & Technical Education	Booker, P J
17	1936-37	Joseph de Montgolfier et le Bélier Hydraulique	Cabanes, C
6	1925-26	Matthew Murray: A Centenary Appreciation	Tyas, G F
22	1941-42	The Normands of Havre, Shipbuilders and Engineers	Smith, E C
49	1977-78	Thomas Paine and his 'Pontifical Matters'	Kemp, E L
70	1998-99	The contributions of Robert Boyle and Denis Papin to food preservation	Cowell, N D
56	1984-85	Charles Parsons - The Man	Clarke, J F
5	1924-25	Notes on a Neglected Worthy, John Patison of Airdrie	Brownlie, D
27	1949-51	Captain John Perry, 1670-1732	Hamilton, S B
7	1926-27	Christopher Polhem: the Archimedes of the North	Rhodin, J G A
53	1981-82	Sir William Preece (1834-1913)	Tucker, D G
20	1939-40	Three Joseph Priestleys	Scott, E K
4	1923-24	The Rastricks: Civil Engineers	Dickinson H W & Lee, A
34	1961-62	John Rennie (1761-1821)	Boucher, C T G
25	1945-47	Richard Roberts: his life and inventions	Dickinson, H W
8	1927-28	James Sadler of Oxford: Aeronaut, Chemist, Engineer and Inventor	Hodgson, J E
56	1984-85	Thomas Savery, his Steam Engine Workshop of 1702	Buckland, J S P
74:1	2002-03	On Ship Motions and Waves in Navigable Channels with Particular Reference to the Experiments of John Scott Russell: 1834-1835	Schofield, R B & Martin, L A
64	1992-93	Sir Walter Scott (1826-1910), Civil Engineering Contractor	Turner, J R
7	1926-27	Marc Seguin and the Invention of the Tubular Boiler	Achard, F & Seguin, L
74:2	2002-03	Edward Short and the 1714 Newcomen Engine at Bilston, Staffs	Allen, J S and Elton, J M H
45	1972-73	The Siemens Brothers, Pioneers of the Electrical Age in Europe	Weiher, S von
50	1978-79	Smeaton's Works - A Chronological Survey	Turner, T
47	1974-76	The Professional Correspondence of John Smeaton	Smith, D P
38	1965-66	Sir Robert Smirke: A Pioneer of Concrete Construction	Crook, J M
26	1947-49	John Smith of Coven, Engineer, 1827-79	Tew, D H
23	1942-43	William Smith, Civil Engineer and Geologist (1769-1839)	Davies, A G
27	1949-51	Adrian Stephens, Inventor of the Steam Whistle	Lee, C E
52	1980-81	GEORGE STEPHENSON: A Commemorative Symposium for the 200th Anniversary of his Birth	several
58	1986-87	Robert Stephenson and the Horseley Company	Bailey, M R
50	1978-79	Robert Stephenson & Company, 1823 - 1829	Bailey, M R
6	1925-26	The Stevens Family - Engineers and Inventors	Turnbull, A D
52	1980-81	Thomas Stevenson (1818 - 1887)	Townson, J M
50	1978-79	Robert Stirling - Preacher and Inventor	Loveridge, D W
74:2	2003-04	Francis Goold Morony Stoney, MICE (1837-1897) Victorian Engineer	Crozier, A C
73:2	2001-02	Stephen Switzer, Hydrostaticks and Technology in the Country House Landscape	Roberts, J & Hargreaves, M
51	1979-80	Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) - His Life	Booth, L G
69	1997-98	Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829 ) : some further aspects of his life and work	Booth, L G
13	1932-33	Richard Trevithick: a Eulogy	Pendred, L St L
50	1978-79	The Work of Martin Triewald in England	Lindqvist, S
7	1926-27	Marten Triewald and the First Steam Engine in Sweden	Waerland, A
72	2000-01	Trubshaw, Hartley and Harrison - Early Nineteenth Century Engineers and Architects	Woodward, G
27	1949-51	Sir Cornelius Vermuyden, an Evaluation and an Appreciation	Harris, L E
69	1997-98	James Walker(1781-1862): Civil Engineer	Smith, D
68	1996-97	The origins of James Watt`s Perfect Engine	Hills, R L
70	1998-99	James Watt and his Rotary Engines	Hills, R L
17	1936-37	Josiah Wedgwood as a Pioneer of Steam Power in the Pottery Industry	Thomas, J
16	1935-36	William Weston and His Contribution to Early American Engineering	Kirby, Richard S
7	1926-27	A Note on Whistler, the American Engineer	Marshall, C F D
27	1949-51	James White and his 'New Century of Inventions'	Dickinson, H W
27	1949-51	Isaac Wilkinson (c 1705-84) of Bersham, Ironmaster and Inventor	Davies, A S
39	1966-67	W B Wilkinson (1819-1902) and his Place in the History of Reinforced Concrete	Brown, J M
28	1951-53	Peter William Willans, (1851-92)	Willans, K W
39	1966-67	Charles Wye Williams (1780-1866): A Pioneer in Steam Navigation and Fuel Efficiency	Petree, J F
13	1932-33	A Cornish Engineer, Arthur Woolf, 1766-1837	Jenkins, R
26	1947-49	The Marquis of Worcester and Caspar Calthoff	Doorman, G
13	1932-33	The Marquis of Worcester and Vauxhall	Thorpe, W H
9	1928-29	John Wyatt and the Weighing of Heavy Loads	Benton, W A

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