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Businesses (22)
- Adams, Holden & Pearson, architects London
- AEC Ltd, commercial vehicle manufacturers Southall, Middlesex
- WH Allen, Sons & Co Ltd, diesel engine manufacturers, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical engineers Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd
- Boulton, Watt & Co (afterwards James Watt & Co), engineers and ironfounders Smethwick, Staffordshire
- Clay Cross Co Ltd, coal masters and colliery proprietors Clay Cross, Derbyshire
- General Hydraulic Power Co Ltd London
- Robert Hudson Ltd, railway locomotive and wagon builders Leeds, Yorkshire
- Hydraulic Engineering Co Ltd Chester, Cheshire
- Joseph Lees, textile manufacturer Oldham, Lancashire
- Livesey & Henderson, railway engineering contractors London
- James Livesey & Co, railway engineering contractors London
- James Livesey & Son, railway engineering contractors London
- Livesey, Son & Henderson, consulting engineers London
- London & Birmingham Railway Co Birmingham, Warwickshire
- D Napier & Son Ltd, motor car and aircraft engine manufacturers London
- Nasmyth, Wilson & Co Ltd, ironfounders, locomotive, hydraulic and general engineers Eccles, Lancashire
- John S Rutter, solicitor Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- Basil Alfred Slade, architect London
- Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Navigation Co Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- Samuel Walker & Co, ironfounders and steel refiners Rotherham, Yorkshire
- Sir Joseph Whitworth & Co Ltd, machine tool and armaments manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
Organisations (17)
- Association of Railway Locomotive Engineers
- British Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers' Association
- Council of Engineering Institutions London
- Egremont Mechanics Institute Egremont, Cumberland
- Fellowship of Engineering
- Institution of Automobile Engineers
- Institution of Locomotive Engineers
- Institution of Mechancial Engineers: Glasgow and West of Scotland branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers London
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Greater London region London
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Midland branch
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers: South East Region
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Western branch
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Yorkshire Branch Yorkshire and the Humber
- National Automobile Safety Belt Association
- Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Reactionaries Club
Persons (69)
- Bache, Alfred (1835-1907) Secretary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Bessemer, Sir Henry (1813-1898), Knight engineer and inventor
- Bolotoff, Serge Vincent Constantinovitch de (1888-1977) Prince, aviation pioneer Bulgaria
- Browne, Walter Raleigh (1842-1884), engineer
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859), civil engineer
- Burnett, Stanley Frederick (fl 1931-1974), design engineer
- Carling, Dennis Rock (1906-1992), railway engineer
- Coales, John Flavell (1907-1999) engineer
- Conway, Hugh Graham (b 1914), aeronautical engineer
- Cooper, Denis R (1913-2002), engineer and expert on minting
- Craven, Alfred (b 1884), mechanical engineer
- Crooks, Edward Joseph (1877-1951) mechanical engineer
- Dennis, J.R. (fl 1939-1950), mechanical engineer
- Dickinson, Henry Winram (1870-1952), mechanical engineer, President of the Newcomen Society
- Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce (1891-1953), engineer
- Eden, Richard John (b 1922) Professor of Energy Studies Cambridge University
- Elfer, George Stephen (1916-1997) mechanical engineer
- Elliott, John Edward (d2002) process plant engineers
- Ford, Sir Hugh (1913-2010), Knight and mechanical engineer Northampton, Northamptonshire;Swindon, Wiltshire;London;Cheshire
- Guy, Sir Henry Lewis (1887-1956) knight, mechanical engineer
- Hall, Sir Arnold Alexander (1915-2000), Knight, aeronautical engineer
- Hally, George Allan Fenn (b 1916), mechanical engineer
- Hart, Arthur James (1883-1963) dockyard engineer
- Hawthorne, Sir William Rede (1913-2011) Knight, Professor of Applied Thermodynamics
- Haymes, Carlos Duncan (fl 1890-1912), inventor and antarctic engineer
- Henderson, Alexander (1850-1934) 1st Baron Faringdon, MP Financier
- Henderson, Andrew Brodie (1913-1992) mechanical engineer
- Henderson, Sir Brodie Haldane (1869-1936) civil engineer
- Heywood, Harold (1905-1971), mechanical engineer
- Hill, John McGregor (b 1921), Knight Nuclear Scientist
- Hinton, Christopher (1901-1983) Baron Hinton of Bankside, nuclear engineer
- Hutchinson, Alexander Caldwell (1905-1995) mechanical engineer
- Inskip, Robert Andrew (1917-1999) 2nd Viscount Caldecote
- Jenkins, Rhys (1859-1953), mechanical engineer
- Joy, David (1825-1903) Consulting Engineer Naval Architect
- Kennedy, Sir John Macfarlane (1879-1954) knight, engineer
- Lanchester, Frederick William (1868-1946), aeronautical and automobile engineer
- Leason, Dennis Brigham (1925-2014), academic
- Lemon, Sir Ernest John Hutchings (1884-1954) Knight, Chief Mechanical Engineer of London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- Leonard, Michael William (b 1916) Mechanical Engineer
- Littleton, Edward John (1791-1863) 1st Baron Hatherton, politician
- Mais, Alan Raymond (b 1911) Baron Mais, civil engineer
- Marshall, William Prime (1814-1906) Secretary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Mensforth, Sir Eric (b 1906) Knight Aeronautical Engineer
- Mensforth, Sir Holberry (1871-1951) knight, engineer
- Merz, Charles Hesterman (1874-1940) Consulting Engineer
- Nasmyth, James (1808-1890) Engineer
- Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon (1854-1931), Knight, engineer and scientist
- Pavelka, Jiri Felix (1921-1967) engineer
- Pearce, Sir Standen Leonard (1873-1947), Knight electrical engineer
- Penney, William George (1909-1991) Baron Penney, nuclear scientist East Hendred, Berkshire
- Penny, David (fl 1957-1983), past President of the Insitution of Mechanical Engineers
- Potts, Arthur (1814-1888) Engineer
- Pringle, Sir Charles Norman Seton (b 1919) Knight Air Marshal
- Ramsbottom, John (1814-1897), engineer Todmorden, Yorkshire
- Raven, Sir Vincent Litchfield (1859-1934), chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway
- Reader, Robert William (fl 1938-1945), prisoner of war
- Rooke, Sir Denis Eric (b 1924) Knight Gas Engineer
- Rotherham, Leonard (1913-2001), metallurgist
- Royce, Sir Frederick Henry (1863-1933) Knight Engineer
- Russell, John Murdie (b 1908) engineer
- Smith, Sir Frank Ewart (1897-1995) Knight, engineer
- Smith, Henry Warren Grant (b1927) mechanical engineer
- Stephenson, George (1781-1848) Railway Engineer Wylam, Northumberland
- Stephenson, Robert (1803-1859), civil engineer
- Titley, Arthur (1864-1948), mechanical engineer, President of the Newcomen Society
- Tombs, Sir Francis Leonard (b 1924) Knight Electrical Engineer
- Wyatt, Gavin Edward (b 1914) Electrical Engineer
- Unnamed (fl 1890-1899), engineer
Diaries (2)
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (6)
- NRA 29372 Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41354 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: MS collections link to online catalogue
- NRA 9515 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: scientific MSS
- NRA 43545 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: engineering drawings and blueprints link to online catalogue
- NRA 41351 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: secretarys' papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 34916 Walker family, ironfounders and lead mfrs, Rotherham and Newcastle upon Tyne: business records
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