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Businesses (23)
- Adams, Holden & Pearson, architects London
- AEC Ltd, commercial vehicle manufacturers Southall, Middlesex
- Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd
- Basil Alfred Slade, architect London
- Boulton, Watt & Co (afterwards James Watt & Co), engineers and ironfounders Smethwick, Staffordshire
- Clay Cross Co Ltd, coal masters and colliery proprietors Clay Cross, Derbyshire
- D Napier & Son Ltd, motor car and aircraft engine manufacturers London
- General Hydraulic Power Co Ltd London
- Hopkinsons Ltd, valve manufacturer, Huddersfield Huddersfield, Yorkshire
- Hydraulic Engineering Co Ltd Chester, Cheshire
- James Livesey & Co, railway engineering contractors London
- James Livesey & Son, railway engineering contractors London
- John S Rutter, solicitor Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- Joseph Lees, textile manufacturer Oldham, Lancashire
- Livesey & Henderson, railway engineering contractors London
- Livesey, Son & Henderson, consulting engineers London
- London & Birmingham Railway Co Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Nasmyth, Wilson & Co Ltd, ironfounders, locomotive, hydraulic and general engineers Eccles, Lancashire
- Robert Hudson Ltd, railway locomotive and wagon builders Leeds, Yorkshire
- Samuel Walker & Co, ironfounders and steel refiners Rotherham, Yorkshire
- Sir Joseph Whitworth & Co Ltd, machine tool and armaments manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Navigation Co Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- WH Allen, Sons & Co Ltd, diesel engine manufacturers, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical engineers Bedford, Bedfordshire
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 (71)
- 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
- David Penny, (fl 1957-1983), past President of the Insitution of Mechanical Engineers
- Dennis Brigham Leason, (1925-2014), academic
- 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, (d 2002), process plant engineer
- 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, (1921-2008), 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
- J.R. Dennis, (fl 1939-1950), mechanical engineer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Robert William Reader, (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
- Sanderson , Tom, (1888-1914), engineer
- Smith, Sir Frank Ewart, (1897-1995), Knight, engineer
- Smith, Henry Warren Grant, (b 1927), 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
- Unnamed, (fl 1890-1899), engineer
- Watson, John William , (1887-1962), Director for Robert Hudson Ltd
- Wyatt, Gavin Edward, (b 1914), Electrical 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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