This list is in chronological order. N.B. CUL means Cambridge University Library.
| Date | What |
| 18 Mar | CUL Samuel Smiles “Industrial Biography”. Read for a general overview and to collect references to other works. I also purchased a copy of this book from ABE Books. |
| 26 Apr | CUL Samuel Smiles, “Invention and Industry” Biography of Murdock and Robert Stuart, “Historical and descriptive anecdotes of steam engines and their inventors and improvers”. |
| 8 Aug | CUL Thomas Telford’s autobiography (edited by John Rickman). Samuel Smiles “Josiah Wedgwood, his personal history”. |
| 16 Aug | CUL “Atlas to the life of Thomas Telford”. |
| 5 Sep | CUL H.W.Dickinson “James Watt craftsman and engineer” & “Richard Trevithick the engineer and man”. Francis Trevithick “Richard Trevithick with an account of his inventions”. |
| 19 Sep | CUL Thomas Telford’s autobiography (edited by John Rickman). |
| 18 Oct | CUL Francis Trevithick “Richard Trevithick with an account of his inventions”. |
| 31 Oct | CUL Robert Thurston “A history of the growth of the steam engine”, research into precursors of the Watt steam engine. |
| 14 Nov | CUL Anthony Burton “Thomas Telford” and “Richard Trevithick giant of steam”. |
| 27 Nov | CUL Anthony Burton “Great Britain’s industrial heritage map” & “The Rainhill story” & “The past at work”. National Trust “Our industrial past”. |
| 4 Dec | CUL Francis Trevithick “Richard Trevithick with an account of his inventions”. |
Enquiring Minds and Ingenious Mechanics 