Variant company name:

Since 1815 ; Inc. 1879  Search this

Company Name:

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.  Search this

Related companies:

Ruston, Proctor, & Co. (Lincoln, United Kingdom, 1863) ; Ruston Lister Marine Co. Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) ; Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd. (Lincoln, United Kingdom) ; Richard Hornsby & Sons, Ltd. (Grantham and Stockport, United Kingdom) ; J. E. H. Andrews & Co., Ltd. ; Burton & Proctor  Search this

Notes content:

"Akroyd-Stuart" oil engine ; "Hornsby Tractor", which was fitted with a chain track, and became known in the Army as the "caterpillar", paving the way for development of tanks ; agricultural engines ; threshing machines ; stationary steam engines and boilers ; exhaust heat boiler, by which waste heat from gas engine is converted to steam for heating ; oil road rollers ; oil locomotives ; centrifugal pumps ; automobiles ; "Ruston-Hornsby Car" ; flour mills ; flour dressing machines ; mortar mills ; bone mills ; clay rolls ; timber mills ; circular sawing benches ; iron and brass founders ; oil driven excavators ; marine engines ; quarry shovels ; drilling equipment ; history of Lincoln, England, in Ruston-Bucyrus catalog

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists and histories

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

41 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Brass; bronze and specialty metals  Search this

Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones  Search this

Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this

Furnaces and boilers  Search this

Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Mills and milling supplies  Search this

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Road building machinery and equipment  Search this

Well drilling equipment: water; oil; etc.  Search this

Woodworking machinery and wood crafts  Search this

Topic:

Agricultural implements  Search this

Agricultural machinery  Search this

Air conditioning  Search this

Air-compressors  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Brass  Search this

Bronze  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Construction equipment  Search this

Dairying  Search this

Earthmoving machinery  Search this

Engines  Search this

Farm equipment  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Gas well drilling  Search this

Glass  Search this

Heating  Search this

Heating and ventilation industry  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Marine machinery  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_15645

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_15645