Author : Alfred Pugsley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 20,22 MB
Release : 1980-05-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521232392
Originally published in 1976, this book by a group of engineers, each distinguished for work in their field, describes the achievements of I. K. Brunel, the giant among nineteenth-century engineers, whose works include the Clifton Suspension Bridge, and three famous ships, Great Western, Great Britain and Great Eastern.
Author : (sir) a. i Pugsley
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,53 MB
Release : 1976
Category :
ISBN :
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 14,42 MB
Release : 1990-01
Category : Civil engineers
ISBN : 9780140117523
Engineering genius, technical innovator and one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, Isambard Kingdom Brunel changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions. L. T. C. Rolt's masterly biography is the definitive work on Brunel, tracing the life, times and monumental achivements of the man who helped to build modern Britain.
Author : Isambard Brunel
Publisher :
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : John Christopher
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445624249
The first history of Brunel’s lost works, by acknowledged Brunel expert.
Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : New York : St. Martin's Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,20 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Civil engineers
ISBN :
By use of private papers hitherto unavailable to biographers, the author reveals the 19th-century England engineer who imparted more momentum to the greatest social revolution in all history than any other single man.
Author : Steven Brindle
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 11,53 MB
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1780226489
A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's foremost authorities. In his lifetime, Isambard Kingdom Brunel towered over his profession. Today, he remains the most famous engineer in history, the epitome of the volcanic creative forces which brought about the Industrial Revolution - and brought modern society into being. Brunel's extraordinary talents were drawn out by some remarkable opportunities - above all his appointment as engineer to the new Great Western Railway at the age of 26 - but it was his nature to take nothing for granted, and to look at every project, whether it was the longest railway yet planned, or the largest ship ever imagined, from first principles. A hard taskmaster to those who served him, he ultimately sacrificed his own life to his work in his tragically early death at the age of 53. His legacy, though, is all around us, in the railways and bridges that he personally designed, and in his wider influence. This fascinating new book draws on Brunel's own diaries, letters and sketchbooks to understand his life, times, and work.
Author : John Christopher
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 10,3 MB
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1445607948
Responsible for some of the most magnificent industrial architecture in the UK, this is the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Through Time
Author : Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Civil engineering
ISBN :
Author : Isambard Brunel
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 17,47 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230295497
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... 289 CHAPTER XI. STEAM NAVIGATION -- THE 'GREAT EASTERN' STEAM-SHIP, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE UNDERTAKING TO THE LAUNCH. A.d. 1851--1857. Jbtatis 46--52. Introductory Orservations The Australian Steam Navigation ComPany-- Statement Of Mr. Rrunex's Project Of A Line Of Large Ships (june 10, 1852) Adoftion Of His Plans Ry The Eastern Steam NavigaTion Company--Extract From A Letter Descriring The Scheme (july 1, 18-52) Letter To J. Scott Russell, Esq., On The Form And Dimensions Of The Great Ship (july 13, 1852) Report On Mode Of Proceeding (july 21, 1852) Report On Enquiries Relating To The Draught And Form Of The Vessel (octorer 6, 1852) Report On The Proceedings Of The COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONSIDER MR. Brunel's PLANS (MARCH 21, 1853) TENDERS INVITED FOR THE SHIP AND ENGINES--REPORT ON TENDERS (MAY 18, 1853)--PREPARATION OF THE CONTRACTS AND SPECIFICATIONS--EXTRACTS FROM Mr. BRUNEL'S MEMORANDA (A. D. 1852, 1853, 1854) LETTER ON HIS POSITION AND DUTIES AS ENGINEER OF THE COMPANY (AUGUST 16, 1854)-- LETTER ON AN ARTICLE IN A NEWSPAPER (NOVEMBER 16, 1854)--REPORT ON THE UNDERTAKING (FEBRUARY 5, 1855)--ARRANGEMENTS PROPOSED FOR OBTAINING ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS--LETTER TO G. B. AIRY, ESQ., ASTRONOMER ROYAL (OCTOBER 5, 1852) APPOINTMENT OF MR. WILLIAM HARRISON TO THE COMMAND OF THE SHIP--MEMORANDUM ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE GREAT SHIP (OCTOBER, 1855)--LETTER ON THE DUTIES OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER (MARCH 19, 1857)--SUSPENSION AND RESUMPTION OF THE WORKS. Me. Brunel's earlier labours in connection with the progress of Ocean Steam Navigation have been described in the chapters on the 'Great Western' and ' Great Britain' steam-ships.1 The 'Great Eastern' is but the result of the application, under different circumstances, of the same principles...
