Author: Isambard BrunelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Author: L. T. C. RoltPublisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
ISBN: 9780140117523
Category : Civil engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
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: Colin MaggsIsambard Kingdom Brunel
Author: L. T. C. RoltPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
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.
Brunel
Author: Steven BrindlePublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1780226489
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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: R. Angus BuchananThe Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Author: Alfred PugsleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521232392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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.
The Intemperate Engineer
Author: Adrian VaughanPublisher: Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN: 9780711032804
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Isambard Kingdom Brunel is a huge name in British engineering history and his design revolutionised public transport and modern engineering. Although his projects were not always successful, they often contained innovative solution to long-standing engineering problems. During his short career, Brunel not only created the Great Western Railway and constructed numerous important bridges and tunnels, but he achieved many engineering 'firsts', including assisting in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river and development of SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the time also the largest ship ever built ..."--P[2] of cover.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Author: Hourly HistoryPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781521426371
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel. One of the most famous engineers the United Kingdom has ever produced. A man who put his stamp on his own country in the most visible way possible; through the construction of bridges and tunnels that stand to this day and by transforming both the landscape and the nature of society.In 2002, Brunel was voted the second Greatest Briton of all time in a BBC survey, second only to Winston Churchill and putting names such as Darwin, Shakespeare, and Newton behind him. In 2006, numerous events were held across the United Kingdom in celebration of Brunel's 200th birthday. There are few engineers with such a long-lasting and widespread legacy. Inside you will read about... ✓ The Foundations ✓ Brunel and Son ✓ The Great Western Railway ✓ Brunel the Shipbuilder ✓ Bridge over the River Tamar And much more!This book will tell the story of the man known affectionately as "the Little Giant," through telling the story of the incredible achievements that made him a household name in his own lifetime and to the present day.
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