Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (614 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511793974
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. Technology
Inhalt:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859) was one of the outstanding civil engineers of the nineteenth century. He began his professional life while still in his teens, as his father's chief assistant engineer on the Thames Tunnel, and remains famous for projects including the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the SS Great Eastern. This study by his elder son, who was assisted in technical details by his engineer brother and by colleagues of their father, was published in 1870. The opening and closing chapters discuss Brunel's childhood and his private life, but the main body of the book presents Brunel's work thematically, with sections on bridges, railways, steamships, and dock and pier works. In all these areas Brunel was an innovator, pioneering the use of new materials and revolutionising early Victorian transport networks. The book also includes reports to the directors of the Great Western Railway and Great Western Steamship Company
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108026307
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108026307
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511793974
Mehr zum Autor:
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 1806-1859
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