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Survey of London
… observatory under the superintendence of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and arranged to have the lens mounted in an instrument …
Old and New London
… reckless, and far-seeing mind took up the project, and Mr. Brunel (backed by the Duke of Wellington and the eminent Dr. … of the proposed tunnel. As to the level to be taken, Mr. Brunel consulted the geologists, who for once were not happy … place, and at the deep level of the Tower Subway, Mr. Brunel would have saved twenty years of labour, many lives, …
Old and New London
… would never commercially pay, but was also impracticable. Brunel's scheme of the Thames Tunnel cost half a million of … predecessor, took good care to remember that the crown of Brunel's arches, in some places, came within four feet of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was opened to two-way traffic in 1853. Designed by I. K. Brunel, it is a tubular suspension bridge with a span of 300 …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541
… Prebendaries UNIDENTIFIED PREBENDARIES M. William Brunel 1289, 1303. Occ. 20 Nov. 1289 ( CPL. 1 506). Occ. 8 …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… With these last ships a certain Englishman, one John Brunel, has arrived from Zante very inopportunely to collect …
Old and New London
… have been Mr. James Walker, Sir John Rennie, Sir M. I. Brunel, Sir William Cubitt, and Mr. Thomas Hawksley. At No. … on the 12th of December, 1849, died Sir Marc Isambart Brunel, the architect of the Thames Tunnel, and inventor of …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… On Saturday they moved it altogether about 9 feet, and Mr Brunel seeing plainly that if it was not moved yesterday it … its moving. After using all their strength for nought, Mr Brunel has several large battering rams rigged up and … I think I should do anything rather than bless Brunel. Between the Great Eastern and Western this genius? …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… some interruptions, continued ever since. Isambard Kingdom Brunel had died on 15 September. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… [ Ibid., p. 85a.] Oct. 10. Whitehall. Passes for Ambrose Brunel, to go to Harwich and embark for Holland [ S.P. Dom. …