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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Tunnelling began with the Thames tunnel, designed by Marc Brunel, whose young son Isambard was resident engineer. … Below, plate 5. Hist. Lond. Transport, i. 133; D.N.B. svv. Brunel, Marc I.; and Isambard K.; below. Hist. Lond. …
Unpublished London Diaries
… Kent, 762 Brompton Hospital, 418 Brook Hospital, 788 Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard, 283 Buckinghamshire, 152, 341, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… coal available to the Swindon area, a factor which Brunel did not ignore when choosing Swindon as the site for a … only be dealt with briefly here. 112 The reasons for Brunel's choice of Swindon as the site for a main engine … iv. 20719. Brit. Trans. Hist. R.O. HL 1/28, Gooch to I.K. Brunel, 18 Sept. 1840. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 208. Ibid. 209. See …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… south-west side of Regent Street, called Cromwell Street, Brunel Street, and Havelock Street (the northeastern part …
A Dictionary of London
… on the south bank. Constructed by Sir Mark Isambard Brunel. Commenced 1825, closed by inundation for seven years. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… discussed, the council having sent a deputation to Mr. Brunel. 69 Evidently the train service was a disappointment; …
A History of the County of Leicester
… of by hand. 64 This invention was closely followed by Brunel's 'tricoteur', 'the forerunner of the type on which the bulk of hosiery is now made'. 65 Brunel's machine was never put into general use, for it …
Survey of London
… Secretary of the R.I.B.A., and collaborated with Isambard Brunel in building Paddington Station. No. 55. 182531, Peter …
Old and New London
… been treated by the Committee with great fairness. Mr. Brunel, the author of the great dome, I believe, was at first … to his own plan that he would hardly look at mine. But Mr. Brunel was a gentleman and a man of fairness, and listened … I could cover the trees without any difficulty; when Mr. Brunel asked, 'Do you know their height?' I acknowledged that …
Old and New London
… by Heathcote Russell, C. E., to the late Sir Isambard Brunel, who left it to his son, Mr. I. K. Brunel. The ladders were of the rude construction of Wren's …