The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer
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The book is titled The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer. The preface says that the history of the Broad Gauge and of the trial of the Atmospheric System on the South Devon Railway is given in Chapters V. and VI. The preface says that Chapter III brings the narrative down to the close of 1835, the year in which the Act was obtained for the Great Western Railway.
The text says that on February 17 Sir Isambard explained his plans at the Institution of Civil Engineers, and that in the course of an hour one-third of the subscriptions was filled up, namely, 1250 shares. A note dated February 2, 1853 says that several drafts of ships have been made and much consideration given to the subject, and describes the ship as all iron, double bottom, and sides up to water line, with ribs longitudinal like the Britannia tube.
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- Isambard Brunel
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- 402
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- Engineering
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