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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (/ ˈ ɪ z ə m b ɑːr d ˈ k ɪ ŋ d ə m b r uː ˈ n ɛ l / IZZ-əm-bard KING-dəm broo-NELL; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859 [1]) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer [2] who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", [3] "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", [4] and "one of the greatest ...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern is a photograph taken by Robert Howlett in November 1857. It shows Brunel , the British engineer, during the troubled first attempt to launch the SS Great Eastern , by far the largest ship constructed to that date.
GWR franchise rebutted the theory that the rising sun passed through the tunnel on Isambard Brunel's 9 April birthday, finding in 2017 that the sunrise did not shine fully through the tunnel. Librarian C.P. Atkins calculated in 1985 that full illumination through Box Tunnel would occur on 7 April in non-Leap years and on 6 April in Leap years ...
Bust of Marc Isambard Brunel, Science Museum, London. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (/ b r uː ˈ n ɛ l /, French: [maʁk izɑ̃baʁ bʁynɛl]; 25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-British engineer [1] who is most famous for the work he did in Britain. [2] He constructed the Thames Tunnel and was the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Designed by British civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Great Western proved satisfactory in service and was the model for all successful wooden Atlantic paddle-steamers. [5] She was capable of making record Blue Riband voyages as late as 1843. [5] Great Western worked to New York for eight years until her owners went out of business. [6]
A bronze statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, also known as Brunel Monument or the Isambard Brunel Monument, [1] by Carlo Marochetti, stands on the Victoria Embankment in London, England, at the west end of Temple Place. [2] The statue rests on a Portland stone pedestal, with flanking screens and benches, by the architect Richard Norman Shaw. [3]
Plan of a ward building, Renkioi Hospital. In February 1855, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was invited by the Permanent Under Secretary at the War Office, Sir Benjamin Hawes (husband of his sister Sophia), to design a pre-fabricated hospital for use in the Crimea, that could be built in Britain and shipped out for speedy erection at a still-to-be-chosen site.
Isambard Brunel may refer to individuals from three generations of the engineering dynasty: Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849), French-born engineer who settled in England Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), English mechanical and civil engineer