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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 ...
A depiction of the Great Eastern at sea. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a British engineer who constructed a number of innovative civil and railway engineering projects and, in 1845, the SS Great Britain, at that time the largest ship ever built. [1]
A piece of art featuring Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design plans for a Crimean War pop-up hospital has gone on display in Bristol. Brunel designed Renkioi Hospital in six days after pleas from ...
It was a 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The line had to traverse difficult hilly terrain, and the company adopted the atmospheric system in which trains were drawn by a piston in a tube laid between the rails, a vacuum being created by stationary engines. The revolutionary system proved to have ...
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]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel - (1835–1859) Also engineered many of the broad-gauge lines with which the GWR amalgamated, and the standard-gauge Taff Vale Railway. He was responsible for choosing the route of the railway and designing many of today's iconic structures including Box Tunnel , Royal Albert Bridge , Maidenhead Railway Bridge ...
Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet, FRS (18 February 1816 – 20 December 1904) was a British ironmaster and Liberal Party politician from Washington, County Durham.He was described as being "as famous in his day as Isambard Kingdom Brunel".