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Title: BRUNEL, ISAMBARD KINGDOM
By: Richard Tames
Format: Paperback

List price: £5.99


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ISBN 10: 0747804591
ISBN 13: 9780747804598
Publisher: SHIRE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Pub. date: 16 September, 2000
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Series: Lifelines Series No.1
Pages: 48
Description: The greatest engineer of his age, Brunel accomplished works that others refused to contemplate: the Clifton suspension bridge, the Box tunnel, the first ship to built entirely of iron. Engineer of the Great Western Railway.
Synopsis: Isambard Kingdom Brunel achieved what lesser men failed even to contemplate. The famous sone of a famous father, he was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest engineer in an era of engineering titans. Brunel helped drive the first tunnel under a navigable river, built the first all-iron ship, bridged the Tamar and the Avon, constructed the first railway to run express services and launched the world's first true luxury liner - a vessel five times bigger than any previously attempted.
Illustrations: b&w illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Shire Publications Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
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