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Item Details
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BRUNEL, ISAMBARD KINGDOM
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| By: |
Richard Tames |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£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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