We ee ee Pt eee 4 ome) deat Mob im, OE ie... ceuameaes Lie A U Sai : it : CAL CAIPUMAES 4 ee a i we ee | CL? COL A é J) CPCEP FET © fp - Ts" en ¢! : “a JECA_@L let AED oa ft DP. 4 > 4, tar fh to iz Qt @re te “A ae LL ce te owe oe Oe ed ot AYER DELIBERATE ge all J é an tieicuats i i ‘ e it ~~ , ig y- Pt tt? t<_ 2? ‘ ; count: he constructed Monkwearmouth oe é i Fo ce | ; the first of many. In 1836 his plans for the a ee Pie a y contemplated si casto bridge over the Avon | : at Clifton were accepted; funds, however, fell |— short, and the work was suspended, to be com- | pleted after his death. Three years previously | he had been appointed engineer to the Great | Western Railway, and after a considerable | controversy, succeeded in persuading the | directors to use the broad gauge. In con- | nection with this railway he “constructed the | Box ‘Tunnel, and on its extension, the Cornish | Railway, the wonderful bridge at Saltash, | completed in 1859. Brunel also conceived | the possibility of a line of steamers making | regular trips across the Atlantic, and _per- suaded the Great Western Railway to adopt | the idea. ‘The result was the Great Western, | double the tonnage of any ship then existing, which was launched in 1838. The Great Britain followed in 1845, remarkable as the first large iron ship, and the first large ship - to use the screw propeller instead of the ie ee Sie ae. oe ret fe a | paddle-wheel. His last great work was the » B Great astern, undertaken for the Great Kastern- Steam Navigation Company (1853-8). The anxieties inseparable from such a great achievement wearied out the great engineer, and he died shortly after his great under- "| taking had been launched. “He became ; ea | an F.R.S. in- 1830, and D.C.L. of Oxford, ee ee ee ee > © | honoris causd, in 1857. Iife of I. K. Brunel, by his son, Isidore Brunel. ee Se ee Lo Bee iy .Y J Hy it ‘ Wi ; 3 | 5H $ i\ ¥ a) }} i} | Hes BI 1} ae be 14 | Y a) } h | i 1} } i ‘| i) | H i | f i y a 4 t u 4 *) ie y \ on & fl on z fe at of oF ter a cM A sae id i q j \ iS fF i Brunel, Isamparp Kineapom, F.R.S., D.C.L. (4. 1806, d. 1859), engineer, son of Sir Marc Brunel, was educated in France, and as- sisted his father in his two great undertakings, the block machinery and the Thames Tunnel, and superintended the efforts made to frustrate the irruption of the river. Upon his own ac- count: he constructed Monkwearmouth Docks, the first of many. In 18386 his plans for the contemplated suspension bridge over the Avon at Clifton were accepted; funds, however, fell short, and the work was suspended, to be com- pleted after his death. Three years previousl he had been appointed engineer to the Great Western Railway, and after a considerable controversy, succeeded in persuading the directors to use the broad gauge. In con- nection with this railway he constructed the Box Tunnel, and on its extension, the Cornish Railway, the wonderful bridge at Saltash, completed in 1859. Brunel also conceived the possibility of a line of steamers making regular trips across the Atlantic, and per- suaded the Great Western Railway to adopt the idea. The result was the Great Western, double the tonnage of any ship then existing, which was launched in 1838. The Great Britain followed in 1845, remarkable as the first large iron ship, and the first large ship to use the screw propeller instead of the paddle-wheel. His last great work was the Great astern, undertaken for the Great Kastern- Steam Navigation Company (1853-8). The anxieties inseparable from such a great achievement wearied out the great engineer, and he died shortly after his great under- taking had been launched. He became an F.R.S. in 1830, and D.C.L. of Oxford, honoris causd, in 1857. : Life of I. K. Brunel, by his son, Isidore Brunel. BRUNEL, ISAMBARD KINGDOM | Civil Engineer, 4,L.5,°to his father, Lp. bile Great Wontar erg theta, Westminster; April. 16th, 1839, FLETCHER - SE | | Caled Remarking on bell ge-number of applications-" a List as long as iS Little chence of Bole ee benefitting BRUNEL, I.K. (1806-1859 )Ci Beliets tO GC.Hare. Tithe £1/ /10/ = is not sent wks Nel |Z. aL.s. 4 June [1839] to E. Clerk [superintending engineer Menai Stratts Bridge, engineer to Electric & I niernational Telegraph Co.}, 24 pee 8vo, £2 15s/ pig ees | must | see you on the subject ott tHe peices of Raster peice tt PN asa EGRESS NET Tener een ee Nr, nese oT 6 * ee /90 ) BRUNEL, L a English engineer; ~tfesioned the steamship, ‘Great West- ern.” A.L.s. 5 pp., 8vo. (Circa December 1855). Cpaeane €/8e- OF $15.00 DPPULSWICK, OOUNG,s OUlauLOLu Uarir BReWwao WOlK LI Lik. ULLG in 1824, and Huskisson was Spesident. of the Board of Trade ya en, A Vs LA ne Ena o CHEVALIER, ALBERT Sg aleind Actor, Dramatic Author & Singer, AL 5 4 dew Ma Baward Terry (C.1912) Actor &. Manager, 50D. OVO, Ravenscourt Park: < 8 A Ne | : £L/ 5 /» : Saying that he would be pleased to write a song, but would want " PD Fatt 9 9° ee 0 mo ) > ‘a < io O = Z, fri , UNSON, A. C., English author. ak manuscript poem, signed. 5 3-liné stanzas on | p., 4to. Very fine religious poem.