Download or read book The Tower and the Bridge written by David P. Billington and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to this book, now in its first paperback edition, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting form distinct from either architecture or machine design. Aided by a number of stunning illustrations, David Billington discusses leading structural engineer-artists, such as John A. Roebling, Gustave Eiffel, Fazlur Khan, and Robert Maillart.
Download or read book The Brunels written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-04-13 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isambard Kingdom Brunel has always been regarded as one of Britain’s great heroes and an engineering genius. His father Marc Brunel has not received the same degree of adulation, but this book will show just how important a part Marc played in his son’s works and will also look at his own great achievements. Marc Brunel arrived in Britain as a refugee from revolutionary France, after a short time working in America. He was a pioneer of mass production technology, when he invented machines for making blocks for sailing ships. He had other inventions to his name, but his greatest achievement was in constructing the very first tunnel under the Thames. Isambard spent his early years working for and with is father, who not only encouraged him but throughout his career he was also able to offer practical help. The famous viaduct that carried the Great Western Railway over the Thames at Maidenhead, for example was based on an earlier design of Marc’s. Isambard’s greatest achievements were in revolutionizing the shipping industry, where hew as able to draw on his father’s experience when he served in the navy. The book not only looks at the successes of two great engineers, but also their failures. Primarily, however, it is a celebration of two extraordinary mean and their amazing achievements.
Download or read book Brunel written by Annabel Gillings and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the outstanding entrepreneurial Victorian engineer. He helped construct the Thames Tunnel, build the Great Western Railway and its terminus, Paddington Station, but his boldest endeavours were three gigantic ships.
Download or read book Brunel written by R. Angus Buchanan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-05-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), who is rightly revered as one of the greatest of all engineers. His leading role in the transport revolution of the nineteenth century, and especially in the building of the Great Western Railway, left an indelible mark on the British landscape. His achievements captured the imagination of his contemporaries and subsequent generations, whilst his colossal energy and determination to carry out projects on the largest scale and to an extremely high standard set him apart from his rivals. Brunel tells the story both of the engineer, who followed his father Marc into what was then a new profession, and of the man. It explores his successes and failures, at home and abroad, including both the broad gauge GWR and the SS Great Eastern, as R. Angus Buchanan expertly brings out Brunel's imagination, drive and inventiveness. Above all, it sets him in the context of his times, showing both what made him who he was and how he made the most of the great opportunities offered to him.
Download or read book Brunel written by Steven Brindle and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's foremost authorities. In his lifetime, Isambard Kingdom Brunel towered over his profession. Today, he remains the most famous engineer in history, the epitome of the volcanic creative forces which brought about the Industrial Revolution - and brought modern society into being. Brunel's extraordinary talents were drawn out by some remarkable opportunities - above all his appointment as engineer to the new Great Western Railway at the age of 26 - but it was his nature to take nothing for granted, and to look at every project, whether it was the longest railway yet planned, or the largest ship ever imagined, from first principles. A hard taskmaster to those who served him, he ultimately sacrificed his own life to his work in his tragically early death at the age of 53. His legacy, though, is all around us, in the railways and bridges that he personally designed, and in his wider influence. This fascinating new book draws on Brunel's own diaries, letters and sketchbooks to understand his life, times, and work.
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Download or read book Brunel written by Tim Bryan and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isambard Kingdom Brunel was to dominate engineering in a wide range of fields - railways, shipping and docks - from his earliest day through to his death in 1859.
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Download or read book Brunel written by Adrian Vaughan and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Brunel: An Engineering Biography, author Adrian Vaughan, one of Britain's foremost railway historians and a leading authority on Brunel, has delved deep into the records to re-examine Brunel's legacy. Drawing upon many sources, including Brunel's own correspondence, he portrays the struggle that Brunel had in trying to achieve his aims and how far he was forced to rely upon others, most notably his father and those who were in day-to-day management of the various projects. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs, Brunel: An Engineering Biography is an exploration into the man, his methods and his work." "Historians and all those interested in Brunel will find that this book provides a fresh analysis of the great achievements as well as the failures of Brunel's career. Published to coincide with the bicentenary year of Brunel's birth, this new biography of the constantly innovating engineer reveals a story of a powerful personality who swept people along on the great adventures of his projects - whether destined for enduring success or cataclysmic failure."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Brunel in London written by John Christopher and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new examination of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's close association with London. His high profile engineering projects include the Thames Tunnel, Hungerford suspension bridge, Paddington station and the Great Western Railway, plus the Great Eastern steamship.
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Download or read book Journey to Crossrail written by Stephen Halliday and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did London have to wait so long for a main-line railway beneath its streets? For a few years in the mid-nineteenth century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's broad-gauge Great Western trains ran from Reading to Faringdon. Now, after many false starts, his vision is being realised as the Elizabeth Line prepares to carry passengers from Reading to the City once again, and beyond to Essex and Kent, using engineering that would have earned the admiration of the greatest Victorian engineers. London historian Stephen Halliday presents an engaging discussion of Crossrail's fascinating origins and the heroic engineering that made it all possible.
Download or read book The Story of the Art of Building written by Percy Leslie Waterhouse and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
