The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer

by Isambard Brunel

I am, Gentlemen,
Yours very faithfully,
(Signed) I. K. BRUNEL.

INDEX

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W].

‘Adelaide’ steam-ship, built under Mr. Brunel’s directions, [290]
Admiralty, Mr. Brunel’s connection with the, respecting the screw propeller, 2[83].
Communication with the, on floating gun-carriage, [459]
Airy, G. B., Astronomer Royal, member of the Gauge Commission, [117].
Correspondence with Mr. Brunel on astronomical observations for the ‘Great Eastern,’ [321]
Angarrack, viaduct at, [189]
‘Archimedes’ steamer, the screw propeller used in the, [253].
Experiments made in the, [254]
Armstrong, Sir W. G.
His hydraulic machinery at Paddington station, [85] note.¹
Engaged with Mr. Brunel on gunnery investigations, 4[52].
Letter to, [454], [461]
Atlantic cable expeditions of the ‘Great Eastern,’ [412].
Loss of the first cable, [412].
A second one laid, and the first recovered, [413].
The French cable of 1869, [413]
Atmospheric system of propulsion on railways, [131].
Description of this method of traction, [134].
History of its introduction prior to 1844, [136].
Mr. Brunel’s views respecting it, [137].
His report recommending its adoption on the South Devon Railway, [138].
Grounds of his recommendation, [142].
Select Committee on, [144].
Working of the system, [153].
Imperfections of engines, [154], and longitudinal valve, [157].
Mr. Brunel’s report on the failure of the Atmospheric apparatus, [159].
Abandonment of the system, [164]
Australian Mail Company, Mr. Brunel appointed engineer of the, [290]
Barlow, Professor P., member of the Gauge Commission, [117]
Barlow, W. H., [57]
Bath, station at, [84]
Bath, bridges at, [175], [179]
Bathford, bridge at, [175]
Beamish, Richard, his account of Sir Isambard Brunel’s block machinery at Portsmouth, quoted, [3].
Joins the Thames Tunnel works, [21]
Bennett, Joseph, Mr. Brunel’s secretary, [92]
Berks and Hants Railway, [88]
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, [90]
Birmingham, Great Western extension to, [124]
Birth of Mr. Brunel, [1]
Blake, H. W., consulted by Mr. Brunel on the ‘Great Eastern,’ [297]
Block machinery at Portsmouth, Sir Isambard Brunel’s, [2]
Bourbon, Ile de, Sir Isambard Brunel’s suspension bridges for the, [5].
Description of them, [40]
Bourne viaduct, [181]
Box Tunnel, [70] note¹, [72], [81].
Criticism as to its safety, [81].
Letter from Mr. Brunel on the, 81
Bremner, A., [263], [280]
Brentford, dock at, [440]
Brentford, extension of the Great Western Railway to, [86]
Brereton, Robert Pearson, chief of Mr. Brunel’s engineering staff, [92], [210], [215] note¹, [217] note¹, [223], [225], [437], [438] note¹
Brickwork, use of, [59].
Bridges in, [172]
Bridges, suspension, Sir Isambard Brunel’s: in the Ile de Bourbon, [5], [40]; designs for the Serpentine, and for the Thames at Kingston, [5].
Mr. Brunel’s: at Clifton, [46]; Charing Cross, [59]
Bridges, railway, [171].
[1]. Brickwork and masonry bridges, [172].
Flying bridges, [176].
Skew bridges, [177].
Letter from Mr. Brunel on bridge construction, [178].
[2]. Timber bridges and viaducts, [179].
[3]. Cast-iron bridges, [190].
[4]. Wrought-iron bridges, [192].
Girder bridges, [193].
Opening bridges, [195].
Trussed bridges, [199].
Extracts from letters on bridges of large span, [212] note¹.
Experiments on matters connected with bridge construction, [227]
Bristol, Mr. Brunel’s early connection with, [58], [64].
Station at, [84].
Bridges at, [175], [195].
Floating Harbour, [422].
Proposed improvement of the port, [426].
New lock at, [427]
Bristol and Exeter Railway, [86]
Bristol and Gloucester Railway, [90]
Bristol and South Wales Union Railway, [90]
Briton Ferry Docks, [437]
Broad Gauge. See Gauge
Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard, birth of, [2].
Arrives in England, [2].
Marries Miss Sophia Kingdom, [2].
Designs the Block machinery at Portsmouth, [2].
Veneering machinery, [5].
Shoe machinery, [5].
Designs suspension bridges for the Ile de Bourbon, [5], [40].
Experiments on carbonic acid gas, [5], [42].
Proposes the Thames Tunnel, [5].
Extracts from his Journal relating to the Rotherhithe shaft, [10].
Extracts from his Journal relating to the works at the Thames Tunnel up to January 1828, [16].
His death, [39].
Hoop iron introduced by, in brickwork, [177].
Designed a large timber bridge to cross the Neva, [211] note²
Bullo Pill opening bridge, [197]
Caermarthen, opening bridge at, [198]
Carbonic acid gas, experiments on, by Sir Isambard Brunel and Mr. Brunel, [5], [42]
Cast-iron bridges, [190].
Mr. Brunel’s views as to the use of cast iron in bridge construction, [190], [192]
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, [88]
Chepstow bridge, [203].
Mode of forming piers, [203].
Description of superstructure, [206].
Floating and erection, [209]
Clarke, Seymour, [117]
Claxton, Captain, [57].
Assists Mr. Brunel at the floating of the Chepstow bridge, [210].
And the Saltash bridge, [222].
Appointed Managing Director of the Great Western Steam-Ship Company, [234], [242], [247].
Letter to, from Mr. Brunel, on the ‘Great Britain,’ [264].
Goes to Dundrum to carry out Mr. Brunel’s plans for the protection of the ‘Great Britain,’ [272].
Letter to, from Mr. Brunel, on the breakwater, [272].
Report of, on breakwater, [274].
Superintends floating of the ‘Great Britain,’ [280].
Consulted by Mr. Brunel on the ‘Great Eastern,’ [291], [297].
Floating Harbour, Bristol, [424]
Clifton Suspension Bridge, origin of the, [47].
Mr. Brunel’s designs, [47].
Rejected by Mr. Telford, [51].
Mr. Telford’s own design, [52].
Second competition, [52].
Mr. Brunel successful, and appointed engineer, [53].
The site described, [54].
Description of the design, [55].
Architectural features, [56].
Commencement of the work, [56].
Completed, [57]
Coles, Captain Cowper, [461]
Construction of works, letter on, [178]
Continuous girders, [208]
Cork and Youghal Railway, [91]
Cornwall Railway, [87].
Viaducts on, [185]
Crystal Palace at Sydenham, water-towers of the, [448]
Cylinders, of Chepstow bridge, method of sinking the, [204].
The great cylinder of the Royal Albert Bridge, [214]
Dalkey Railway, Atmospheric System on, [131]
Dartmouth and Torbay Railway, [87]
Death of Mr. Brunel, [520]
Dock and pier works:
Monkwearmouth, [418];
Bristol, [422];
Plymouth, [433];
Briton Ferry, [437];
Brentford, [440];
Neyland, [443]
Draught, Mr. Brunel’s paper on, [101] note¹
Dublin, railway to Wicklow from, [91]
Dundrum Bay, stranding of the ‘Great Britain’ in, [263]
Early life of Mr. Brunel.
He goes to school at Chelsea, [4]; at Brighton, [4]; at Paris, [5].
Employed in his father’s office, [5].
Engaged at the Thames Tunnel, [6].
References by Sir I. Brunel to his exertions, [17], [19], [21], [22], [25], [33].
Appointed resident engineer, [25] note¹.
First irruption of the river, [29].
Second irruption, [35].
Accident, [36].
Visit to Plymouth, [46]
Eastern Bengal Railway, [91], [195], [517]
Eastern Counties Railway, gauge adopted on the, [105]
Eastern Steam Navigation Company, formation of the, [291].
See ‘Great Eastern’
Egypt, visit to, [517]
Electric telegraph, application of the, in connection with railways, [155]
Engineer, Mr. Brunel’s view of the position of, [475].
Of joint-engineer, [476].
Of consulting engineer, [477].
Of the position of the engineer in relation to the contractors, [477].
To the Directors, [478].
Remarks on interference of Directors with assistant engineers, [481].
On State control over engineering works, [486]
Experiments:
Strength of timber, [182], [227].
Cast-iron girders, [190], [191].
Wrought-iron girder, [193].
Riveting, [194], [228].
Continuous beams, [209], [229].
Bridge construction, [227].
Ropes and chains, [228].
Friction, [348], [368], [385]
Faraday, M., his experiments on the liquefaction of gases, [42].
Consulted by Mr. Brunel on the Kyanising process, [189]
Field, Cyrus, [411], [414]
Field, J., consulted by Mr. Brunel on the ‘Great Eastern,’ [297]
Floating gun-carriage, [454]
Floating harbour at Bristol, [422]
Floating pier, proposed at Portishead, [426].
In Mill Bay, [436]
Florence and Pistoja Railway, [91]
Flying bridges, [176]
Ford, Captain Robert, consulted by Mr. Brunel on the ‘Great Eastern,’ [297]
Friction, experiments and observations on, [348], [368], [385]
Froude, W., letter to, describing floating of the ‘Great Eastern,’ [389]
Gathampton, bridge at, [174]
Genoa, Novi, and Alessandria Railway, 91
Gauge of railways, difference between the broad and narrow, [99].
Origin of the ordinary gauge, [99].
Adoption of the broad gauge on the Great Western Railway, [101], [106].
Reasons for its adoption, [102].
Attacks on, [106].
Reports of Mr. Wood and Mr. Hawkshaw on, [107].
Report by Mr. Brunel on, [107].
Northern extension, [116].
Inconveniences of a break of gauge, [116].
Royal Commission on the gauge question, [117].
Report of the Commissioners, [117].
‘Observations on the Report,’ [119].
Report of the Board of Trade, [122].
Act for regulating gauge, [122].
The mixed gauge, [124].
Summary of the advantages of the broad gauge, [127].
Partial abandonment of the broad gauge, [127], [129].
Report on the broad gauge, [525]
Gilbert, Davies, appointed referee in the second competition for the Clifton Suspension Bridge, [52].
Recommends Mr. Brunel’s design, [53]
Girder bridges, [193]
Glennie, W., [215] note¹
Gloucester, opening bridges near, [196]
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, [88]
Gooch, Sir Daniel, [117], [119].
Experiments by, [125]
Gravatt, William, an assistant engineer at the Thames Tunnel, [26]
‘Great Britain’ steam-ship, commencement of the, [247].
Report on the engines, [249].
Adoption of the screw propeller, [254].
Principal features of her design, [255].
Arrives in the Thames, [261].
Her voyages, [262].
Stranded in Dundrum Bay, [263].
Letter from Mr. Brunel on the subject, [264].
His reports to the Directors, [267], [273].
Construction of breakwater, [274].
Floating of the ship, [280].
Her subsequent history, [282].
Dimensions of ship and engines, [282]
‘Great Eastern’ steam-ship, origin of the project, [291].
Memorandum by Mr. Brunel to the Directors of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, [292].
He is appointed engineer, [293].
Letter on the form and dimensions of the ship, [294].
Report on mode of proceeding, [296].
On enquiries relating to the draught and form of the vessel, [297].
On the dimensions, [299].
Tenders invited, [300].
Report on tenders, [301].
Commencement of the work, [304].
Extracts from Mr. Brunel’s memoranda, [304], [310].
Letters on his position as engineer, [311].
Report describing the ship, [315].
Letter to the Astronomer Royal, [321].
The observers’ department in the ship, [322].
Captain Harrison appointed to the command, [323].
Memorandum on the management of the ship, [324].
Letter on the duties of chief engineer, [335].
Suspension and resumption of the works, [339].
Reasons for launching the ship broadside to the river, [340].
Adoption of iron sliding-surfaces, [343].
The ways and cradles, [345].
Motive power, [348].
Checking gear, [351].
River tackle, [352].
Letter to Captain Harrison on the river tackle, [354].
Letter to the Directors respecting the operation of launching, [355].
Memorandum of arrangements and intended mode of proceeding, [356].
Particular instructions, [358].
Final preparations, [359].
Commencement of the launch, [360].
Accident at one of the drums, [361].
Failure of the first attempt, [362].
Second attempt, [364].
Report on operations, [366].
Progress of the launch, [368].
Suspension of operations, [376].
Report and memorandum, [377].
Re-commencement, [379].
Floating of the ship, [382].
Experiments and observations on friction, [385].
Letter to Mr. W. Froude, describing the floating, [389].
Formation of the Great Ship Company, [393].
Progress of the works to Mr. Brunel’s last illness, [393].
Completion of the ship, [393].
Voyage to Weymouth, [393].
Explosion of water-heater, [393].
Storm at Holyhead, [395].
Description of the ship, [396].
Her first voyages to New York, [403].
To Quebec, with troops, [404].
Accident to rudder, and loss of paddlewheels, [405].
Voyages in 1862, [407].
Accident off Montauk Point, [407].
Formation of Great Eastern Steam-Ship Company, [409].
Remarks on performance of ship, [409].
Employed in laying Atlantic cables, [412].
The Indian cable, [414].
Dimensions of ship and engines, [416]
Great Exhibition of 1851, Mr. Brunel’s opinion respecting prizes to exhibitors, [445].
His part in the work of the Building Committee, [446].
Supports Sir Joseph Paxton’s design, [447]
Great Western Hotel, [86]
Great Western Railway, origin of the, [63].
Mr. Brunel appointed engineer, [64].
Survey of the country, [65].
Bill for a line from London to Reading, and Bath to Bristol, read a second time, and referred to a committee, [66].
Opposition to the Bill, [67].
Plan of entering London, [68].
Mr. Brunel’s cross-examination, [69].
The Bill passed by the Commons, but thrown out in the Lords, [70].
A Bill for the whole line introduced, read a second time, and committed, [71].
Evidence taken before the Commons’ Committee, [72].
Evidence before the Lords’ Committee, [73].
The Bill receives the Royal Assent, [74].
Construction of the line, [80].
Opening from London to Bristol, [80].
Levels and inclines, [80], [104].
The Box Tunnel, [81].
The Bath and Bristol stations, [84].
Paddington station, [84].
Branches and extensions of the railway, [86], [88], [90].
Adoption of the broad gauge, [106].
The permanent way, [108], [111].
Meeting of shareholders on broad gauge, [111].
Extension of the Great Western system, [116]
‘Great Western’ steam-ship, formation of the company, [233].
Details of the construction of the vessel, [234] note².
Report on the selection of the builders of the engines, [235].
Controversy with Dr. Lardner, [237].
Launch of the vessel, and voyage to London, [241].
Return to Bristol, [242].
Fire on board, and accident to Mr. Brunel, [242].
First voyage to New York, [243].
Subsequent history, [244].
Dimensions of ship and engines, [245]
Gunnery experiments, [452]
Guppy, T. R., [148], [233], [234], [247], [253], [254].
Letter to, on iron-ship building, [259]
Hammond, J. W., [65], [92]
Hanwell, bridge at, destroyed by fire, [190]
Hanwell viaduct, [172]
Harrison, Captain, [223].
Appointed commander of the ‘Great Eastern,’ [323].
Letter to, on the river tackle, [354].
At the launch, [362], [370], [382], [392]
Haverfordwest, opening bridge at, [198]
Hawkshaw, J., [57].
Report on broad gauge and permanent way, [107]
Henley branch of the Great Western Railway, [86]
Hungerford Suspension Bridge, [57], [59]
India, railway works in, [91]
Indian Cable expedition of the ‘Great Eastern,’ [414]
Institution of Civil Engineers, [516] note², [521]
Inventors, communications with, [485]
Ireland, railway works in, [90]
Italy, Mr. Brunel’s railway works in, [91], [510]
Ivybridge viaduct, 182
Kennet, bridge over the river, [175]
Kidwelly, opening bridge at, [198]
Kyanising process, [189], [421]
Landore, viaduct at, [183]
Lane, Michael, [29]
Lardner, Dr., [114] note¹.
Opinions respecting ocean steam navigation, [237]
Llansamlet, flying arches near, [176]

Llynvi Valley Railway, [89]
Locke, Joseph, [62], [74].
His address on the death of Mr. Brunel, [521]
Locomotive power, comparison of, with stationary power, [142], [166]
Loughor, opening bridge at, [197]
Maidenhead bridge, [96], [173]
Masonry, bridges in, [172]
Maudslay and Field, [15], [148], [236], [284]
Milford Haven, [88], [443]
Monkwearmouth, docks at, [417], [418]
Moulsford, bridge at, [174]
Nasmyth, James, his steam hammer designed, [252] note¹.
Letter to, on gunnery experiments, [452]
Neath, improvement of river, [438] note¹
Newport viaduct, [185], [199]
Neyland, pier at, [443]
Ocean steam navigation, Mr. Brunel’s connection with, [231], [313]
Opening bridges, [195]
Oxford, Mr. Brunel created a Doctor in Civil Law at, [516]
Oxford and Rugby extension of the Great Western Railway, [90], [116]
Oxford branch of the Great Western Railway, [86]
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, [90], [116]
Paddington station, [84]
Paris Exhibition of 1855, letter on decorations conferred at, [489]
Parkes, Dr., medical superintendent of Renkioi Hospital, [468].
Report of, on hospital buildings, [468]
Patent laws, Mr. Brunel’s opinions on the, [212] note,¹ [450], [451], [454], [485], [489], [497]
Patterson, W., [234], [247], [263]
Paxton, Sir Joseph, his design for the Great Exhibition building, [447]
Permanent way on the Great Western Railway, [108], [535]
Plymouth Great Western Docks, [433]
Polygonal rifle, [449]
Portishead, proposed pier at, [426]
Prince Consort, H.R.H. the, opens the Royal Albert Bridge, [226].
Present at floating of the ‘Great Britain,’ [259]
Private life of Mr. Brunel, [499].
Early reminiscences, [500].
Removal to Duke Street, and marriage, [505].
His taste in art, [506].
First journey to Italy, [508].
Half-sovereign accident, [511].
Purchase of property in Devonshire, [514].
Life at Watcombe, [515].
Failing health, [516].
Journeys to Switzerland and Egypt, [516].
Letter from Philæ, [517].
His last illness, [520]
Quaker’s Yard, viaduct at, [89]
Railways, sketch of, in England prior to 1833, [61].
Extent of Mr. Brunel’s, [79].
Great Western, [80].
Branches to Oxford, [86].
Windsor, [86].
Wycombe, [86].
Uxbridge, [86].
Henley, [86].
Brentford, [86].
Bristol and Exeter Railway, [86].
South Devon, [87].
South Devon and Tavistock, [87].
Cornwall, [87].
Branch lines now incorporated with Great Western Railway:
Berks and Hants, [88].
Wilts and Somerset, [88].
Cheltenham and Great Western Union, [88].
Gloucester and Dean Forest, [88].
The South Wales, [88].
The Taff Vale, [89].
The Vale of Neath, [89].
The Llynvi Valley, [89].
The South Wales Mineral, [89].
Bristol and South Wales Union, [90].
Bristol and Gloucester, [90].
The Oxford and Rugby, [90].
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, [90].
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, [90].
Ireland, [90].
Italy, [91].
India (Eastern Bengal), [91]
Railway Structures, letter on the Royal Commission on the Application of Iron to, [192], [486]
‘Rattler’ steam-ship, trials with the, [287]
Rendel, J. M., [211], [433]
Renkioi, hospital buildings at, [461].
Description of the buildings, [463].
Dr. Parkes’s report on the formation and general management of the hospital, [468]
Rennie, G. and J., [148]
Richards, Westley, letters to, on polygonal rifle, [450]
Riveting, experiments on, [194], [228]
Ropes and chains, experiments on, [228]
Rotherhithe shaft of the Thames Tunnel, construction of the, [9]
Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, [211].
Plans for crossing the river Tamar at Saltash, [211].
Trial cylinder for centre pier, [213].
Report on making bridge for a single line, [214].
Mode of construction of centre pier, [214].
Description of superstructure, [218].
Floating of first truss, [221].
Lifting of first truss, [224].
Floating and lifting of second truss, [225].
Opening by H.R.H. the Prince Consort, [226]
Royal Society, [516] note¹
Russell, J. Scott, builds the ‘Victoria’ and ‘Adelaide,’ [290].
Assists Mr. Brunel in maturing designs of the ‘Great Eastern,’ [291], [292], [297].
Letter to, on the form and dimensions of the ship, [294].
Tender accepted for hull and paddle-engines, [301]
St. Mary’s viaduct, [181]
St. Pinnock viaduct, [186]
Saltash bridge. See Royal Albert Bridge
Samuda, J., [131], [134], [148], [160]
Saunders, C. A., [92], [117], [119]
Screw propeller, the, adopted for the ‘Great Britain,’ [254].
Communications on, with the Board of Admiralty, [283].
Trials with the ‘Polyphemus,’ [284].
With the ‘Rattler,’ [287].
Report recommending adoption of, [539]
Shield, Thames Tunnel, the, [11], [12]
‘Sirius’ steam-ship, [241]
Skew bridges, [177]
Smith, F. P., the screw propeller, [253], [287].
Consulted by Mr. Brunel on the ‘Great Eastern,’ [297], [298]
Smith, Sir F., member of the Gauge Commission, [117]
Smyth, C. Piazzi, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, correspondence with Mr. Brunel on astronomical instruments for the ‘Great Eastern,’ [322]
Sonning Cutting brickwork bridge, [175].
Timber bridge, [179]
South Devon and Tavistock Railway, [87].
Viaducts, [188]
South Devon Railway, [87].
Course of the line, [132].
Atmospheric System adopted on the, [138].
Viaducts, [182]
South Wales Mineral Railway, [89]
South Wales Railway, [88].
Viaducts, [183], [194]
Standard drawings, [172] note²
Stationary and locomotive power, comparison of, [142], [166]
Statue of Mr. Brunel, [520] note¹
Stephenson, George, [61], [62], [70], [74], [99]
Stephenson, Robert, [62], [106], [107], 134
Atmospheric System, [136], [137] note¹, [138], [144].
Conway and Britannia bridges, [221], [223].
Launch of the ‘Great Eastern,’ [375], [376], [377], [378], [384] note¹, [485], [516], [517], [521]
Stonehouse viaduct, [181]
Taff Vale Railway, [89], [104] note¹
Tamar, plans for crossing the river, [5] note², [46], [211]
Telford, T., appointed referee to decide upon the plans for the Clifton Suspension Bridge, [51].
Rejects Mr. Brunel’s plan, [51].
Designs one himself, [52].
His plan described, [52]
Thames Tunnel, project of, first occupies Sir Isambard Brunel’s attention, [5].
Plans suggested for the construction of a tunnel, [6].
Borings, [7].
Remarks on borings, [8] note¹.
Commencement of the work, [9].
Construction of the Rotherhithe shaft, [9].
Description of the shield, [12].
Journals of Sir I. Brunel of the progress of the work, [10], [11], [16].
Mr. Brunel appointed resident engineer of, [25] note¹.
First irruption of the river, [29].
Second irruption, [35].
Works suspended, [37].
Resumed, [38].
The Wapping shaft, [38].
Completed and opened, [39].
Its subsequent history, [39] note¹
Thompson, Dr. Seth.
Letter on the half-sovereign accident, [511]
Timber bridges and viaducts, [179]
Timber, experiments on strength of, [182], [227]
Torquay branch of the South Devon Railway, [87]
Trussed bridges, [199]
Uxbridge branch of the Great Western Railway, [86]
Vale of Neath Railway, [89].
Viaducts, [171]
Vick, Alderman William, his bequest for a bridge at Clifton, [47]
‘Victoria’ steam-ship, built under Mr. Brunel’s direction, [290]
Vignoles, C., [74]
Walker, J., [107]
Walkham viaduct, [189]
Wapping shaft of the Thames Tunnel, construction of the, [38]
Watcombe, Mr. Brunel’s life at, [514]
Watt, James & Co., [148].
Tender accepted for screw engines of the ‘Great Eastern,’ [301]
West Cornwall Railway, [87].
Viaducts, [189]
Westminster Abbey, memorial window in, [520] note¹
Wilts and Somerset Railway, [88]
Windsor branch of the Great Western Railway, [86]
Windsor bridge, [200].
Description of superstructure, [200].
Mode of forming piers, [201]
Wire gun, [453]
Witness, Mr. Brunel’s reputation as a, [69], [93], [505]
Wood, Nicholas, [101].
Report on broad gauge and permanent way, [107]
Wrought-iron bridges, [192]
Wrought-iron girder, experiments on, [193]
Wyatt, Sir M. D., [84]
Wycombe extension of the Great Western Railway, [86]

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