Project Gutenberg 2012-10-28 Public domain in the USA. 325 Brunel, Isambard 1837 1902 15020070 The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer" by Isambard Brunel is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work narrates the life and achievements of the renowned civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, detailing his influential contributions to engineering projects such as the Great Western Railway and the Thames Tunnel. The book serves as both a biography and a technical record of Brunel's revolutionary work that shaped the landscape of 19th-century engineering. The opening of the narrative introduces Isambard Kingdom Brunel, born in 1806, as the son of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, outlining his early life and education. It emphasizes his father's engineering prowess and the profound influence he had on Isambard's formative years. The manuscript sets the stage for a detailed chronicle of Brunel's significant engineering projects, beginning with his involvement in the Thames Tunnel and the innovative techniques employed during its construction. The narrative reveals Brunel's early insights and precocious talent, establishing a foundation for understanding his later accomplishments in civil engineering. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41210/41210-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806-1859 Civil engineering TA Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Engineering & Technology 1462863 2025-06-16T16:59:19.434924 text/html 1453530 2016-12-19T12:14:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 9949150 2025-06-16T16:59:49.287781 application/epub+zip 9961355 2025-06-16T16:59:26.241862 application/epub+zip 564196 2025-06-16T16:59:20.854878 application/epub+zip 8936471 2025-06-16T17:00:03.837726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8820473 2025-06-16T16:59:42.832775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 857673 2022-09-18T19:25:53.065091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1310230 2025-06-16T16:59:16.576909 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1310270 2016-12-19T12:14:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 16589 2025-06-16T17:00:04.076655 application/rdf+xml 12946 2025-06-16T16:59:21.073895 image/jpeg 2512 2025-06-16T16:59:20.961865 image/jpeg 9791381 2025-06-16T16:59:19.782956 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog