Designers & Engineers

ADAMS, Henry

Some Reminiscences

Seventy-Five Years Work in Civil Engineering

Recollections of Henry Adams, academic and mechanical engineer (1846-1935), with his first-hand observations on engineering achievements in railways, shipping and industry from the 1850s to publication in 1925. Frontispiece portrait.

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ADDYMAN, John & FAWCETT, Bill

Thomas Elliot Harrison 1808 - 1888: Founder and Engineer of the North Eastern Railway

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BECKETT, Derrick

Telford's Britain

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BECKETT, Derrick

Stephensons' Britain

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BRUNEL, Isambard

The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer [1870]

Biography of Brunel written by one of his sons in 1870. Detailed accounts of work with the GWR including infrastructure and broad gauge, the atmospheric railway, ships and dock design. The work was reprinted with an introduction by L.T.C. Rolt in 1971.

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BRYAN, Tim

Brunel - The Great Engineer

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BUCHANAN, Angus

Brunel - The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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BUCK, Alan

The Little Giant - A Life of I. K. Brunel

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CHAPPELL, Metius

British Engineers

The British People in Pictures

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CLEMENTS, Paul

Marc Isambard Brunel

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