PREFACE.

CONTENTS

LIST OF REPORTS AND OTHER ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE. A.D. 1806 1828.

CHAPTER II. THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE. A.D. 1829 1853. AETATIS 24 48.

CHAPTER III. EARLY HISTORY OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. A.D. 1833 1835. AETATIS 27 30.

CHAPTER IV. RAILWAY WORKS. A.D. 1835 1859. AETATIS 30 54.

CHAPTER V. THE BROAD GAUGE.

CHAPTER VI. THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM. A.D. 1840 1848. AETATIS 35 43.

CHAPTER VII. RAILWAY BRIDGES AND VIADUCTS.

CHAPTER VIII. STEAM NAVIGATION. THE 'GREAT WESTERN' STEAM-SHIP. A.D. 1835 1847. AETATIS 30 42.

CHAPTER IX. STEAM NAVIGATION. THE 'GREAT BRITAIN' STEAM-SHIP. A.D. 1838 1847. AETATIS 33 42.

CHAPTER X. STEAM NAVIGATION. INTRODUCTION OF THE SCREW

CHAPTER XI. STEAM NAVIGATION THE 'GREAT EASTERN' STEAM-SHIP,

CHAPTER XII. STEAM NAVIGATION THE 'GREAT EASTERN' STEAM-SHIP. THE LAUNCH. A.D. 1857 1858. AETATIS 52.

CHAPTER XIII. STEAM NAVIGATION THE 'GREAT EASTERN' STEAM-SHIP.

CHAPTER XIV. DOCK AND PIER WORKS. A.D. 1831 1859. AETATIS 26 54.

CHAPTER XV. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.

CHAPTER XVI. MR. BRUNEL'S PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS AND PRACTICE.

CHAPTER XVII. PRIVATE LIFE.

APPENDIX I. ( See Chapter V. on the Broad Gauge, p. 99. )

APPENDIX II. ( See Chapter IX. on the 'Great Britain'

INDEX

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THE   LIFE
OF
ISAMBARD   KINGDOM   BRUNEL,
CIVIL ENGINEER.

BY

I S A M B A R D   B R U N E L,   B.C.L.,
OF LINCOLN’S INN;
CHANCELLOR OF THE DIOCESE OF ELY.


LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1870.