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Brunel's Britain Derrick Beckett

Brunel's Britain By Derrick Beckett

Brunel's Britain by Derrick Beckett


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Brunel's Britain by Derrick Beckett

A comprehensive look at Brunel's most famous and his lesser-known achievements. This remarkable book takes each of his triumphs and explores them in historical context, as well as from engineering and architectural point of view. An excellent 'gazetteer' gives the reader a chance to go out and folow Brunel's engineering trail. Over 80 diagrams and 60 photographs bring the subject to life.

About Derrick Beckett

Derrick Beckett is an experienced university lecturer of Civil Engineering, and is the author of Great Buildings of the World: Bridges and several technical books. He lives in Weybridge, Kent.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chronicle of Events; The Brunels; The Era of Railways; Paddington to Bristol; Bristol to Plymouth; Plymouth to Penzance; Bridges; The Railway Village at Swindon; Stations; Great Western Locomotives (1837-59); Tunnels; Steamships; Gazetteer; Technical Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Additional information

GOR002997982
9780715323601
0715323601
Brunel's Britain by Derrick Beckett
Used - Very Good
Paperback
David & Charles
20160604
224
N/A
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