Engineering fame: Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel learnt the arts of self-promotion from his father, but triumphant images of him conceal failures and disappointments. This article (part of the Science in the Industrial Revolution series) focuses on his first and last great engineering projects--the Thames Tunnel and the Great Eastern steam-ship.
Clare College, Cambridge CB2 1TL, UK. pf10006@cam.ac.uk
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