Brunel, Marc Isambard
Other Business Names:
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - civil
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - mechanical
Notes:
(Sir) Marc Isambard Brunel, 1769-1849, was a mechanical and civil engineer. From his arrival in UK in 1799 he designed machinery for blockmaking (at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, 1802-05), woodworking including veneer cutting, printing, textile manufacture, etc. 1821 imprisoned for debt following failure of his business enterprises. 1820s turned to civil engineering, designing docks, bridges, etc. Most notable for the design of Rotherhithe - Wapping tunnel, built 1825-43, in which a tunnelling shield, which he designed, was first used. His son was Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1806-59
Publications:
- Blockmills of HM Dockyard Portsmouth; with notes on Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Horne, Robert S
- Brunel, the GWR and Bristol by Harris, Michael (ed)
- Brunels, Father and Son by Noble, Celia B J
- English and American Tool Builders by Roe, Joseph W
- English Patent System and Early Railway Technology, 1800-1852 by Murfitt, Stephen E
- Enterprise 'gaz engine'. The story of an endeavour by father and son. Marc and Isambard Brunel by Shah, Jitu
- Fine veneers, army boots and tinfoil. New light on Marc Isambard Brunel's activities in Battersea by Thom, Colin
- Letters of Marc Isambard Brunel by Jenkins, Rhys
- Marc Isambard Brunel by Clements, Paul
- Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel by Beamish, Richard
- Naval blockmaking in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Clark, Gregory
- Portsmouth Block Mills. Bentham, Brunel and the start of the Royal Navy's industrial revolution by Coad, Jonathan G
- Portsmouth Blockmaking Machinery. A pioneering enterprise in mass production by Gilbert, Keith R
- The Brunels and the Grosvenor Bridge, Chester by Woodward, Gordon
- The Greater Genius? A biography of Marc Isambard Brunel by Bagust, Harold
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - civil
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - mechanical
Notes:
(Sir) Marc Isambard Brunel, 1769-1849, was a mechanical and civil engineer. From his arrival in UK in 1799 he designed machinery for blockmaking (at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, 1802-05), woodworking including veneer cutting, printing, textile manufacture, etc. 1821 imprisoned for debt following failure of his business enterprises. 1820s turned to civil engineering, designing docks, bridges, etc. Most notable for the design of Rotherhithe - Wapping tunnel, built 1825-43, in which a tunnelling shield, which he designed, was first used. His son was Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1806-59Publications:
- Blockmills of HM Dockyard Portsmouth; with notes on Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Horne, Robert S
- Brunel, the GWR and Bristol by Harris, Michael (ed)
- Brunels, Father and Son by Noble, Celia B J
- English and American Tool Builders by Roe, Joseph W
- English Patent System and Early Railway Technology, 1800-1852 by Murfitt, Stephen E
- Enterprise 'gaz engine'. The story of an endeavour by father and son. Marc and Isambard Brunel by Shah, Jitu
- Fine veneers, army boots and tinfoil. New light on Marc Isambard Brunel's activities in Battersea by Thom, Colin
- Letters of Marc Isambard Brunel by Jenkins, Rhys
- Marc Isambard Brunel by Clements, Paul
- Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel by Beamish, Richard
- Naval blockmaking in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Clark, Gregory
- Portsmouth Block Mills. Bentham, Brunel and the start of the Royal Navy's industrial revolution by Coad, Jonathan G
- Portsmouth Blockmaking Machinery. A pioneering enterprise in mass production by Gilbert, Keith R
- The Brunels and the Grosvenor Bridge, Chester by Woodward, Gordon
- The Greater Genius? A biography of Marc Isambard Brunel by Bagust, Harold