His ship, SS Great Eastern ... Businesses became richer because they could buy and sell things more easily. Isambard Kingdom Brunel's work truly changed the way people lived during his lifetime ...

Oversize expectations: The Great Eastern vessel was supposed to cap the career of its ill-fated designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (before the huge ship’s launching chains). Victoria and Albert ...

This is the finest collection of original source material on Isambard Kingdom Brunel (letter books, sketchbooks, calculation books, accounts, correspondence, diaries, etc.), his father Sir Marc ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel wanted to retire to the house now ... His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering. His ship the SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven, ocean ...

Isambard was the son of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849) and Sophia Kingdom (d.1854) and was born at Portsea ... SS Great Western, the iron ship SS Great Britain and the SS Great Eastern. During ...