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DM1306 - Brunel Collection
11 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern
1 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern
1 - E.S.N. Compy Report Book
Ref No
DM1306/11/1/1/folio 324-326
Title
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Professor C. Piazzi Smyth
Description
Written from 18 Duke Street, London. The letter discusses Professor Piazzi Smyth's proposals for a stand for astronomical observation instruments to keep them stable at sea. The letter describes a spinning toy that Brunel owns, with several sketches on Folios 324 and 325 illustrating the toy and its movement, and suggests how the toy may apply to Smyth's ideas and announces Brunel's intentions to have a small test model of Smyth's invention made in preparation for a subsequent, larger version which may be included on the observatory Brunel plans for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company's ship.
Date
6 December 1854
Format
Manuscript volume
Extent
3 pages
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Access Conditions
This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.
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