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Ref No	DM1306/11/1/5/folio 269-270
Title	Letter from James Nasmyth to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Description	Written from Penshurst, Kent. The letter offers Nasmyth's suggestions for solving the problems with the launch of the Great Eastern. Nasmyth's suggestion is to provide a method of lifting the ship, perhaps to allow Brunel to oil the launching ways, and gives instructions for creating the lifting apparatus and his calculations for how much the lifting apparatus could lift. The letter also mentions that Nasmyth suggested his hydraulic mattress to John Scott Russell several months previously.
Date	7 November 1857
Format	Manuscript volume
Extent	2 pages
Access Conditions	This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.

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