| Description | These are summaries of letters from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to various correspondents. The letterbook contains complete copies of the letters.
DM162/10/2c/folio 202
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to A.W. Horsford; W. Elliot concerning interest and readiness to assist in railway between Weymouth and Great Western Railway but present time unfavourable, companies engaged with other projects, Great Western Railway and Oxford Railway, Cheltenham Railway, Exeter Railway and Plymouth Railway etc., 28 August 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 203
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain W.S. Moorsom concerning meeting appointment, 28 August 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 204
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Bennett to G.A. Jermyn, concerning Cheltenham & Great Western Union Railway: agreement for copies of contract plans numbers one and two, and terms, 30 August 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 204
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to P. Rocca concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: delay in report, forwarding of estimate, plans and sections required, etc., 30 August 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 205
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to B.H. Babbage concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: delay in report, sending of estimate to Rocca, requirement of translation 30 August 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 204
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Predeval concerning Predeval’s machine: declines to take part in promotion of Company, criticism of machine, etc., 31 August 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 189
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to T.R. Guppy concerning Great Britain Steamship: request for section, agreement with Guppy’s plans for iron ship building, method of obtaining longitudinal and vertical strength, details of screw, including manufacture of perfect design, pitch, speed, blades, etc., screw propulsion experiments, etc., August (check) 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 205
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith concerning Rattler Steamship: meeting appointment with Field, endeavour to expedite work, etc., 14 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 206
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to T. Hackworth concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway locomotives: tender, query concerning cylinders, manufacturers to recommend engine design, 14 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 207
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Field concerning Rattler Steamship: meeting appointment etc., 14 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio207
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Vizard concerning Oxford Railway: agreement with Vizard’s views concerning crossing near Nuneham and junction at Stonehouse, consultations with Great Western Railway and Bristol & Gloucester Railway, 14 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 208
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F. Braithwaite concerning meeting appointment, 15 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 208
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J.F. Fearon concerning experiments referred to not by Brunel, possibly by Stephenson, 15 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 208
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith concerning Rattler Steamship: meeting with Field, effort to expedite work, removal of screw, 15 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 209
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Field concerning Rattler Steamship: criticism of progress of works, advice concerning screw propulsion; Great Western Steamship: criticism for having preferred beam engines to direct engines, 15 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 210
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Bennett to W. Patterson concerning ability to take pupil, terms of apprenticeship, etc., 15 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 211
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to E. Loder concerning timber preservation experiments with sulphate of iron, and other metallic salts, no advantage in Payne’s process, preference for creosote, 19 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 212
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to B.H. Babbage concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: advice concerning progress of work, general conduct and individuals in good and bad weather, caution against the Duke of Gallina and Italian engineers, favourable opinion of Alberti, etc., 25 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 213
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R. Fletcher concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway or Clifton Suspension Bridge: meeting appointment, 25 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 214
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Reverend G. Harrison concerning unknown railway: efforts to render line through White’s land at Marley unobjectionable, possibility of tunnel or covered way etc., 26 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 215
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith, Rattler Steamship: visit to Maudsley’s [Maudslay’s], screw not removed, other machinery in forward state, suggestion of reporting slow progress to Admiralty, 26 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 216
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to N. Beardmore, concerning Plymouth & Exeter Railway: scales of cross sections, instruction for drawing sections on plans, request for section across the Yealm, etc., 26 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 217
Letter from J. Bennett to S. Clarke, concerning payment of account for cab hire, 27 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 217
Letter from J. Bennett to G.A. Jermyn concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: criticism of and arrangements for payment of charge for drawing plans, 27 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 218
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F. Braithwaite concerning inability to attend to proposed business owing to pressure of engagements, etc., 27 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 218
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to P.P. Baly concerning Chatsworth fountain: water jets and request for information from other authorities, Merryweather’s floating fire engines, height of jet, power, etc., 30 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 219
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Adolph d’Eichtal concerning Chatsworth Fountain: request for details of highest jets at Paris or Versailles, 30 September 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 220
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith, concerning Rattler Steamship: meeting appointment, meeting with Sir Edward Parry concerning expedition of Maudsley’s [Maudslay’s] work, 7 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 220
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Mrs J. Hinde concerning Clifton Suspension Bridge: inability of Trustees to make payment concerning work by the late Mr Hinde, 7 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 221
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W.O. Hunt concerning request for information concerning character of W. Paterson, etc., 8 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 221
Letter from J. Bennett to W.P. Scott concerning house in Crown Street: payment of rent, enquiry concerning annual tenancy, 9 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 221
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Paxton concerning Chatsworth fountain: calculations, etc., including jets, heights, supply pipes, London floating fire engines, St Cloud Fountain, proposed experiment, construction, etc., 14 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 223
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Beaufort concerning Wexford Harbour: project for improvement, extended plan of communication through South Wales with England, requirement of details of Captain Frazer’s survey, request for meeting appointment to obtain views of Admiralty, 22 October 1848
DM162/10/2c/folio 224
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Messrs. Maudsleys [Maudslays], concerning Rattler Steamship: request to get steam up, visit to Blackwall, 22 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 224
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R. Cripps, concerning approval of Cripps’ action and character as contractor, willingness to assist and advise, etc., 23 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 225
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir John Barrow concerning Rattler Steamship: satisfactory performance of screw propeller machinery in East India Docks, necessity of working straps for several days and trial of ship in river, purpose of straps, readiness of ship, etc., 24 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 226
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Maudsleys [Maudslays] & Field, concerning Rattler Steamship: trails in docks, Admiralty and river trials, modification of and request for advice on straps and drums, etc., 24 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 227
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: request for proposed trial, visits to Devon and Ireland, etc., 24 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 228
Letter from J. Bennett to W. Patterson, concerning preparation of articles of apprenticeship for Patterson’s son, 25 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 229
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to E. Slaughter concerning (check) railway carriages: construction, distance between axles and comparison with Great Western Railway, inside axle guards, springs, 25 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 229
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P.Smith concerning Rattler Steamship: Admiralty instructions for trial, request for assistance, 25 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 229
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Maudsley [Maudslay] & Field concerning Rattler Steamship: Admiralty instructions for river trial, request for completion of work on straps and drums, etc., 25 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 230
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Samuda concerning Dublin & Kingstown Railway (check), Ireland: request to make experiments, gauges, carriages, comparison with West London Railway, speed, rails, inclination of curves, etc., 25 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 231
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W. Chadwick concerning Hungerford Suspension Bridge: criticism of delays in work due to lack of materials, etc, 26 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 232
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Field concerning Rattler Steamship: oiling of straps to prevent slipping, modification of drums; Great Britain (check) Steamship: drum experiments, 26 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 232
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W. Chadwick concerning Rochester Railway: willingness to assist providing management, character of Company, etc., agreeable, enquiry concerning Directors, notices, etc, opinion against single line railway, recommendation of Burke as Parliamentary agent, 27 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 234
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Messrs. Maudsleys [Maudslays] concerning Rattler Steamship: modification of screw for further trials, attachment of cross-straps, oiling of straps, etc., 30 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 234
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith concerning Rattler Steamship: unsatisfactory result of trial, lack of immersion of screw, modification of screw, 30 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 235
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: desirability of increasing draught of ship to give screw greater immersion, 30 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 235
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W.O. Hunt concerning Wexford harbour: measurement of harbour and enclosure, 30 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 236
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Maudsley [Maudslay] & Co, concerning Rattler Steamship: necessity of experiments of fitting indicators to engines and connecting with cylinders, etc., 31 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 238
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith concerning Rattler Steamship: removal, shipping and unshipping of screw, unsatisfactory performance of engines, criticism of method of shortening screw, 31 October 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 236
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Bennett to Captain G.K. Handcock concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway: request for tender for turntables, 1 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 239
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W.O. Hunt concerning Wexford Harbour: query concerning taking of sections, etc. for parliamentary deposit, Rendel and Wexford, opinion of Smith of Deanton concerning employment and under drainage, 2 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 239
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to E. Slaughter concerning unknown (Check) railway carriages: criticism and details of springs and axle guards, 2 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 237
Letter from J. Bennett to William Jackson concerning Great Western Railway: Brunel’s lack of authority to employ Jackson, recommendation of sending testimonials to Saunders for Committee of Directors concerned with vacancies, etc, 4 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 237
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to H. Wimshurst concerning Rattler Steamship: recommendation of sending suggestions for modification to Admiralty, 4 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 240
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir John Barrow concerning Rattler Steamship: trial, satisfactory working of straps and machinery, desirability of increasing draft to that of Polyphemus Steamship, further trial and shortening of screw, 7 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 241
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: immersion and draft of Polyphemus and Rattler, request for shelter on deck in which to record results of experiments, 7 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 242
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain W.S. Moorsom concerning Cornwall Railway: postponement of application to Parliament, withdrawal from notices of branch to Tamar ferry, substitution of improved road of communication, etc., 7 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 245
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to G. Jones concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway, Great Western Railway: negotiations between Birmingham & Gloucester Railway and Great Western Railway concerning working of Cheltenham and Gloucester line and effect upon possible meeting and arrangements with Bristol & Gloucester Railway, etc., 7 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 242
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Beaufort concerning Wexford Harbour, Ireland: request for letter of introduction to Captain Faser, information, etc., 8 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 243
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R.T. Gower, declines invitation, visit to Ireland, request for information on R.B. Williams of (check)[St]ackpole Court, Pembroke, 8 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 244
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith, concerning Rattler Steamship: further modification of screw, preparation for next trial, 8 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 244
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: F.P. Smith and modification of screw, appointment for next trial, 8 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 244
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Messrs. Maudsleys [Maudslays], concerning Rattler Steamship: request for drawing of screw shaft, 8 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 246
Letter from J. Bennett to L.S. Bidwell, concerning Newcastle & Berwick Railway: probability of being unable to assist in survey near Thetford, 13 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 247
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith concerning Rattler Steamship: measurement of pitch of screw blades and possible difference, slip of screw in experiment, error in speed calculations, etc.; Great Northern Steamship: possibility of experiment, 13 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 248
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Field concerning Rattler Steamship: query concerning manufacture of new screw, modification of drums, trials and slip of screw, coppering of ship and effect on speed, 13 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 246
Letter from J. Bennett to Captain Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: inability to be at Woolwich for next trial at time appointed by Admiralty, 14 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 249
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to B.H. Babbage concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: receipt of communications and plans, preparation of report, 15 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 251
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to E. Slaughter concerning (Check) platforms: opinion on platforms for private carriages dependent on side or ledge, comparison with Great Western Railway, 16 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 250
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: absence from trials due to fault of Her Majesty’s Post Office, criticism of mail service between Dublin and London, etc, 17 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 251
Letter from J. Bennett to Captain Handcock concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway turntables: specifications, cost and request for tender, 17 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 252
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Lieutenant Colonel Sir Frederick Smith concerning Rochester Railway: request for confirmation that Smith is to be Chairman, satisfaction with such Company direction, meeting appointment concerning single line, locomotives, etc., 17 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 252
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir John Barrow concerning Rattler Steamship: trial, improved performance, desirability of ascertaining best performance with two armed screw preparatory to trials with three and four armed screws, coppering of ship, modification of rudder, 18 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 254
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Field concerning Rattler Steamship: satisfactory trials, request for results of experiments, straps supply, modification of drums, 18 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 255
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Thomas Lloyd concerning Rattler Steamship: absence from trials, request for results, Admiralty and coppering of ship, tapering of rudder, further trials, screws, machinery and indicator; Polyphemus steamship: trials, draft, speed, 18 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 256
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to H. Darvill; declines to accept Darvill’s friend’s son as pupil, refers him to Hammond his principal assistant; (check) wish to settle Bedborough’s account without legal action, 18 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 257
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith concerning Rattler Steamship: no reply to letter to Admiralty, meeting with Sir Edward Parry, 23 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 257
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith, concerning Rattler Steamship: probability of Admiralty orders for screws, preference for cast iron, request for drawings and inspection of ship when docked
23 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 258
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Thomas Lloyd concerning Rattler Steamship: ordered to be coppered at Woolwich or Deptford, screw ordered from Maudsleys [Maudslays], 23 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 258
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith concerning Rattler Steamship: coppering, screws and request for drawings, 23 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 259
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Field concerning Rattler Steamship: instructions for manufacture and specification of three armed screw, 23 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 260
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to T. R. Guppy concerning Rattler Steamship: necessity of experiments before speed desired by Guppy can be obtained, instructions and specifications for manufacture of four armed screw, 23 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 261
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W. Brockedon concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: route of lines from Milan and Turin to Genoa; Plymouth & Exeter Railway (check): agreement to Brockedon’s son being employed by Froude, 24 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 261
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J.J. Macdonnell concerning Wexford Harbour (check), Ireland: decision not to deposit plans, instructions to return, 24 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 262
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Robert McCall concerning Wexford Harbour (check), Ireland: acknowledgement of letters, declines correspondence not essential to business due to pressure of engagements, 24 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 262
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Gower, Nephews & Co concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: correspondence with Babbage, Rocca, near completion of report, 24 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 263
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Lieutenant Colonel Sir Frederick Smith concerning Rochester Railway: absence from meeting, desirability of meeting and arrangement of meeting appointment, 25 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 263
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W.O. Hunt concerning Wexford Harbour, Ireland: receipt from McDonnell of sections and plans, disposal of ordnance maps, 25 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 264
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to T.R. Guppy concerning Rattler Steamship: request for postponement of manufacture of four armed screw, 27 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 265
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to B.H. Babbage concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: plans, near completion of report, etc.; Great Western Steamship: pressure of business, 30 November 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 243
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Bennett to Anthony Austin concerning prevention of engagements of enquiries concerning C. Austin for reference, declines to correspond through A. Austin, November 1843 (check – date uncertain)
DM162/10/2c/folio 266
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R.B. Ward, (check for missing info) Meeting appointment with Saunders, 3 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 266
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to B.H. Babbage concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: near completion of report, visit to Italy to discuss report with Commissioners, request for information about their probable objections, etc, Commissioner’s report, 3 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 268
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Manchester & Leeds Railway Directors, concerning Manchester & Leeds Railway: reference for Edward Bage of the Taff Vale Railway applying for appointment as Superintendent of the Permanent Way, 4 December 1848
DM162/10/2c/folio 267
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R.F. Gower concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: acknowledgement of letter and agreement with content, report, query concerning name of Duc di Ferrari or Disferrari, 5 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 270
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir John Rennie concerning Rochester Railway: preparation of plans for line from Gravesend to Rochester, improbability of promoters for tunnel under river at Gravesend, etc., 5 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 269
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J.W. Hammond concerning Chatsworth fountain: request for information on satisfactory water jet experiments, instructions etc. for further experiments, 6 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 270
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R.F. Gower, concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway: copying, translation and forwarding of report, 6 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 271
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to B.H. Babbage concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway: report, Commissioners, drawings and sections, visit to Italy, etc., 9 December [1843]
DM162/10/2c/folio 273
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Wormeley concerning acceptance of Wormeley’s son as pupil, terms, etc., 11 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 274
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Charles Fowler concerning Great Western Railway (check): willingness to work with Fowler, advantages of assistance of an architect, criticism of economical views of railway proprietors, Directors unlikely to make such an appointment, etc., 11 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 275
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to D. Fitton concerning Oxford Railway: difficulties of advising James whether to work on Oxford line, terms of employment, etc., 12 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 276
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Paxton concerning Chatsworth fountain: satisfactory results of various water jet experiments at Bath Waterworks, request for details of jet at Chatsworth, 12 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 277
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to A.J. Knapp concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway (check): visit to Board of Trade, notices, Act and Coal Pit Heath line, 13 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 277
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R. Beamish concerning Great Western Railway: criticism of Strudwick’s work and conduct, dismissal, employment of Huggins and Mayhew, 13 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 278
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to B.H.Babbage concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: report, estimates, tunnel and pneumatic railway, plans and drawings, visit to Italy, etc., 13 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 279
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir G. Stephen concerning Blackwall Railway, Gravesend & Rochester Railway: forwarding of communication on Tetbury Fort and Blackwall Railway to promoters of Gravesend & Rochester Railway, inability to form opinion of effect on other works, 13 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 279
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Wormeley, concerning preparation of Wormeley’s son’s articles of apprenticeship, payments, 13 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 280
Letter from J. Bennett to Robert McCall concerning Wexford Harbour, Ireland: payment to Staliburton for tide charts, etc, forwarding to McCall of plans and reports, 16 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 280
Letter from J. Bennett to Charles Richardson, concerning payment of accounts and salary, 16 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 281
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R. Brodie concerning circumstances of occupations, probability of a more permanent settled one; 18 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 281
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Thomas Butler, Morro, Alberti & Co., concerning Genoa, Lombardy & Piedmont Railway: visit to Italy, proposed meeting with Commissioners, latter’s report, inspection of line, 18 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 283
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: criticism of delay in docking for coppering, 18 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 283
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Field concerning Rattler Steamship: criticism in delay in manufacture of screw, 18 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 283
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: delay and efforts to expedite manufacture of screws; Louis Phillipe’s iron screw propelled yacht: construction, 20 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 284
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Field concerning Rattler Steamship: satisfactory progress of manufacture of screws, 20 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 284
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to James Walker concerning criticism of Walker and enquiry concerning his correspondence with James Holyhead; non receipt of section, plans etc. from Vignolles, 25 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 285
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R. Fletcher concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway, Great Western Railway, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway: meeting between Great Western Railway and Birmingham & Gloucester Railway, probable results favourable to interests of Bristol & Gloucester Railway, 28 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 285
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Sir Edward Parry concerning Rattler Steamship: progress of coppering, etc, necessity of precise and greater number of experiments with two armed screw to obtain standard by which subsequent alterations to be tested, discrepancies in results of experiments, unknown possibilities of screw propulsion, etc.; Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway: visit to Italy, 29 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 287
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R. Fletcher concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway: advice against stopping line at Gloucester, etc, probability of arrangements facilitating traffic to Cheltenham, 29 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 287
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R. Fletcher concerning Bristol & Gloucester Railway: request to Directors to authorise Hammond to make payment during Brunel’s absence, 29 December 1843
DM162/10/2c/folio 287
Letter from J. Bennett to R. Lawrence concerning Hungerford Suspension Bridge: acknowledgement of letter concerning attachment of float to North pier, 2 January 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 288
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to F.P. Smith concerningRattler Steamship: meeting with Sir Edward Parry to expedite work at Woolwich, visit to Maudsley’s, near completion of three headed screw, paddle and screw propulsion, 24 January 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 289
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W. Chadwick concerning Gravesend & Chatham Railway, South Eastern Railway: consideration of possibility of construction of Gravesend & Chatham Railway in conjunction with South Eastern Railway, proposed union of companies, advantages, etc., 25 January 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 290
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Messrs. Gower cocnerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: Italian Directors found unprepared with arrangements, finances and report to Government, preparation of latter, etc., 26 January 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 290
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W. Chadwick concerning Gravesend & Rochester Railway: invitation to Fearon to meet members of Company, etc., 26 January 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 291
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to G.S. Burke concerning Gravesend & Rochester Railway: meeting appointment with Fearon, desirability of settlement of business to avoid Parliamentary disagreement, 4 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 291
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to H. Sturmey concerning Gravesend & Rochester Railway: acknowledgement of letter, etc.,4 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 292
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir Edward Parry, concerning Rattler Steamship: satisfactory experiments, speed and straps, Captain Smith, Admiralty and proposed experiment with three bladed screw, 5 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 292
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Maudsley [Maudslay] & Field, concerning Rattler Steamship: request to expedite manufacture of screws, delay in coppering, satisfactory performance of engines, 5 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 293
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir James Barrow concerning Rattler Steamship: experiments, accurate determination of speed with two armed screw, proposed trials with three and four armed screws, 5 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 293
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Thomas Lloyd concerning Rattler Steamship: enquiry concerning time of trial, 6 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 294
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to J. Harmer concerning Great Britain Steamship: detailed instructions concerning manufacture and altered pitch of screw, 6 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 295
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Gower, Nephews & Co concerning Genoa, Piedmont & Lombardy Railway, Italy: request and arrangements for payments of professional charges and expenses, 6 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 295
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Bristol Dock Company Directors concerning Great Britain Steamship: detailed application by Great Western Steamship Company for works necessary for the passage of the Great Britain from the Float into Cumberland Basin, including removal of lock gates and masonry, restoration, indemnity against damage, etc., 6 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 297
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Messrs. Maudsley [Maudslay], concerning Rattler Steamship: criticism of delay in manufacture of four armed screw, resulting in delay in experiments, 8 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 298
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W. Chadwick concerning Gravesend & Rochester Railway, South Eastern Railway: arrangement for meeting appointment between Gravesend & Rochester Railway and South Eastern Railway (check), 8 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 298
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Mark Kennaway concerning South Devon Railway: Sir W. Tonkin, Commissioners’ resolution, reply to Whiteford, recommendation of expressing satisfaction to Commissioners, speculation, financial difficulty between Kennaway and the Company, 8 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 299
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir John Rennie concerning meeting appointment, 8 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 299
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to H. Sturmy [Sturmey] concerning Gravesend & Rochester Railway: plans for the Woods and Forest, Ordnance, and Admiralty, recommendation of retention until approved by Committee on Standing Orders owing to idle people amusing themselves in finding mistakes and absurd technicalities thereby causing rejection of Bills by Committee, 8 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 301
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to W.O. Hunt concerning unknown Railway? (check) Woolhampton Station, 9 February 1844
DM162/10/2c/folio 300
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Sir John Barrow concerning Rattler Steamship: trial with three armed screw, probability of modification in screws during trials, request for authority to order any such necessary work to complete comparative screw experiments, 10 February 1844
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