| Description | DM162/5/1
Mahogany box of 14 drawing instruments, many inscribed IK Brunel or IKB. By Elliot, London?
Materials used are electrum, steel, and ivory. Lower tray: 3 rules, 1 sharpener, Upper tray: 14 items
DM162/5/2/1-3
Binoculars in a leather case lettered ‘HM Brunel ------ Westminster’
/1. Binoculars, /2. Case, /3. Lid
DM162/5/3/1-2
Part of a surveying instrument in a leather case (see also DM162/5/37)
/1. Instrument, /2. Case
DM162/5/4
Steel double dividers
DM162/5/5
Ivory parallel rule inscribed ‘IKB’ in black leather case which is inscribed ‘I.K. BRUNEL 18 DUKE ST, WESTMINSTER. PRAY RETURN IT’
DM162/5/6
Map meter, by Fenn, London
DM162/5/7
Pocket barometer, by Adie, London
DM162/5/8
Steel callipers, inscribed ‘HM Brunel’
DM162/5/9
Piece of broad gauge rail
DM162/5/10
Brass 360 degree protractor. By Gardiner, Bristol
DM162/5/11
Metal set square
DM162/5/12
Two metal set squares inscribed ‘IKB’
DM162/5/13
Box containing 4 wooden rulers by Stanley, inscribed ‘HM BRUNEL’; 2 wooden rulers by Elliott
DM162/5/14
Piece of the wrought iron bar that spanned the Avon Gorge before the construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
DM162/5/15
Mahogany box inscribed ‘Henry Brunel’ containing: 2 rulers inscribed ‘HENRY BRUNEL’ and ‘ELLIOTT 56 STRAND LONDON’; 1 wooden set square’; 1 box of paints’ 1 mixing box; 2 unidentified pieces of metal; 1 metal file inscribed ‘HEWLINS’; with key to box
DM162/5/16
Box of rulers in wooden case inscribed ‘HM Brunel’. 10 x 2 inch rulers, 7 x 30 cm rulers. These are scale rulers. By Elliott, 449 Strand, London
DM162/5/17
23 ivory rulers, some inscribed ‘IKB’. By W Elliott, High Holborn, London
DM162/5/18
Wooden and metal wind measurer
DM162/5/19
Leather case (very brittle) containing a hand drill, two other tools, and a cardboard box labelled ‘Criterion Strop’
DM162/5/20
Piece of wood from the SS Great Britain fashioned into a door stop
DM162/5/21
Metal ruler inscribed ‘IK Brunel 1846’
DM162/5/22
Two leather wallets inscribed ‘IK BRUNEL 18 DUKE ST WESTMINSTER – PRAY RETURN IT’
DM162/5/23
Piece of the cable laid across the Atlantic by the SS Great Eastern [original reference DM1333]
DM162/5/24
Metal screw inscribed ‘[G] K. N.’ on the head, probably part of the original construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge [original reference DM1472]
DM162/5/25
Metal screw, probably part of the original construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge [original reference DM1472]
DM162/5/26
Wooden peg
DM162/5/27
Two unidentified varnished pieces of wood (these were possibly used to display drawing instruments in the 1970s)
DM162/5/28
Envelope containing a key labelled ‘Key of yellow tin box in HMB’s bedroom’
DM162/5/29
Two keys on a tag labelled ‘Brunel boxes’
DM162/5/30
Envelope containing GWR keys
DM162/5/31
10 cardboard chain scales in case. By Holtzapffel and Co.
DM162/5/32
25 cardboard chain scales in case. By Holtzapffel and Co.
DM162/5/33
Wooden slide rule
DM162/5/34
32 chain scales in case. By Holtzapffel and Co.
DM162/5/35
2 ebony triple parallel rules. By Elliott. Inscribed ‘JW Hammond’
DM162/5/36
Steel triple parallel rule inscribed ‘IK Brunel 1846’
DM162/5/37
Part of a surveying instrument in a leather case (see DM162/5/3)
DM162/5/38
Metal screw, probably part of the original construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge [original reference DM1472]
DM162/5/39
Pieces of leather straps from cases
DM162/5/40
Large mahogany box with brass furniture and keyhole, labelled 'B'. This is used to hold some of the drawing instruments, and was one of the original boxes which the Brunel Collection was housed in, when it came to the University of Bristol Library |