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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(9 Apr 1806 - 15 Sep 1859)
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Science Quotes by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1 quote)
If the Commission is to enquire into the conditions “to be observed,” it is to be presumed that they will give the result of their enquiries; or, in other words, that they will lay down, or at least suggest, “rules” and “conditions to be (hereafter) observed” in the construction of bridges, or, in other words, embarrass and shackle the progress of improvement to-morrow by recording and registering as law the prejudices or errors of to-day.
[Objecting to any interference by the State with the freedom of civil engineers in the conduct of their professional work.]
[Objecting to any interference by the State with the freedom of civil engineers in the conduct of their professional work.]
— Isambard Kingdom Brunel
See also:
- 9 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Brunel's birth.
- The First Voyage of the Steam-ship Great Western - a passenger’s journal (1838)
- The Great Eastern Steamship - from Scientific American (28 Jun 1856).
- Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by Angus Buchanan. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Isambard Brunel.