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Foreword
BRUNEL was a true pioneer; he was a very remnarkable man,
and he was the son of a remarkable father. Not all his
schemes were successful, especially financially, but they were all
ingenious and bold. He had what every inventor must have
courage and vision.
In this short life the first two chapters are mainly about his
father, Mark Isambard Brunel (this is because his life as a young
man was so exciting that I couldn't resist the temptation to bring
it in!) and our Brunel does not really come on the scene until
Chapter Three, and then, at the age of seventeen, he was engaged
in one of the boldest and most exciting engineering works ever
attempted in this country.
All of which you shall fnd out if you read about him -but
please start at the beginning and go right through because it all
hangs together as a connected story and I think you will find it
not only interesting but exciting.
When describing some of the things that Brunel invented or
designed I have tried to give you a description of them in
language which is not too technical, but which still gives you
enough detail to make them interesting.
I hope I have succeeded in this; and I think you will find it
worth while reading these parts a little more slowly than the
rest so that you get a clear idea of what Brunel's various things
actually looked like and how they were made.
L.M.