Comments on: Made by Migrants: Brunel http://www.worldbytes.org/made-by-migrants-brunel/ Don't shout at the telly - change the message on it! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A http://www.worldbytes.org/made-by-migrants-brunel/#comment-25731 A Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:45:21 +0000 http://www.worldbytes.org/?p=726#comment-25731 And without his father having migrated to the UK London wouldn't thrive as much as it does. And without his father having migrated to the UK London wouldn’t thrive as much as it does.

]]> By: A http://www.worldbytes.org/made-by-migrants-brunel/#comment-25730 A Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:44:26 +0000 http://www.worldbytes.org/?p=726#comment-25730 This video is so interesting. Now I know who Brunel university was named after! It’s interesting to see how the first underwater tunnels were made, Brunel’s clever thinking and how hard people worked and how they were willing to risk their lives to make things better for everyone by creating a solution to the transport problem and Brunel’s determination to prove that his idea would work. This video is so interesting. Now I know who Brunel university was named after! It’s interesting to see how the first underwater tunnels were made, Brunel’s clever thinking and how hard people worked and how they were willing to risk their lives to make things better for everyone by creating a solution to the transport problem and Brunel’s determination to prove that his idea would work.

]]> By: Bryn Bird, Chairman, The Brunel Museum http://www.worldbytes.org/made-by-migrants-brunel/#comment-171 Bryn Bird, Chairman, The Brunel Museum Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:16:30 +0000 http://www.worldbytes.org/?p=726#comment-171 The boldness of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s vision and enterprise has made him the most famous of all the remarkable Victorian engineers, but an inadvertent consequence has been that his achievements have overshadowed, almost to the point of invisibility, the achievements of his father, Marc Isambard Brunel. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel was one of the greatest civil and mechanical engineers of the late 18th-/early 19th centuries, a man of even greater inventive genius than his son. And his life was even more adventurous: a Frenchman who escaped the guillotine to become explorer, then Chief Engineer of New York, he finally settled in enemy England, married a girl from Portsmouth, invented mass production, started the tube system and finally established a dynasty of engineers. WORLDwrite’s excellent film pays tribute to a refugee who transformed London and helped create a world city. The boldness of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s vision and enterprise has made him the most famous of all the remarkable Victorian engineers, but an inadvertent consequence has been that his achievements have overshadowed, almost to the point of invisibility, the achievements of his father, Marc Isambard Brunel.

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel was one of the greatest civil and mechanical engineers of the late 18th-/early 19th centuries, a man of even greater inventive genius than his son. And his life was even more adventurous: a Frenchman who escaped the guillotine to become explorer, then Chief Engineer of New York, he finally settled in enemy England, married a girl from Portsmouth, invented mass production, started the tube system and finally established a dynasty of engineers.

WORLDwrite’s excellent film pays tribute to a refugee who transformed London and helped create a world city.

]]> By: lauren http://www.worldbytes.org/made-by-migrants-brunel/#comment-108 lauren Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:29:12 +0000 http://www.worldbytes.org/?p=726#comment-108 Let everyone in, you know it makes sense. This film shows a great story of a migrant who were a huge part of civilising our city. We need more today as there is a lot to do, to make, to build, to research and develop. Let everyone in, you know it makes sense. This film shows a great story of a migrant who were a huge part of civilising our city. We need more today as there is a lot to do, to make, to build, to research and develop.

]]> By: kentucky http://www.worldbytes.org/made-by-migrants-brunel/#comment-107 kentucky Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:28:23 +0000 http://www.worldbytes.org/?p=726#comment-107 wow, thanks for another corker wow, thanks for another corker

]]> By: visa2020 http://www.worldbytes.org/made-by-migrants-brunel/#comment-106 visa2020 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:27:47 +0000 http://www.worldbytes.org/?p=726#comment-106 Brilliant! The greatest of Britons, Isambard, turns out to be the son of a (very talented) French migrant. Engineering without borders! Brilliant! The greatest of Britons, Isambard, turns out to be the son of a (very talented) French migrant. Engineering without borders!

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