The Proceedings of the Tecnology and Society Conference
Online ISSN : 2432-9487
2005
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Production and Showing of Models of Brunel's Works
Kenkichi SatoYasuyuki SHIRAI
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Pages 153-156

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (IKB, 1806-1859) is the great engineer in the Victorian Age. He worked on the field of urban transportation infrastructures, i.e., railway, ship, bridge, tunnel, station, etc. At the meeting of the JSME, 10^<th> December 2005, the authors have presented the miniature models of IKB's works to understand his challenging and engineering spirits. At meeting, a diorama of South East England and South Wales where are deeply related to the Great Western Railway (GWR) was presented. This diorama was produced by students at Chiba University. And there were also elaborate model of atmospheric railway of South Devon Railway (SDR) and Royal Albert Bridge. The model of Atmospheric Railway was produced by one of the authors, and the model of bridge was by the senior students at Keiai Gakuen High School. These models are practical materials to understand the original works of Brunei.
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