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Title:
Railway eccentrics pamphlet
Object name(s):
booklet; booklet
Brief description:
Polemical pamphlet, 'Railway eccentrics. Inconsistencies of men of genius exemplified in the practice and precept of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Esq and in the theoretical opinions of Charles Alexander Saunders Esq. Secretary to the Great Western Railway,' attacking Saunders and Brunel over the gauge question and their championing of broad gauge. Written by Henry Cole under the pseudonym "Vigil." In a board slip-case. Dimensions: 216 x 138 mm.
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated concept:
booklet
Associated concept:
Documents and Publicity Material
Associated person:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Person's association:
association
Associated person:
Charles Alexander Saunders
Person's association:
association
Associated person:
Great Western Railway
Person's association:
association
Credit line:
Purchased
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
8 1/2
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
216
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
5 7/16
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
138
Material:
paper
Object name:
booklet; booklet
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1846
Date - latest:
1846
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1846
Date - latest:
1846
Object production person:
Cole, Sir Henry
Other number:
2001-8350
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
E2001.503.4
Other number type:
Entry number
Responsible department/section:
NRM - Documents

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/533111fe-13fb-39b8-a97a-5055cedea717

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/533111fe-13fb-39b8-a97a-5055cedea717, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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