- 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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