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Unpublished paper and letter, 'Observations on the plan proposed by Mr Parrot of St Petersbourg [Petersburg] for mending the hole over the tunnel, securing the works against future irruption [upsurges] and in case of any irruption [upsurge], for saving the men' by Mc I [Marc Isambard] Brunel

Reference number: AP/13/20

Date: 16 June 1828

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Brunel summarises the work of Georg Friedrich Parrot relative to a method for repairing a hole present in the earth above a tunnel, caused by an upsurge of a river. He also explains how further upsurges would be prevented and how workers would be saved should another accident occur. Preceded by a covering letter from Brunel to William Hyde Wollaston.

An ink inscription on covering slip reads 'from Dr Wollaston's Papers'.

Subject: Engineering

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AP/13/20
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16 June 1828
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Ink on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Marc Isambard Brunel

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Marc Isambard Brunel, Unpublished paper and letter, 'Observations on the plan proposed by Mr Parrot of St Petersbourg [Petersburg] for mending the hole over the tunnel, securing the works against future irruption [upsurges] and in case of any irruption [upsurge], for saving the men' by Mc I [Marc Isambard] Brunel, 16 June 1828, AP/13/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_13_20/unpublished-paper-and-letter-observations-on-the-plan-proposed-by-mr-parrot-of-st-petersbourg-petersburg-for-mending-the-hole-over-the-tunnel-securing-the-works-against-future-irruption-upsurges-and-in-case-of-any-irruption-upsurge-for-saving-the-men-by-mc-i-marc-isambard-brunel, accessed on 19 April 2026

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