Note from Isambard Kingdom Brunel authorising a payment to John Scott Russell
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Object numberDM1306/11/12/1/1
TitleNote from Isambard Kingdom Brunel authorising a payment to John Scott Russell
Creator Isambard Kingdom Brunel (author)
DescriptionRough note from Isambard Kingdom Brunel, with clerk's fair copy, of a letter headed 'Eastern Steam Navigation Company', authorising a payment of £7583.6.8 to John Scott Russell for work on the paddle engines of the SS Great Eastern, according to the contract.
Production date 1854-05-30 - 1854-05-30
Object namemiscellaneous accounts
Object categoryaccounting
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written
Dimensions
- height: 180 mm
width: 80 mm
Credit lineBy Courtesy of the Brunel Institute – a collaboration of the ss Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol