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Actions Displays	Letter from James Nasmyth to Isambard Kingdom Brunel Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberDM1306/11/21/4/2/2 TitleLetter from James Nasmyth to Isambard Kingdom Brunel Creator James Hall Nasmyth DescriptionWritten from Bambro Hall, near Doncaster. The letter gives a reference for the ability of the firm of Noah Hingley & Sons to carry out the manufacture of the chain cables for the Great Eastern. The letter confirms that Nasmyth's firm (James Nasmyth and Sons) manufactured for Hingley and Sons an hydraulic proving machine for testing the strength of chain cables and anchors and gives the strength to which the machine can prove chains. Production date 1857-02-10 - 1857-02-10 Object nametender Object categorylegal document Materialpaper Techniquehand-written Dimensions height: 200 mm width: 90 mm Credit lineBy Courtesy of the Brunel Institute – a collaboration of the ss Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol

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TitleLetter from James Nasmyth to Isambard Kingdom Brunel

DescriptionWritten from Bambro Hall, near Doncaster. The letter gives a reference for the ability of the firm of Noah Hingley & Sons to carry out the manufacture of the chain cables for the Great Eastern. The letter confirms that Nasmyth's firm (James Nasmyth and Sons) manufactured for Hingley and Sons an hydraulic proving machine for testing the strength of chain cables and anchors and gives the strength to which the machine can prove chains.

Production date 1857-02-10 - 1857-02-10

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Credit lineBy Courtesy of the Brunel Institute – a collaboration of the ss Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol

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