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Marine and Estuary Shells have been observed,' to the Appendix of 

 De la Beche's ' Researches in Theoretical Geology/ and, in con- 

 junction with Captain King, ' Descriptions of the Cirripedia, Con- 

 chifera, and Mollusca collected during the Voyage of H.M.SS. 

 Adventure and Beagle, 1826-30 ' (Zoological Journal). 



" To the ' Quarterly Review ' Mr. Broderip contributed articles on 

 the Zoological Gardens, on the Vine, on the Cetacea and Whale- 

 fisheries, on the Writings of Captain Basil Hall, on the Bridgewater 

 Treatise of Dr. Buckland, &c. But the main bulk of this inde- 

 fatigable student's zoological writings are contained in the ' Penny 

 Cyclopedia/ viz. from AST to the end, including the whole of the 

 articles relating to 'Mammals/ 'Birds/ 'Reptiles/ 'Crustacea/ 

 'Mollusca/ 'Conchifera/ 'Cirrigrada/ ' Pulmograda/ &c., 'Buffon/ 

 'Brisson/ &c., and 'Zoology.' 



" His last publication, ' On the Shark/ appeared in the March 

 Number of ' Frazer's Magazine/ It was the ' first part' of an 

 article on that subject, and bears all the marks of a mind in full 

 intellectual vigour," 



ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL was the only son of the late Sir 

 Marc Isambard Brunei, whose mechanical genius and originality of 

 conception he largely inherited. Young Brunei was born at Ports- 

 mouth in the year 1806, at the period when his father was engaged 

 in the construction of the block-machinery for the Royal Dockyard. 

 He received his general education chiefly at the College Henri Quatre 

 at Caen, where at that time the mathematical masters were particu- 

 larly celebrated ; and to his acquirements in that science may be 

 attributed the early successes he achieved, as well as the confidence 

 in his own resources which he displayed throughout his professional 

 career. 



On his return to England, he was, for a time, practically engaged 

 in mechanical engineering, at the Works of the late Mr. Bryan Don- 

 kin, and at the age of about twenty he joined his father in the con- 

 struction of the Thames Tunnel, and there- attained considerable 

 experience in brickwork, the use of cements, and more especially in 

 meeting and providing for the numerous casualties to which that 

 work was exposed. The practical lessons there learned were in- 

 valuable to him, and to his personal gallantry and presence of mind, 



