You have a flaw in your write-up of IKBrunel, in the section on the Thames Tunnel. "Isambard spent nearly" -- nearly what? 17 minutes to fix it? What took ya so long? :-)
That is a nice Talking Heads writeup. I can see your background in writing. Adding it to Brilliant prose. :-) --Koyaanis Qatsi
what's "too many" history books? can I have any discards?--MichaelTinkler