Entries tagged with engineering

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New arrival

An addition to the collection. Isambear Kingdom Brunel. His hat is so very tall!

A teddy bear wearing an Isambard Kingdom Brunel style black buttoned coat, white shirt and bow tie, and a very very tall black hat. From the SS Great Britain Shop.

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books,
conan doyle,
crime,
crime fiction,
edgar allan poe,
engineering,
fiction,
game of thrones,
geometry,
germany,
languages,
maps,
ordnance survey,
railways,
reading,
roger corman,
sherlock holmes,
vincent price,
wikipedia,
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Sherlock Holmes reread: The Engineer's Thumb

Continuing the short story reread, and onto one of the most gruesome stories in the canon. Going to discuss this with big spoilers from the start, so here's a ( spoiler cut. )