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in London. The ship was then reassembled with
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marketed the 'Price and Manby System' a new type of ventilation system for whole buildings. The business lasted until 1843 when their offices in
Bristol and London closed. Manby had become involved with the Arctic explorer Sir
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Juliana Manby, née Fewster. Aaron Manby was a successful engineer building bridges, ships and engines. As a child Charles attended a Roman Catholic seminary; in 1814 he attended well disciplined
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British honours he received acknowledgement being made Honorary Member for his work by the Institute of Civil Engineers in the Netherlands, an officer of the French
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277:. Manby's fluency in the French language was an asset throughout his life. Manby was then employed by the French government creating France's state-owned tobacco factories.
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On communication to India, in large steam-ships, by the Cape of Good Hope : printed by order of the India Steam-ship
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Manby left an estate of just under ÂŁ250. Today his home at 60 Westbourne
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Charles Manby then became
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In 1860, Manby helped create the
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International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
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and with similar honours from Turkey, Brazil and Sweden.
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to join the International Scientific Commission on the
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service to India, but it was quickly taken over by the
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709:(1857). Institute of Civil Engineers: 479–489.
744:. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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258:as captain. During this voyage across the
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812:Townsend, Charles Edward Clifton (1969).
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791:. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. p. 138.
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443:Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
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269:; The company had been founded by
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934:Société d'Études du Canal de Suez
728:Prosser, Richard Bissell (1893).
500:"Calendar of Industrial Pioneers"
421:Engineer and Logistic Staff Corps
910:Enfantin and the Saint-Simonians
877:Suez Canal Engineers (1798–1869)
785:Bailey, Michael R., ed. (2003).
741:Dictionary of National Biography
760:"Colonel Colt's London Factory"
536:UBC Library Digital Collections
1051:Jetty construction (1863-1869)
1039:Paul Borel, Alexandre Lavalley
423:. As a result, Manby became a
390:Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire
372:Charles Manby was chosen with
173:Institution of Civil Engineers
118:Institution of Civil Engineers
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885:Napoleon's Survey (1798–1801)
441:and an Italian knight of the
367:Robert Stephenson and Company
1071:Fellows of the Royal Society
670:. 3 July 1843. p. 2309.
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919:Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin
651:Skempton, A W, ed. (2002).
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306:India Steamship Company
291:He briefly managed the
286:Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent
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924:Charles Joseph Lambert
731:"Manby, Charles"
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893:Jacques-Marie Le Père
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378:John Robinson McClean
968:The Talabot brothers
902:Planning (1833–1859)
615:accessed 19 Oct 2013
629:. National Archives
532:"Book plate record"
282:Beaufort Iron Works
48:commemorating Manby
668:The London Gazette
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912:(1833–1836)
736:Lee, Sidney
432:blue plaque
356:Crimean War
352:Robert Peel
336:Samuel Colt
242:Aaron Manby
225:John Rennie
148:Aaron Manby
130:Ellen Jones
95:Nationality
46:Blue plaque
1065:Categories
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666:"Notice".
449:References
397:W. U. Hood
382:Suez Canal
275:Le Creusot
237:paddleship
177:Suez Canal
103:Occupation
60:1804-02-04
758:Poncho".
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310:steamship
302:John Ross
124:Partners
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