Knight's cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851 / [edited by George Dodd].

Date:
[1851]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Knight's cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851 / [edited by George Dodd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    28/1000
    to swen t.e of ^^t^j^t^^^t^ The Exhibition of Modern IndusUy, ^isplayea^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ time, '^^^^^^fX^^t'er^riveH^^ B^^awls, carpets, papier rnach6, marquetcrie, oLs, castings, carvings modelhijgs &^^^^ ^^^^ Industrial Ex- DMin has claimed its * .^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ p,esent year, (1850) a very intercstmg position. During the month ° ^ ^l^^^Vexh^^^^^ under the auspices of the Royal Election of manufactured P-^^^ J^^^^^^^ that body. The house of the Society Dublhi Society, and in ^'^'^.[^'''fj^^'^^^ Italian windo^YS in mdth, and havmg is a handsome structure with a range o appropriated to the a garden and lawn m the reai. ^ i the Agricultural Museum, the Board Jeption of the .^f--^^ ^he L^^^^^^^^^^ the Schools, the six Room, the Corridor, the Hall, ^^-^^^ there were an iron house and a rooms occupied as a f^^^^^T^^t wn t^^' ^ was divided into sections; every specimen was num- tred by the Socie^ is^ ^J ^^^lli^ t^^ good,indeed, that we may almost ^S^f^, f^^^^ It Lj be hoped that Lnaimg when the exhibition was biw^^^^^ ^^^^ l^^^,^,^^ a few copies of this ca alogue will P[^^^^^^^^^^ collections. It is an octavo to future catalogue makers m ^'^^f^^^beltSng are thW lithogi-aphed plans, pamphlet of about 170 pages f ,f the building. Next comes showing the exact ^^^^^^^l^^'^^'fJl'l^^^^^ exhibited, numbered in order the catalogued enumeration of '^^^^^^^ 3ent by one contributor are from 1 to 2,850. In most cases aU the BP cxmcns y^ ^^^^ numbered consecutively grouped ^^^o ^^^^^^^^^^ .^dress of the contributor are the catalogue: where the name, occupation ^ j^^t of contributors' given. Near the the end of the catalogue - ^^P^J^^^ table appropriated to or exhibitors' names ; with '^^^^^^^^^^ specimen which begins the each person's contributions, and , .^^ified list of the trades display: it includes the oUowmgh^^^^^^^^ ^j^^^ ^^.^^^^^.^ ^ chintzes; fringe and coach '. .^^^^f.''^^^^^^ oil-cloth; mattmg; hats ; fancy work ; lace and embroidery . ^^in lamps and lustres ; glass ; cabinet-making ; picture frames ; ^^^^f . = metals ; electrotypes ; n.arble; porcelain and pottery ; watches «^^J^.]^\^::,3truments ; philosophical ironwork; machines and engines foe™ i.^rticultural implements; car- aud mathematical ^^^-^^^J:^ ^ W ^^^^^^^ perfumery; tIZ:. SiSr ^ Th^^ — specimens e.h.^cc^^ but by far the larger number boie «^^ Irish linens were fittingly and trial aits, especially m Ireland. J^^J /^^^^^^^^^^ and gold-tissued poplins.