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A renowned chemist, photographer and scholar, Robert Hunt was a passionate advocate of popular education and the ideal choice to write an accessible but informative handbook to the Great Exhibition of 1851. Published while the event was still welcoming visitors in Hyde Park, Hunt's Hand-Book is an encyclopaedia of Victorian material science, chemistry, engineering and design. Aided by small sectional plans of the building and tables of classification, in Volume 2 readers continue their vicarious journey through the Crystal Palace, while receiving clear and lucid lessons on the physics, mechanics and chemistry that enable such innovations as the hydro-pneumatic elevator and the railway system. Including exhibits as varied as enamelled glassware, woven flax, upholstery, diamonds and cement, Hunt's work constitutes one of the most valuable sources available on an age defined by innovation, industry and empire.

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Class V âÇô Machines for Direct Use
Class VI âÇô Manufacturing Machines and Tools
Class VII âÇô Civil Engineering
Architectural and Building Contrivances
Carriages for Common Roads (Class V)
Class XXIV âÇô Glass
Class XXVII âÇô Manufactures in Mineral Substances for Buildings or Decorations
Class XVIII âÇô Works in Precious Metals, Jewellery, etc.
Class XXVI âÇô Furniture, Upholstery, Paper Hangings, Papier MachÃ© and Japanned Goods
Class XVIII âÇô Woven, Felted, and Laid Fabrics, Dyed and Printed
Class XIII âÇô Silk and Velvet
Class XI âÇô Cotton
Class XIV âÇô Flax and Hemp
Classes XII and XV âÇô Woollen and Worsted and Mixed Fabrics, Including Shawls
Class XVI âÇô Leather, Saddlery, Boots and Shoes, Skins, Furs, and Hair
Class XXX âÇô Sculpture, Models, and Plastic Art. Mosaics, Enamels, etc.
Class XIX âÇô Tapestry, Carpets, Floor-Cloths, Lace, Embroidery, etc.
Class XX âÇô Articles of Clothing for Immediate, Personal, or Domestic Use
Class XXIX âÇô Miscellaneous Manufactures and Small Ware
Colonies and dependencies
Foreign department
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Hunt's Handbook to the Official Catalogues of the Great Exhibition

Hunt's Handbook to the Official Catalogues of the Great Exhibition

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