Hunt's Hand-Book to the Official Catalogues of the Great Exhibition: An Explanatory Guide to the Natural Productions and Manufactures of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 1851

by Robert Hunt (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108072878
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/19/2011
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; The transept; West Main Avenue; Outside the building; Part I. Class I – Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgical Operations and Mineral Products; Part II. Class XXII; Section 1. Iron and General Hardware: 1. Including locks, Birmingham, etc.; 2. Sheffield, etc; Section 2. The Mediaeval Court; Part III. Class III – Animal and Vegetable Substances Used as Food; Part IV. Class IV – Vegetable and Animal Substances Used in Manufactures; Part V. Class IX – Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and Implements; Part VI. Class VIII – Naval Architecture, Military Engineering, Guns, Weapons, etc; Part VII. Class XXI – Cutlery – Edge and Hand Tools; Part VIII. Class II – Chemical and Pharmaceutical Products; Part IX. Class XXVIII – Manufactures from Animal and Vegetable Substances, Not Being Woven or Felted; Part X. Class X – Philosophical, Musical, Horological, and Surgical Instruments; Part XI. Class XVII – Paper, Printing, Bookbinding; Part XII. Class XXV – China, Porcelain, etc.