Lectures on the Results of the Great Exhibition of 1851, Delivered before the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, at the Suggestion of H.R.H. Prince Albert, President of the Society.
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An American edition was published 1854 with title: Lectures on the progress of arts and science, resulting from the Great exhibition in London. Whewell, W. The general bearing of the Great exhibition on the progress of art and science -- De la Beche, Sir H. T. Mining, quarrying, and metallurgical processes and products -- Owen, Richard. The raw materials from the animal kingdon -- Bell, Jacob. Chemical and pharmaceutical processes and products -- Playfair, Lyon. The chemical principles involved in the manufactures of the Exhibition as indicating the necessity of industrial instruction -- Lindley, John. Substances used as food, illustrated by the Great exhibition -- Solly, Edward. The vegetable substances used in the arts and manufactures, in relation to commerce generally -- Willis, Robert. Machines and tools for working in metal, wood, and other materials -- Glaisher, James. Philosophical instruments and processes, as represented in the Great exhibition -- Hensman, Henry. Civil engineering and machinery generally -- Royle, J. F. The arts and manufactures of India -- Washington, Captain. On the progress of naval architecture. Book.
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