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View of agricultural machinery manufactured by Crosskill, on display in the exhibition grounds. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
View of a one-horse cart ('On the whole, the principles of construction of Mr. Busby's cart are considered more correct than those of any other in the Exhibition'), a plough and other agricultural machinery, made by Busby of Newton-le-Willows, on display in the exhibition grounds.
Agricultural implements; Garrett and Sons. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography View of a steam engine and harvesting machinery manufactured by Garrett: 'Messrs. Garrett and Son in their engine had made a great effort to combine lightness with strength, having substituted wrought for cast iron in the bearing for crank-shaft and other parts ......
Agricultural implements; Hornsby and Sons. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography View of a steam engine and harvesting equipment manufactured by Hornsby and Sons, in display in the exhibition grounds. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Disc of flint glass; Chance, Brothers, and Co. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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View of the large piece of optical glass, 29 inches in diameter, exhibited by Chance Brothers. On first inspection by the jury, no opinion could be given as to its quality because of unevenness of the surface. After polishing, it was again examined and finally won a Council Medal, although the j...
Arrangement of several specimens of 'astronomical glass' of various sizes, manufactured by Theodore Daguet of Switzerland: '…They were all found to be good … Mr. Daguet, by a process of his own, gives to flint glass a degree of hardness not attained by any other manufacturer; his glass, particul...
Heliostat and other instruments; Dubosq Soleil. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Arrnagement of a heliostat and several other scientific instruments: 'Dubosq-Soleil (France, has exhibited Silberman's heliostat … [He] has also exhibited a saccharometer … Bravais' haloscope, for the exhibition of all the phenomenae connected with halos, parhelions, etc. ... besides these ... a...