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Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851. Reports by the juries on the subjects in the thirty classes into which the exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commission. In four volumes. Vol. II. Reports — Classes V. to XVI. Photographer(s): Owen, Hugh
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Imprint: London: Spicer Brothers, wholesale stationers; W. Clowes and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commission. MDCCCLII. Folio, full red morocco, 365 x 282 mm, stamped in gilt on upper and lower boards, 'Exhibition MDCCC.LI Reports by the Juries,' with royal crest beneath and doubl...
Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of turbine manufactured by Fromont and Son of Chartres: 'A double turbine, constructed on the system of M. Fontaine Baron. The turbine is a hydraulic machine — of frequent use in France but almost unknown in England — which, instead of rotating verticall...
Genre: Industrial Photography Side view of the locomotive 'Folkstone,' of the South Eastern Railway, patented by T. R. Crampton and built by Stephenson and Co., Newcastle.
Close view of a two-wheeled, covered buffalo carriage from India. A print of this photograph, there credited to Owen, was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Cotton machinery; Hibbert, Platt, and Sons. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of piece of machinery manufactured by Hibbert, Platt and Sons: 'In the exhibition of machinery for spinning, and its preparatory processes, Messrs. Hibbert, Platt, and Sons have taken the lead, by establishing and maintaining in operation a complete seri...
'Epurator;' machine for cleaning cotton; Risler. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of the machine: 'Mr. Risler (France, 1438), exhibits a machine, which he terms 'L'Epurateur,' for opening and cleaning cotton upon a new system, which promises great advantages … ' (p. 415).
Wool-carding machines; Mercier and Co. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of a machine: 'In the French Department a set of woollen machinery, on the same system [as Mason's], is exhibited by Messrs. Mercier and Co. (632), of Louviers; namely, two carding-machines and one semi self-acting mule. These machines are of highly-fini...