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View of a display case containing numerous barometers by the French manufacturer Eugene Bourdon: 'Bourdon (France, No. 1108) has exhibited several barometers of an original construction ... These instruments are applicable for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere, gas, etc., to a range excee...
View of a display case containing wind instruments made by Adolphe Sax. The instruments received the Council Medal in the class, 'for his invention of several new classes of wind instruments, in wood and metal … Among the inventors of musical instruments, the highest distinction is due to the me...
View of transept, looking north. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view of the transept, the fan window at the end largely obscured by the tree in front, with sculpture and a fountain in the foreground. A photograph taken from a more elevated viewpoint than the preceding print.
View of east end of building. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Architectural Photography Exterior view looking along façade of the west end of the Crystal Palace. The sky portion of the print has been clearly masked off above the flags fluttering along the roofline.