Category: History - Modern (1750+)
PAGE. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 1 COMMITTEE FOR ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE BUILDING 2 LABOURS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE 3 THE COMPETITION DESIGNS 6 BUILDINGS USED FOR PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS IN FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ENGLAND 15 DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE'S DESIGN 21 OPPOSITI...
The rods above described were carried along the centre lines of the columns, and the position of each column was marked by a small stake driven into the ground; and in order sti...
7. Part 7The description just given of the gallery girders will apply to all the cast-iron girders throughout the building, of which there are 2,150; the only difference between them bei...
9. Part 9"The foot of the ribs on one side was then passed over the tramway sufficiently to allow the other side to clear the opposite truss; after which the whole was hoisted to the ful...
6. Part 6The solid gutter was now transferred to the hands of the carpenter, who fixed at each end, on the under-side, a small cast-iron shoe; and two struts, nine inches long, were plac...
4. Part 4The design of the Building Committee, when published to the world, met with anything but public approbation; some of the objectors called in question the practicability of the e...
5. Part 5"The new Victoria Regia House, which presents a light and novel appearance, is 60 feet 6 inches in length, and 46 feet 9 inches in breadth. Although, when compared with the Grea...
3. Part 3"Part II. of the Report contains what I suppose is to be taken as the best exposition of the merits of contributors that the Committee can give, which commences by stating, in a...
12. Part 122. Considering the importance of the undertaking, and the circumstances attending its promulgation, the selection of the Metropolis as its intended locality appears to have been...
2. Part 2"1. The communications from contributors must consist of a single sheet of paper, not larger than the accompanying engraving, with a simple ground-plan upon a scale of 1·1000 of...
13. Part 1326. In conclusion, the Commissioners think it desirable to call attention to the fact, that the three last Exhibitions of this nature which have taken place in Paris have been h...
14. Part 14"This volume, which unostentatiously treats on the highly interesting subjects indicated in the title, is based on records of unimpeachable value. All speculation has been wisel...
15. Part 15Sheet 13, price 2s.--Fruit: Peaches, Plums, Red Grapes, White Currants. Flowers: Convolvulus Major, White Rose, Heartsease, Fumaria Anagallis. Sheet 14, price 1s. 6d.--Noisette...
11. Part 11Mons. Acollas, Architecte, 33, Rue Lafayette, à Paris. Messrs. Aickin and Capes, 1, Clarence-street, Islington. W. Albon, Esq., 32, Abingdon-street, Westminster. C. B. Allen, Ar...
10. Part 10"The conception of such an effect, difficult even to the artist accustomed to abstract his attention from present interruptions and to calculate future harmonies, is impossible...
1. Part 1PAGE. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 1 COMMITTEE FOR ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE BUILDING 2 LABOURS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE 3 THE COMPETITION DESIGNS 6 BUILDINGS USED FOR PREVIOUS EXHIB...