Research Catalog

Title

The world in its workshops : a practical examination of British and foreign processes of manufacture, with a critical comparison of the fabrics, machinery, and works of art contained in the Great Exhibition / by James Ward.

Author

Ward, James (Author of The world in its workshops)

Publication

London : Williams S. Orr and Co. ..., [1851?]

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Details

Description

[6], 284, [6] pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : 2 illustrations; 18 cm

Subject

• Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
• Great Exhibition

Genre/Form

• Lithographs – Specimens – Great Britain – 1851.
• Gold blocked bindings – Specimens – Great Britain – 1851.

Note

• Date of issue from BM 256:892.
• Frontispiece and engraved t.p. conjugate.
• Added t.-p., engraved.
• Second edition.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction. -- I. Steel. -- II. Swords, guns, and pistols. -- III. Percussion caps. -- IV. Copper, brass, and mixed metals. -- V. Steel pens. -- VI. Pin-making and wire-drawing. -- VII. Needles. -- VIII. Buttons. -- IX. Plate, Sheffield plate, and electro-plate. -- X. Typography, lithography, stereotype. -- XI. Machinery, etc. -- XII. Agricultural implements. -- XIII. Glass. -- XIV. Sculpture. -- XV. Wood-carving. -- XVI. Designs and decorations. -- XVII. Painting on glass. -- XVIII. Paper-staining and paper-hangings. -- XIX. Cabinet-work. -- XX. Pianofortes. -- XXI. Papier-mache. -- XXII. Pottery and porcelain. -- XXIII. Silks. -- XXIV. Printed fabrics. -- XXV. Carpets. -- XXVI. The etceteras of the Exhibition. -- Patents -- patent laws.

OCLC

• ocm26152685
• 26152685
• SCSB-301874

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library