The Year-book of Facts in the Great Exhibition of 1851

Download or read book The Year-book of Facts in the Great Exhibition of 1851 written by John Timbs and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the origin and progress of the Great Exhibition of 1851, including the French national expositions from 1797 to 1849, the origin and construction of the Crystal Palace, the lay-out of the exhibits and the objects exhibited. There is also a description of the close of the exhibition. The appendix contains a list of the medal winners, tables of the daily number of visitors to the exhibition including the amount of money received at the doors on each day and a financial statement of the proceeds and expenditure of the exhibition. Finally a statistical note on the official catalogue is quoted from The Edinburgh review. Includes index.