The Exposition of 1851
by Charles Babbage
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About this eBook
- Author
- Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871
- Title
- The exposition of 1851 : or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government, of England
- Original Publication
- London: John Murray, 1851.
- Credits
- Hannah Wilson, Raymond Papworth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- T: Technology
- Subject
- Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 76507
- Release Date
- July 15, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE EXPOSITIO N OF 1851 ;
- 2.PREFAC E TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- 3.CONTENT S.
- 4.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
- 5.CHAPTER II. ERROR RESPECTING THE INTERCHANGE OF COMMODITIES.
- 6.CHAPTER III. OF SOCIETIES.
- 7.CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE EXPOSITION OF 1851.
- 8.CHAPTER V. OBJECT AND USE OF THE EXPOSITION.
- 9.CHAPTER VI. LIMITS.
- 10.CHAPTER VII. SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. PRICES.
- 12.CHAPTER IX. PRIZES.
- 13.CHAPTER X. JURIES, ETC.
- 14.CHAPTER XI. ULTERIOR OBJECTS.
- 15.CHAPTER XII. INTRIGUES OF SCIENCE.
- 16.CHAPTER XIII. CALCULATING ENGINES.
- 17.CHAPTER XIV. POSITION OF SCIENCE.
- 18.CHAPTER XV. THE PRESS.
- 19.CHAPTER XVI. PARTY.
- 20.CHAPTER XVII. REWARDS OF MERIT.
- 21.Appendix.
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