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A treatise upon selected aspects of the Great International Exhibition held in Philadelphia on the occasion of our Nation's one-hundredth birthday, with some reference to another exhibition held in Washington commemorating that epic event, and called 1876, a Centennial Exhibition / Robert C. Post, editor.

Van Pelt Library T825.B1 N37 1976
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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Government document
Author/Creator:
National Museum of History and Technology.
Contributor:
Post, Robert C., editor.
Jourdan, Mary, book designer.
Moore & Moore, Inc., printer.
Wunsch, Aaron V., Former owner.
Conference Name:
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.).
Centennial Exhibition.
Exhibitions--Pennsylvania ǂz Philadelphia.
Exhibitions.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Philadelphia (Pa.).
Genre:
Exhibitions (Events)
Industrial expositions.
World's fairs.
World's fairs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1876.
Festschriften.
Physical Description:
223 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm & supplement
Other Title:
A treatise upon selected aspects of the Great International Exhibition ...
1876, a Centennial Exhibition.
Place of Publication:
Washington : National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1976.
Contents:
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface : the Centennial success story
Editor's note
Machinery Hall. Steam power
Boilers
Internal combustion
Mechanical refrigeration
Hoisting
Machine tools
Firefighting
Agriculture
Railroading
Printing
Electricity
Horticultural Hall
The Government Building. The Smithsonian Institution
The Patent Office
The War Department
The Navy Department
The Treasury Department
Manufactures. Furniture
Ceramics
Glassware
Silver
Textiles
Paper patterns
Carriage and road vehicles
Hand tools
Books
Scientific and surveying instruments
Music and musical instruments
Timekeeping devices
Photography
Medicine and dentistry
Miscellany
Memorial Hall
The Women's Pavilion
Foreign Nations
State Exhibits
Epilogue : the Arts and Industries Building
Suggestions for further reading
An appreciation.
Notes:
Cover title: 1876, a Centennial Exhibition.
Errata slip inserted.
Design by Mary Jourdan.
Printed by Moore & Moore, Inc.
Bibliography: page 215.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum circulating copy: From the Library of Aaron V. Wunsch.
OCLC:
2644449

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