Part of the library of Science and Public Affairs and originally published in 1851, this study relates views of the industry, science and the Government of England in 1851.
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Charles Babbage
Zusammenfassung
First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Inhalt
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER II. ERROR RESPECTING THE INTERCHANGE OF COMMODITIES, CHAPTER III. OF SOCIETIES, CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE EXPOSITION OF 1851, CHAPTER V. OBJECT AND USE OF THE EXPOSITION, CHAPTER VI. LIMITS, CHAPTER VII. SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING, CHAPTER VIII. PRICES, CHAPTER IX. PRIZES, CHAPTER X. JURIES, ETC., CHAPTER XI. ULTERIOR OBJECTS, CHAPTER XII. INTRIGUES OF SCIENCE, CHAPTER XIII. CALCULATING ENGINES, CHAPTER XIV. POSITION OF SCIENCE, CHAPTER XV. THE PRESS, CHAPTER XVI. PARTY, CHAPTER XVII. REWARDS OF MERIT, APPENDIX. THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF MR. WELD'S HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY