Proposed Plans foe the Building,
Ground Plan and Description of the Building,
Introductory,
The Cotton Gin, .
The British Commission,
Interior Decoration, .
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, (England,)Biram’s Anemometer, .
Art,.
Glass Painting, .
Thorwaldsen : CnRisi and the Apostles,
Wines of Onio,.
Whitworth’s Measuring Machine,
Opening of the New-York Exhibition,Maroohetti’s Washington, .
Gary’s Rotary Pump, .
Benefits of the Exhibition to American Art,
Bookbinding,.
United States Coast Survey, (Historical Sketo:Saxton’s Metallic Deep-Sea Thermometer,
Type Founding, .
Assignment of Space, .
The Electrotype Process,
Bridges,
Pennsylvania Minerals,
Adams’s & Taylor’s Printing Presses,
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Rice and its Culture in the United States,Foliaceous Fibres of American Endogenous Plants,East India Tropical Fibres,
Whitworth’s Mode of Producing Plane Metallic ScThe Wild Rice of Minnesota, ....
Mosaics,.
The Chromatic Decoration of the Crystal Palace,
Ultramarine,.
Naval Architecture, ..
Life-Boats, ........
Tides and Tide-Gauges,.
Government Schools of Ornamental Art in Englan:
Electric Telegraphs,.
The American Ephemeeis and Nautical Almanac,Standard Weights and Measures,
Latitudes and Longitudes, ....
Lithography,.
Flax and Hemp Breaking and Cleaning Machinery,Royal Manufactory of tiie Gobelins,
The Fresnel Lens,
Glass,.
Bank-Note Engraving,
The Fine Arts—Sculpture,
Engraving, ....
Ornamental Furniture,
Porcelain and other Ceramic Manufactures,
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INTERIOR YIEW No. 3 : THE INAUGURATION.. ... 156
MINTON’S ENCAUSTIC TILES, .
SECTION I.-STATUARY, BAS-RELIEFS, ETC.
Christ and the Apostles; originals by Thorwaldsen. E. Beeli, New-York,Ganymede; statue by Thorwaldsen. E. Bech, New-York,
Washington; equestrian statue in plaster. Marochetti, London,
Tiie Greek Slave, by Powers. H. Powers, Florence,
Eve, by Powers. J. L. Preston, Columbus, S. G.
Proserpine; Ideal bust by Powers. S. Brooks, New-York,
The Fisher Boy. S. Brooks, New - York,
Amazon attacked by a Tiger; zinc statue. Kiss, Berlin,
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Eve after the Fall ; statue. P. Pagani, Milan,
Adam and Eve ; group in plaster. Prof. Jerichau, Copenhagen ,Lovers going to the Well ; group in marble. T. Lazzerini, Carrara ,IIagar and Ishmael ; statue. L. Caselli, Florence,
The Son of Tell ; statue. P. Roman ell i, do.
Cupid Mischievous ; statue. E. Santarelli, do.
St. John; statue. E. Barratta. Carrara,
The Minstrel’s Curse ; statue. G. Muller, New- York,
The Guardian Angel ; statue. L. Bienaim6, Borne, .
Oaritas ; statue. J. E. Yon Bandel, England, .
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