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136 THE GliEAT. EXHIBITION
fides. Years pass. The knights of Malta disappear from the scene for ever; commerce
takes the place of chivalry; romance retires to its congenial woods and streams; a good
queen takes up her residence within view of the waters on which St. Paul suffered ship-
wreck; the year of jubilee dawns upon the world; and Malta takes her place among the
nations in the Crystal Palace. Besides many interesting specimens of Maltese cottons,
silks, lace, flowers, and jewellery—wheat and cinnamon, aniseed and sea-shells, were
among the contributions of Malta. The gold and filagree-work of the Maltese has
been long celebrated, and many highly valuable illustrations of this important branch,
of industry were exhibited. Besides these, we had bracelets, brooches, chatelaines, breast
and head pins, dishes, plates, bouquet holders, shawl pins, shirt studs, card cases,
candlesticks, and pincushions. But perhaps the most important and certainly the most
interesting objects in a pictorial point of view, were the vases, jugs, pedestals, and
carvings, in Maltese stone, a material highly useful in many respects, as was shown by
the specimens oiled and prepared for pavements, the drip stone, &c. In these productions
the elaboration of the carvers had been well seconded by the efforts of the artist; and as
good specimens of Maltese ingenuity, they were highly valuable. An inlaid marble
table, with the arms and emblems of the island in coral and lapis lazuli, with some table
tops of a similar description; a vase, with a pedestal ofredGoza marble; several rare
figures, and some fine stalactites, were exhibited by Messrs. Darmanni and Son, of Valetta,
and sufficiently indicated the talents of the manufacturers and the resources of the island.
Malta, in the Exhibition, was situated between India and Ceylon, and next to the
Channel Islands; or, to make the description still more accurate, we may say that it was
situated N.N/W. of the Crystal Fountain, Thousands of travellers journeyed thither
without the fear of sea sickness.
CHAPTER XIX.
MODELS.
MODEL OE A COLLIEEY—EOUBDBINIEE's SAEETY APPABATUS—SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVEE THE
DNIEPEE—SALTER'S MODEL OP A BEIDGE AT SELBY—STEPHENSON'S BRITANNIA BEIDGE—
BAILWAY BEIDGE OVEE THE WYE—STEPHENSON'S HIGH LEVEL BBIDGE—OUSE-BURN VIADUCT—
SHIELDS* MODELS EROM NEW SOUTH WALES—MODEL OE THE PALLS OE NIAGARA----STANZAS BY
J. S. BUCKINGHAM.
Models are still more instructive than drawings, or even than the machines themselves.
The Exhibition afforded some striking and interesting examples of the advantages of such
means of illustration. We would especially direct attention to the model of a colliery,
which was to be found in the department of machinery. No one, even amongst those
who have themselves practically explored coal mines, can fail to be struck with the clear-
ness of perception which is obtained of such works from this model. Thus we had, first,
those parts of the works which are above ground exhibited, snch as the mouths of the
shafts and the engines which work them. There was, first, the shaft by which the coal
is raised; next, that by which the mine is drained; and third, that" by which it is
ventilated. This latter process is usually accomplished by a furnace, which creates a
draught of air up one of the shafts, and is necessarily followed by currents of air down
the others. In the lower part of the model was exhibited the state of the workings. The
fides. Years pass. The knights of Malta disappear from the scene for ever; commerce
takes the place of chivalry; romance retires to its congenial woods and streams; a good
queen takes up her residence within view of the waters on which St. Paul suffered ship-
wreck; the year of jubilee dawns upon the world; and Malta takes her place among the
nations in the Crystal Palace. Besides many interesting specimens of Maltese cottons,
silks, lace, flowers, and jewellery—wheat and cinnamon, aniseed and sea-shells, were
among the contributions of Malta. The gold and filagree-work of the Maltese has
been long celebrated, and many highly valuable illustrations of this important branch,
of industry were exhibited. Besides these, we had bracelets, brooches, chatelaines, breast
and head pins, dishes, plates, bouquet holders, shawl pins, shirt studs, card cases,
candlesticks, and pincushions. But perhaps the most important and certainly the most
interesting objects in a pictorial point of view, were the vases, jugs, pedestals, and
carvings, in Maltese stone, a material highly useful in many respects, as was shown by
the specimens oiled and prepared for pavements, the drip stone, &c. In these productions
the elaboration of the carvers had been well seconded by the efforts of the artist; and as
good specimens of Maltese ingenuity, they were highly valuable. An inlaid marble
table, with the arms and emblems of the island in coral and lapis lazuli, with some table
tops of a similar description; a vase, with a pedestal ofredGoza marble; several rare
figures, and some fine stalactites, were exhibited by Messrs. Darmanni and Son, of Valetta,
and sufficiently indicated the talents of the manufacturers and the resources of the island.
Malta, in the Exhibition, was situated between India and Ceylon, and next to the
Channel Islands; or, to make the description still more accurate, we may say that it was
situated N.N/W. of the Crystal Fountain, Thousands of travellers journeyed thither
without the fear of sea sickness.
CHAPTER XIX.
MODELS.
MODEL OE A COLLIEEY—EOUBDBINIEE's SAEETY APPABATUS—SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVEE THE
DNIEPEE—SALTER'S MODEL OP A BEIDGE AT SELBY—STEPHENSON'S BRITANNIA BEIDGE—
BAILWAY BEIDGE OVEE THE WYE—STEPHENSON'S HIGH LEVEL BBIDGE—OUSE-BURN VIADUCT—
SHIELDS* MODELS EROM NEW SOUTH WALES—MODEL OE THE PALLS OE NIAGARA----STANZAS BY
J. S. BUCKINGHAM.
Models are still more instructive than drawings, or even than the machines themselves.
The Exhibition afforded some striking and interesting examples of the advantages of such
means of illustration. We would especially direct attention to the model of a colliery,
which was to be found in the department of machinery. No one, even amongst those
who have themselves practically explored coal mines, can fail to be struck with the clear-
ness of perception which is obtained of such works from this model. Thus we had, first,
those parts of the works which are above ground exhibited, snch as the mouths of the
shafts and the engines which work them. There was, first, the shaft by which the coal
is raised; next, that by which the mine is drained; and third, that" by which it is
ventilated. This latter process is usually accomplished by a furnace, which creates a
draught of air up one of the shafts, and is necessarily followed by currents of air down
the others. In the lower part of the model was exhibited the state of the workings. The