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290 TALLIN'S ILLUSTRATED LONDON;
or green-house submitted to public notice. At the
■western extremity of this avenue a specimen of plate
glass, considered to be the largest ever manufactured, was
contributed from the works of the Thames Plate Glass
Company.
Having described some of the most prominent objects
in the nave or main avenues of the building, we must now
more closely generalize our analysis of the contents of the
Exhibition. The productions of the United Kingdom
were distributed in four sections, and subdivided into
thirty classes. Section I. comprehended four classes, viz.
—Class 1, on the south side, including mining and mi-
neral products; class 2, chemical and pharmaceutical pro-
ducts, placed in the south gallery; which was also appro-
priated to class 3, substances used as food; and class 4,
vegetable and animal substances used in manufactures.
Under Section II. classes 5 to 10 inclusive were arranged.
Class 5, comprised machines for direct use, including car-
riages, railway and marine mechanism; class 6, manu-
facturing machines and tools; class 7, chiefly in the north
gallery, civil engineering, architecture, and building con-
trivances ; class 8, in the west-end gallery and south-west
gallery, naval architecture, military engineering, guns,
weapons, &c.; class 9, on the south side, agricultural and
horticultural machines and implements; and class 10,
philosophical, musical, horological, and surgical instru-
ments. Section III., extended from class 11 to 30.
Class 11 presented every variety of cotton; class 12 and
15, woollen and worsted, mixed fabrics,including shawls;
class 13, south and south transept galleries, silk and
velvet; class 14, flax and hemp; class 16, leather, sad-
dlery, and harness, skins, furs, and hair; class 17, paper,
printing, and bookbinding; class 18, woven, felted, and
laid fabrics, dyed and printed; class 19, in the south cen-
tral gallery, tapestry, floor-cloths, lace, and embroidery;
class 20, in the central south, and south transept galleries,
articles of clothing; class 21, in the north gallery, cutlery,
edge and hand tools; class 22, general hardware; class
or green-house submitted to public notice. At the
■western extremity of this avenue a specimen of plate
glass, considered to be the largest ever manufactured, was
contributed from the works of the Thames Plate Glass
Company.
Having described some of the most prominent objects
in the nave or main avenues of the building, we must now
more closely generalize our analysis of the contents of the
Exhibition. The productions of the United Kingdom
were distributed in four sections, and subdivided into
thirty classes. Section I. comprehended four classes, viz.
—Class 1, on the south side, including mining and mi-
neral products; class 2, chemical and pharmaceutical pro-
ducts, placed in the south gallery; which was also appro-
priated to class 3, substances used as food; and class 4,
vegetable and animal substances used in manufactures.
Under Section II. classes 5 to 10 inclusive were arranged.
Class 5, comprised machines for direct use, including car-
riages, railway and marine mechanism; class 6, manu-
facturing machines and tools; class 7, chiefly in the north
gallery, civil engineering, architecture, and building con-
trivances ; class 8, in the west-end gallery and south-west
gallery, naval architecture, military engineering, guns,
weapons, &c.; class 9, on the south side, agricultural and
horticultural machines and implements; and class 10,
philosophical, musical, horological, and surgical instru-
ments. Section III., extended from class 11 to 30.
Class 11 presented every variety of cotton; class 12 and
15, woollen and worsted, mixed fabrics,including shawls;
class 13, south and south transept galleries, silk and
velvet; class 14, flax and hemp; class 16, leather, sad-
dlery, and harness, skins, furs, and hair; class 17, paper,
printing, and bookbinding; class 18, woven, felted, and
laid fabrics, dyed and printed; class 19, in the south cen-
tral gallery, tapestry, floor-cloths, lace, and embroidery;
class 20, in the central south, and south transept galleries,
articles of clothing; class 21, in the north gallery, cutlery,
edge and hand tools; class 22, general hardware; class