Hunt's Hand-Book to the Official Catalogues of the Great Exhibition
An Explanatory Guide to the Natural Productions and Manufactures of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 1851

Hunt's Hand-Book to the Great Exhibition (1851) displays a compelling enthusiasm for the modern world, technology and progress.

Robert Hunt (Edited by)

9781108072878, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 May 2011

500 pages, 2 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg

A renowned chemist, photographer and scholar, Robert Hunt was a passionate advocate of popular education and the ideal choice to author an accessible and informative handbook to the greatest educational event of the nineteenth century. Published in 1851, while the Great Exhibition was still welcoming visitors in Hyde Park, Hunt's Hand-Book is an encyclopaedia of Victorian material science, chemistry, engineering and design. While an array of catalogues, pamphlets and guides told the story of the exhibition's conception and construction, Hunt reserved his pages for a detailed and comprehensive account of the exhibits themselves. Consequently, this two-volume work quickly established itself as the authoritative guide to the exhibits, their manner of manufacture and practical application in the modern world. Aided by a series of meticulous plans, Volume 1 leads readers through the celebrated Medieval Court and spectacular and varied displays of agricultural produce, weaponry, and porcelain.

Introduction
The transept
West Main Avenue
Outside the building
Part I. Class I – Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgical Operations and Mineral Products
Part II. Class XXII
Section 1. Iron and General Hardware: 1. Including locks, Birmingham, etc.
2. Sheffield, etc
Section 2. The Mediaeval Court
Part III. Class III – Animal and Vegetable Substances Used as Food
Part IV. Class IV – Vegetable and Animal Substances Used in Manufactures
Part V. Class IX – Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and Implements
Part VI. Class VIII – Naval Architecture, Military Engineering, Guns, Weapons, etc
Part VII. Class XXI – Cutlery – Edge and Hand Tools
Part VIII. Class II – Chemical and Pharmaceutical Products
Part IX. Class XXVIII – Manufactures from Animal and Vegetable Substances, Not Being Woven or Felted
Part X. Class X – Philosophical, Musical, Horological, and Surgical Instruments
Part XI. Class XVII – Paper, Printing, Bookbinding
Part XII. Class XXV – China, Porcelain, etc.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]