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Report on electrical instruments
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
In this report, Sprague, talks about the electrical exhibits he saw at the exhibition in London in 1882. More specifically he talks about the various different types of lights and light bulbs he saw. Includes a facsimile of illustrations to accompany the report and two diagrams.
mssHM 75959
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Manuscripts
2 items: two reports, both titled "Report and Accounts (12/31/1945)," prepared by Price, Waterhouse & Co. (New York). One is 22-pp. and 3 exhibits at back of binder. The second is 11-pp. and 2 exhibits at back. Handwritten note on cover of one report (in pencil) reads "This outfit is in a horrible financial mess. This report for your files."
mssLAT
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"A reissue for wider circulation of the substantial volume on the International Exhibition of 1862, which had been edited by Robert Mallet and originally issued under the auspices of the Practical Mechanics' Journal. In the reissue the volume comes with a new title leaf, omits the original contents leaf (naming Mallet as editor and listing the contributors), and also omits a few plates and the "synoptical index" at the end of the volume, but it is recognisably the same publication, and it, rather than the earlier issue, is customarily cited in surveys of the published literature on the exhibits and exhibition building."--Abebooks website.
721067
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Specimen book of the Derriey Foundry, produced for the Great London Exhibition of 1862, and described by Bigmore and Wyman in their Bibliography of printing (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1880-1886) as "one of the most beautiful works ever issued." The album is arranged in eight sections: vignettes, decorative type, pen flourishes, cartouches, ornaments, rules, music, and commercial papers; each section has a decorative title page printed in colors and gold. More than 30 leaves are printed in multiple colors.
657038
Visual Materials
Image of a program handbill for concerts by the Germania Orchestra at the International Electrical Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 8, 1884; features information about performances as well as product advertisements.
priJLC_ENT_003932
Visual Materials
Image of the interior of the International Exhibition in London, England, at the nave, looking west along the gallery; a high arched ceiling is lined along each side with flags from all over the world; people socialize and browse on two levels throughout the building.
priJLC_FAIR_001714