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Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ting Columbiaas the central ficrure, seated on a throne with a sword in her riehthand and a palm of peace in her left. To her left is standingHonor with a laurel wreath ready for distribution. On one ofthe steps of the throne is seated Wealth throwing fruits andflowers out of a horn of plenty. To the right and left are groupedinventors of machinery, and members of an examining jury. The 146 MACHINERY. corners of the pediment are filled by two groups of lions, showingbrute force subdued by human genius, which is represented by twochildren. Most of the sculpture work on this building was doneby M. A. Waagen. The exhibits of foreign countries in Machinery Hall are groupedin the east end of the building, and those of the United States inthe west end and in the annex. The classification in MachineryDepartment includes the following groups: Motors and apparatusfor the generation and transmission of power, hydraulic and pneu-matic apparatus: Fire-engines, apparatus :.nd appliances for extin-
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chmes tor workmgfor the manufactureclothinor: MachinesMachines and appa-ting, printing, stamp- THK BIG ENGINE. Bum by E. p. Allis Co. chine tools, and ma-metals : Machineryof textile fabrics andTor working wood:ratus for typeset-ing, embossing and for making books and paper working: Lithography, zmcographyand color printing: Photo-mechanical and other mechanicalprocesses of illustrating: Miscellaneous hand tools, machinesand apparatus used in various arts: Machines for working stones, MACHINERY. uv clay and other minerals: Macliinery used in the preparation offoodsj etc. It is in the first-named group that one finds all the immenseengines and boilers which create so much power. In the boilerexhibit those shown by the Stirling Company are of particularinterest because of the circumstances under which they wereinstalled. A combination of boiler-makers used every effort tokeep the Stirling Company from exhibiting, and at one time theywere refused admission to the space for boilers. The C

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