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THE EXHIBITION BUILDINGS

... domes, it is proposed to build piers of brickwork upon solid concrete foundation, and to con- struet brick arches, springing from these piers. The lower portion of thedomes will then be filled in with brickwork coveredexternally with lead, and the upper ...

THE EXHIBITION OF 1862

... seems a mere twig. Stray men areat work here and there remov- log gravel, or setting broad slabs of stone on little obes of brickwork. There are really some 800 employed in all, but they are lost, ana look as nothing in the wide enclosure. When all is in ...

THE PICTURES AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... owners in perfect safety. It may be worth while for future information to record the precautions adopted. The substantial brickwork of the galleries had been completed somne months before the pictures were received into the building, and had had full time ...

SILVER MISTS

... task when the rope broke just above the larger weight, ivhlch, turning sideways, went orashing down the 'soaft against the brickwork on the one side and the wooden en. closure on the other tillit reached the roof of the office of Mt. Whitworth Wallis, the ...

THE VIENNA EXHIBITION

... erection andrepair o :nachinery. The Impeial Con.-- wission take upon theemselkes the expense of laying the foundationr and brickwork for the competition boilers, and will also' provide a supply of feed water. The progress of the works since the ?? of spring ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... have been built along its entire lentgth for the steat, waste and exhaust pipes. These are all constructed of very solid brickwork, and as carefully finished as the noble entrances under the domes themselves. Along the edges of these rows of sunk brick ...

MANCHESTER TRADES' OUTRAGE COMMISSION

... Armitage, cotton manufacturer, of Pendleton, was the next witness, Ee said that from 300 to 4611 square yards of nine-inch brickwork were pushed down altogether at his new mill. There was a great feeling at the time against machine-made bricks, and he had ...

THE BIRMINGHAM ART CIRCLE

... shows w'eL with a painting of ERengton Bridge, in which: he has freated tenderly and skilfully the tich tones of' the brickwork and the beautiful growth-s of the river bank, and has introduced his rustio figures with tact and judgment. Mr. Charles g ...

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862

... and completeness. The two long fegades are perfect from end to end, except one corner tower, and are perfect speelmens of brickwork; tut it is generally thought that if they were faced with stucco, to imitate stone, the effect would be very much Improved ...

ROYAL ACADEMY

... I- is, as usual, peopled in part by the Dutchmen. Fairing the door we have in the Canal Scene a specimen of the minute brickwork and passion for detail which have made Brchheyden's name and eyes famous; and a fine Metsu, The Intrder. There is in ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... dreary blick-wall. Granting that brick-work was to be used at all, it is. difficult to see how a more elegant building, covering some twenty-acres, could have been built for £350,000. And on account of the pictures, brick-work is, it is said, essential, as ...

LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND ART SCRAPS

... for damp walls :-Three-quarters of a pound of mottled soap to one gallon of water. This composition to be laid over the brickwork steadily and caref ally with a large flat brush, so as not to form a froth or lather on the sur- face. The wash to remain ...