AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE
OF THE ADMIRATION AND GRATITUDE
WHICH, IN COMMON WITH THE WHOLE CIVILIZED WORLD,
ARE AMPLY SHARED IN BY
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S
MOST DEVOTED, FAITHFUL, AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,
THE PUBLISHER.
| PAGE. | |
| Introductory Remarks | [1] |
| Committee for all Matters relating to the Building | [2] |
| Labours of the Building Committee | [3] |
| The Competition Designs | [6] |
| Buildings used for Previous Exhibitions in France, Germany, and England | [15] |
| Description of the Building Committee's Design | [21] |
| Opposition to this Design | [24] |
| The Tenders | [24] |
| History of Mr. Paxton's Design | [27] |
| General Description of the Building | [33] |
| The Paxton's Gutters | [40] |
| The Sash-bars | [44] |
| The Ridges | [46] |
| The Glass | [46] |
| The Box Gutters | [47] |
| The Roof Girders | [47] |
| The Iron Drilling Machine | [49] |
| The Punching Machine | [50] |
| The Adzing and Planing Machine | [51] |
| The Columns and Connecting-pieces | [52] |
| The Base-pieces | [53] |
| The Cast-iron Girders | [54] |
| The Galleries | [55] |
| Testing the Cast-iron Girders | [55] |
| Roof of Transept | [58] |
| The Facework | [59] |
| The Diagonal Bracing | [60] |
| The Staircases | [60] |
| The Floor and Foundations | [62] |
| First Operations on the Ground | [63] |
| Setting-out the Ground | [64] |
| Fixing the Base-plates | [65] |
| Henderson's Derrick Crane | [67] |
| Raising and Fixing the Columns and Girders | [68] |
| Hoisting the Roof Trusses | [69] |
| Provision for Expansion of Girders | [70] |
| Glazing the Roof | [71] |
| Stage for Repairing the Glass, etc. | [73] |
| Hoisting the Ribs for Transept Roof | [73] |
| Glazing the Transept Roof | [76] |
| The Painting | [76] |
| The Hand-rail Machine | [78] |
| General View of the Works | [79] |
| Paying the Workmen | [80] |
| General Statistics | [82] |
| The Parti-coloured Painting | [83] |
| The Water Supply | [87] |
| The Stability of the Building | [87] |
| Testing the Galleries | [88] |
| General Advantages of the Building | [89] |
| Conclusion | [89] |
| Appendix:— | |
| List of Competitors for the Building | [i] |
| List A.—Competitors Entitled to Favourable Mention | [vi] |
| List B.—Competitors Entitled to Further Higher Honorary Distinction | [viii] |
| The Two Competition Designs Specially Mentioned by the Building Committee | [ix] |
| Memorandum on The Site | [xi] |
| Report of the Royal Commissioners, Presented to her Majesty on the Opening of the Building | [xvii] |