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The public first becomes aware of | HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY

Glass, iron, prefabrication

The public first becomes aware of the glorious potential of cast-iron architecture in the 1840s, when extraordinary conservatories are erected at Chatsworth and in Kew Gardens. But the technology derives from factory con...

The public first becomes aware of | HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Glass, iron, prefabrication

The public first becomes aware of the glorious potential of cast-iron architecture in the 1840s, when extraordinary conservatories are erected at Chatsworth and in Kew Gardens. But the technology derives from factory con...

The Crystal Palace is gigantic compared | HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY

Glass, iron, prefabrication

The Crystal Palace is gigantic compared to its predecessors in cast iron and glass. It is five times as long as the Palm House in Kew and nearly twice as high; or, put another way, it is longer than the palace of Versail...

The Crystal Palace is gigantic compared | HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Glass, iron, prefabrication

The Crystal Palace is gigantic compared to its predecessors in cast iron and glass. It is five times as long as the Palm House in Kew and nearly twice as high; or, put another way, it is longer than the palace of Versail...

In a ducal garden this building | HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY

Glass, iron, prefabrication

In a ducal garden this building is not much visited, but it astonishes all who see it. Queen Victoria notes in her diary in 1842 that it is 'the most stupendous and extraordinary creation imaginable'. Two years later a s...

In a ducal garden this building | HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Glass, iron, prefabrication

In a ducal garden this building is not much visited, but it astonishes all who see it. Queen Victoria notes in her diary in 1842 that it is 'the most stupendous and extraordinary creation imaginable'. Two years later a s...