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~ pcodnsto Of mAnufActunn6 Industry. This
p6tefnM caro- had also included science and
tAs application Of sciencs 70 industry; and
fsincs had through these agencies long ago
sjssfhsd "a unF4valed and undisputed pre-emi-
nsncs n al thsse industries in which taste and
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MI mssipulstso9 IN the production Of srticles
ofutility and Injury
AT the London Exhibition Of 1851 Great Bdt-
an fbu,d her specimens eelipsed in these quail
ties in the remarkable display Of the products
OF French industry; qualities which largely
aAect the commercial demand for such articles
ID the markets Of the world. France, on the
other hand, Il = true, found qualities of
strength an stability in some products
exhibited By England and other patiops which
y wasl desirable to impart to her own.
N. Lardner, in his review Of the exhibition
Of 1851, says that Paris appeared before London
. did David before Goliath, and that London,
With population Of two and . half millions,
received thirty five council medals or honors Of
he first orders, while PARA, with population
Il one million and hfty-three thousand, was
swsrded forty-one Of the same grade Of prizes,
although ons-haK Of the judges were Ensaish
m only one ninth French. To render the
dserage more apparent he states II thus for
sach nniion Of competition: for London, Il;
isr Paris, %. f7f-I..s G-. - -re ~
Il Wa evident and universally admitted that
the discrepancy In merit, which led to these
awards, was inAnitsly less apparent at the
sEhihitioo Of 1889, in consequence Of the
aimulus derived BY the English from those
I1sults Of the lrst Intrnational Exhibition.
Charles Francis Adams, IT,, in his excellent
report on the Vienna exhibition, thus refers to
the British section ct Vienna:
sit WAS there gsnerally conceded that the
most brilliant success was won in the depart
ment Of ceramic arts, and In this the palm was
eepetary dd6eeded 10 the Enaaish exhibitors.
The progress made by them, and the absolute
sxcellenoe they had sttained, were most note
worthy. IL was attributed TO the improved
edueatioa and iusreascd artistic taste Of the
country, largely due to the influence Of the
South Keno1nsfon MuSum and the system Of
art schools, In which the museum 10 the great
centre. These Again originated out Of the first
Loodon 6xpositjon Of 1851, and remain e Q
lasting monument 70 IL success and utility"
The lessons Of the London exhibition Of 81
wese peo1tahle to the English. One Of their
best results was tho establishment Of the Ken
sngton museum - the central instrumental
ity IN p systen Of industrial art schools eH-
tsnAing throughout the United Kingdom. The
directing minds of the manufacturing Interests
were Immediately turned to the necessity Of
keeping pace with the French and other nations
b those qualities that give the preference to
articles composed Of the same materials or In
.gredieuts when devoid Of such qualities. A
stiii greater practical Importance results, per
haps, from The applications Of science to the
industrial arts.
Since 1851 there have been several interna-
tional exhibitions, viz: Paris 1855, London 1861,
Paris 1851, London Annual Exhibitions COM
mencing in 1871, Vienna 1878. Our country
hes been invited to participate In these exhibt
tioos, and has done 20, to some extent, IN the
following, VIZ: LONDON 1851, Paris 1867, and
visnna 1873. -
Invitations Of some form Of notification have
besa given TO the Government Of the United
states BY the foreign Governments, with view
10 securing approximation Of the arts and IN
dastaes q prasticsd BY the cittssns thereof
bat 4 was Mt, and = not now, fully understood
h fhis country how powerful an instrument
thess exhthitions have IN yislding mutual bens-
Atst TO the participstoss In them, and In promot-
ing Unenl progress. Our peoplew ers sroused
somsvhat By the spasmodie sensational eject
dssivea from . few eonspicaous triumphs Of
Anetiesn sifll and ingenuity Ct London In 1851,
and Q few exhibitors from the United States
A9prea ct Pasis In 1855, and ct London IN 1862.
Tbs sxpoEts q Great Britain soss from Rl31,-
100000 In 1850 70 e2lly ooo 900 IN 1858. This
incfaass was mostly due to the exhibition Of
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