The exposition of 1851Introductory materialReading editionChapter navigation22 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE EXPOSITION OF 1851;PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.Introductory materialChapter I · INTRODUCTION.Chapter II · ERROR RESPECTING THE INTERCHANGE OF COMMODITIES.Chapter III · OF SOCIETIES.Chapter IV · ORIGIN OF THE EXPOSITION OF 1851.Chapter V · OBJECT AND USE OF THE EXPOSITION.Chapter VI · LIMITS.Chapter VII · SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING.Chapter VIII · PRICES.Chapter IX · PRIZES.Chapter X · JURIES, ETC.Chapter XI · ULTERIOR OBJECTS.Chapter XII · INTRIGUES OF SCIENCE.Chapter XIII · CALCULATING ENGINES.Chapter XIV · POSITION OF SCIENCE.Chapter XV · THE PRESS.Chapter XVI · PARTY.Chapter XVII · REWARDS OF MERIT.Appendix.Previous chapter ←PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.Next chapter →Chapter I · INTRODUCTION.All chapters and sections (22)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE EXPOSITION OF 1851;PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.Opening pagesIntroductory materialChapters1234567891011121314151617Other sectionsAppendix.The Eleventh Chapter of Mr. Weld’s History of the Royal Society 251◇← PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. →