Exposition Universelle 1900 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...of grapes, while the walls were adorned with pictures representing different Swiss vineyards. In the smaller rooms were exhibited beers and fine liquors, kirch, cognac, etc. Group 2, next to above-mentioned, contained exhibits of Dairy industries. First room: a modern cheese-dairy, with improved plant; next to it are all kinds of exhibits connected with the milk-trade.-Goods manufactured by the firm of Nestle, of condensed milk fame, who produce some 32,000,000 tins yearly. Another room was devoted to preserved fruits, etc., especially those of Stadlen and of Maggi. Group 3 was devoted to models of the latest improvements in mill machinery. At the end of this group were rooms containing exhibits of biscuits and sweetmeats. Behind was an agricultural exhibition showing, among other things, improved farm apparatus. At the lower end of the hall, Geneva had an exhibition illustrating the science of physics. ' United States Group.--On leaving the Swiss Pavilion the United States section lay to the left. It occupied almost the whole length of the palace, and was surrounded by a vast arcaded gallery, similar to the market-place at San Francisco. To the right and left of the principal entrance were bells of liberty, reproductions of the bell being sounded on the opening of the War of Independence. The large doorway was ornamented with flat, heavy pylons, and surmounted by the American eagle. The show cases inside contained various products of the soil: cereals, sugars, salted and preserved meats, wine from San Francisco and Chicago, teas and coffees, and choice samples of the various pro-0 ductions of the forests. In the annex on the right of the section was a grandly imposing exhibition of improved agricultural implements; thrashing, ..