Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 359
genuity of scientific men was directed to perfecting the methods of itsuse and making the machinery what it is at present, the perfection of mechanism 344 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1S76. and scientific knowledge. Correct timekeepers, both watches and clocks, arethings of such ordinary and… … seeks rather to please his fancy as to the style, shape, size, etc., of the object;and it would be hard to find any article of use or ornament, or both combined,that is offered to the public under so many different shapes and disguises asthe modern clock. Almost the whole range of classic sculpture…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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