The Great Exhibition, 1851: Metallic Barometers by Bourdon

Photograph showing barometers arranged symmetrically in a wooden display case. Above the case is a signed stating `Eug.ne Bourdon Ing.r Mecanicien'. The objects were exhibited by M. Bourdon at the Great Exhibition and he was awarded a Council Medal.

This photograph is from Volume II (RCIN 2800001) of ' Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851: Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was Divided'. The incredibly successful Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, commonly known as the Great Exhibition, ran from May to October 1851.  At the exhibition's conclusion, over 100 copies of the four volume 'Reports by the Juries' were distributed to foreign governments and notable participants. The reports consist of the juries' comments and assessments of the works displayed in the exhibition. The idea and decision to illustrate the reports with photographs is attributed to Prince Albert (1819-61).