United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . ither striking nor ex-tensive. In the Carriage Annex the observer found much to instruct andamuse. For here were the ridiculous vehicles which the fathers madetheir journeys in—old Virginia or Concord coaches, heavy enoughfor a fortification. But here, in contrast, was the full triumph ofmodern art in the combination of the ornate and the useful. Allthings elegant and luxurious of silver-palace car or private carriage GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. 607 s
United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . ither striking nor ex-tensive. In the Carriage Annex the observer found much to instruct andamuse. For here were the ridiculous vehicles which the fathers madetheir journeys in—old Virginia or Concord coaches, heavy enoughfor a fortification. But here, in contrast, was the full triumph ofmodern art in the combination of the ornate and the useful. Allthings elegant and luxurious of silver-palace car or private carriage GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. 607 studded with gold, and all things prosy of spokes and hubs and har-ness, were here displayed in profusion. Here again Brazil, compet-ing with Pullman and Woodruff, presented a splendid coach fromthe Rio Janeiro Railway. Here Canadian sleighs and sledges werecontrasted with the diminutive coaches of Italy and the substantialvehicles of Old England.—And so the rambler, passing under thewestern arches of the Main Building, found himself in the open air,facing the Bartholdi Fountain. The way across the beautiful esplanade led to Machinery INTERIOR VIEW OF MACHINERY HALL. Entering at the southeastern portal of that great edifice, the observercame at once into the department of the German Empire. Immedi-ately before him stood the famous Krupp guns, gigantic twelve hun-dred pounders, black and terrible as the Miltonic artillery. Severalrifled cannon of smaller caliber were set in contrast; and just acrossthe aisle was a pyramid of iron-ore, showing the material out of whichthe great guns were cast. On the opposite side of the battery wasexhibited a brick-making machine from Berlin. Near the southeast-ern angle of the building, the Gas Motor Factory of Deutz displayeda peculiar engine in which the piston is propelled by the explosionof gas. The best steam-engines exhibited in the German section werefrom the works of Leipsic. COfc: HISTORY OF THE UNITED .STATES. The department
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