. Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'uvre. i.,f^,u f ?imt„.. rJ, ARCHITECTURE 9 decided that, on the whole, they are not so restful and pleasing to theeye. That on the left, or eastern side, is devoted to mines and metallurgy,threads, woven stuffs and garments, and mechanics; that on the right,. PAVILION OF THE TRANSVAAL, IN THE RUE DES NATIONS. J4 ARCHITECTURE to letters, sciences and the arts, education and instruction, civil engineer-ing and methods of transportation, and chemical industries. Betweenthe two is the largest open space in the Exposition, with a wide centralalley
. Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'uvre. i.,f^,u f ?imt„.. rJ, ARCHITECTURE 9 decided that, on the whole, they are not so restful and pleasing to theeye. That on the left, or eastern side, is devoted to mines and metallurgy,threads, woven stuffs and garments, and mechanics; that on the right,. PAVILION OF THE TRANSVAAL, IN THE RUE DES NATIONS. J4 ARCHITECTURE to letters, sciences and the arts, education and instruction, civil engineer-ing and methods of transportation, and chemical industries. Betweenthe two is the largest open space in the Exposition, with a wide centralalley bordered on each side by grass-plots and shrubbery, and leading upto the great basin of the Chateau dEau. This basin takes the place ofthe two large decorative and monumental fountain groups of the lastExposition,—that which was directly under the Eiffel Tower, and themuch finer and more important one by Coutan in the centre of the en-closure. Indeed, in the present year, there is no such large and eminentlysuccessful work of sculpture to be seen. The great Galerie des Machines is retained, but the two large spaceson each side of the Salle des Fetes are devoted to agriculture and foodproducts, the much narrower galleries, between them and the centralpalace of Electricity, containing machinery, in fr
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