Built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace originally graced London s Hyde Park with Joseph Paxton s remarkable geometric design and groundbreaking use of glass elements, prefiguring the modern movement in architecture. After the exhibition a group of bankers, railway directors, and men of influence moved the structure to a new site in south London, rebuilt it to an even grander scale, and set about its promotion as a "palace for the multitude." Here were exhibitions, concerts, and spectaculars to fill a splendid day out for Londoners of all classes and interests. Filled...
Built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace originally graced London s Hyde Park with Joseph Paxton s remarkable geometric design an...
The study of sweetness and sweeteners has recently been an area well- served by books at all levels, but this volume was planned to fill what we perceived as a gap in the coverage. There appeared to be no book which attempted to combine a study of sweetness with a thorough but concise coverage of all aspects of sweeteners. We set out to include all the important classes of sweeteners, including materials which do not yet have regulatory approval, so that clear comparisons could be made between them and their technological advantages and disadvantages. To achieve our first aim, of sufficient...
The study of sweetness and sweeteners has recently been an area well- served by books at all levels, but this volume was planned to fill what we perce...
