The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

2-888-584 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. View of '...a solid two-armed stout iron stock; to the end of each arm is attached an adze, 10½ inches long, and 4½ inches wide. These two adzes rotate together, and remove the uneven parts of the upper surface of the plank or batten; the plank is kept down to this part of the bench by two pressure rollers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.


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  1. Unknown:
People Related
  1. Sir Joseph Paxton: British: Architect, gardener

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World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London

  1. 51 30 51 N , 000 05 35 W

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x4670
File Size : 67,861kb


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  1. ILN_1850_Page_897_d.jpg
  1. 1850
  1. 0580078607
  1. 2-888-584
  1. 2888584

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