Brak wydarzeń
W książce omówiono procesy technologiczne i techniki kowalskie zarówno te dawne, jak i nowoczesne. Przedstawiono niezbędne narzędzia i materiały, a także m.in. metody spawania, cięcia i kucia. Pokazano jak krok po kroku wykonać proste przedmioty z metalu.
When John Ruskin attempted to disparage the Crystal Palace by referring to it as ‘a great cucumber frame’, he hit upon a truism. The Crystal Palace outdid its Victorian glasshouse contemporaries in public gardens around the world and represented the zenith of a building type that had developed spectacularly from humble horticultural roots. The Glasshouse traces the evolution of glass enclosures from the mid-seventeenth century when the desire to nurture exotic plants in a foreign and often hostile climate led to the development of the glasshouse and ingenious mechanical servicing systems, capable of creating its own artificial microclimate.
