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Preface

Part 1: Expositions Held in and before 1900

• List of Expositions (Chronological Table)

• First London International Exposition of 1851
  • Crystal Palace Construction and Its Subsequent Years
  • Admission Fees according to Social Class
• New York International Exposition of 1853
• First Paris International Exposition of 1855
  • Paris International Exposition and Wine Classification
  • Establishment of Brands
• Second London International Exposition of 1862
  • Japanese Embassy
• Second Paris International Exposition of 1867
  • Eiichi Shibusawa
• Vienna International Exposition of 1873
  • International Patent System
  • Vienna International Exposition and Japonism
• Philadelphia International Exposition of 1876
• Third Paris International Exposition of 1878
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Aquarium
• Fourth Paris International Exposition of 1889
  • Eiffel Tower
• Chicago International Exposition of 1893
  • Ho-o-Den (Phoenix Palace)
  • Use of Electricity
• Fifth Paris International Exposition of 1900

• First National Industrial Exhibition
• Second National Industrial Exhibition
• Third National Industrial Exhibition
• Fourth National Industrial Exhibition
• Fifth National Industrial Exhibition

• Column: Expositions prior to 1850
• Column: Patent System in the Meiji Period

Part 2: Industrial Technology Development – Seen from Exhibits

Important Technology

• Use of Thermal Energy – from the Steam Engine to the Gasoline Engine
• Use of Electric Energy
  • Electric Lamp

Transportation

• Locomotive and Electric Railcar
• Automobile
• Vessel

• Telegraph and Telephone
• Printing-related Machinery
• Agricultural Machinery
• Arms (Cannon and Gun)
• Medical Equipment

Precision Equipment

• Calculator
• Camera
• Telescope and Microscope

Part 3: Japanese Industries in the Meiji Period - Seen from Exhibits

• (1) Beginning of the National Industrial Exhibitions
• (2) Toward the Domestic Production (second to fourth National Industrial Exhibitions)
• (3) Company Growth and the End of National Industrial Exhibitions

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