A Submerged Pavilion of Glass.
♦ i The King of Siam has just had a pavilion of glass built for himself by a Chinese architect, the material for which was furnished by a French company. Walls, floors, and ceiln ing are formed of slabs of different sorts and thickness of glass joined by impermeable cement. By one door only can the King enter, and this closes hermetically when he comes in, and ventilator valves in tall pipes in the roof open, as does also a sluice beside a largo reservoir in which the glass house stands. The transparent edifice then becomes submerged, and the King thus finds himself in a cool and perfectly dry habitation, where he passes the time singing, smoking, eating and drink* ing.
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Manawatu Herald, 18 August 1892, Page 3
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125A Submerged Pavilion of Glass. Manawatu Herald, 18 August 1892, Page 3
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