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1834
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| Study voyage to Paris |
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1836 - 1840
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| Greenhouse in Chatsworth |
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1838 - 1839
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| Study voyage to Switzerland, Italy, Malta, Greece and Turkey |
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1846
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| Trip to Germany and Austria |
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1851
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| Crystal Palace in London |
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1852
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| Reconstruction of the Crystal Palace in Sydenham |
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1854
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| Member of the House of Commons |
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| The birth year of 1801 given in many textbooks is incorrect as Joseph Paxton lied about his age in order to get a job. His baptism record and his tombstone actually show his actual birth year, 1803. |
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 357.
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Ricken, Herbert Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 227.
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Ricken, Herbert Joseph Paxton (1801-1865) und der Kristallpalast in London (1851), in
"Bautechnik", October 2001, n. 10 v. 78 .
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