Now, a study answers the mystery of how London's 1,850-foot-long Crystal Palace – at the time was the world’s largest building – was assembled so quickly. Researchers say the huge glass ...

The design competition for what would become the Crystal Palace was launched in March 1850, with a deadline four weeks later, and the actual, fully constructed building opened on May 1 ...

Now, a study answers the mystery of how London's 1,850-foot-long Crystal Palace – at the time was the world’s largest building – was assembled so quickly. Researchers say the huge glass ...

However, with the successful design for the Crystal Palace only approved in July 1850, historians have puzzled over the speed of its construction. That has now been answered by a new study ...

A new study has revealed that London's Crystal Palace was built in just 190 days thanks to a now standard innovation - the screw thread. The design of the glass structure was approved in 1850 and ...

Simple, standardized nuts and bolts. That may not sound too exciting today, but in 1851, the invention allowed engineers to build the Crystal Palace at previously unimaginable speeds. While the ...

View of the Crystal Palace circa 1854, after the building was relocated to Sydenham in South London Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On the night of November 30, 1936, thousands of London ...