 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Universal Exposition of 1878, iyo yakagara kubva muna Chivabvu 1 kusvika munaNovember 10, 1878, yakagadzirirwa kushambadza kupora kweFrance kubva ku1870 Franco-German Hondo uye kuparadzwa kwenguva yeParis Commune. Zvakaitika kumativi ose ari maviri eSena, muChamp de Mars uye munzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeTrocadéro, uko Palais du Trocadéro yokutanga yakavakwa. Zvizhinji zvezvivako zvacho zvakaitwa nezvinhu zvitsva zvisingadhuri zvainzi tsvimbo, izvo zvaiva zvakagadzirwa nefiber yejute, plaster yeParis, uye simende. Horo huru yokuratidzira yakanga iri chivako chakakura chine mativi mana akaenzana, Palace of Machines, umo Eiffel Tower iri nhasi. Mukati, Alexander Graham Bell akaratidzira runhare rwake rutsva uye Thomas Edison akaratidzira giramufomu rake. Musoro weChifananidzo cheRusununguko chakanga chichangopedzwa Rusununguko Runovhenekera Nyika wakaratidzwa usati watumirwa kuNew York City kuti ubatanidzwe kumuviri. Misangano mikuru nemisangano zvakaitwa mumativi enzvimbo yacho, kusanganisira musangano wokutanga pamusoro pezvivako zvepfungwa, wakatungamirirwa naVictor Hugo, ane zvikarakadzo zvakapedzisira zvaita kuti pave nemitemo yokutanga yekodzero, uye musangano pamusoro pedzidzo yemapofu, iyo yakatungamirira kugamuchirwa kweBraille system yokuverenga mapofu. Chiratidziro chacho chakakwezva vashanyi vane mamiriyoni gumi namatatu, uye chakanga chiri kubudirira mune zvemari. 