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of wool. A series of the new print silks, prepared by H, R. Mallin- 

 son & Co., was another important addition. 



In the section of organic chemistry there was received an exhibit 

 dealing with pyrolin, manufactured by the Du Pont Viscoloid Co.. 

 and from the Shawinigan Products Corporation a series of chemical 

 specimens obtained from limestone and coke. An additional exhibit 

 dealing with disease-carrying insects was prepared in the Museum 

 during the year and added to the hygiene and sanitation collection. 



In the section of wood technology arrangement was made for the 

 loan of a collection of walking sticks belonging to Mr. Rudolph 

 Block, the collection consisting of the interesting woods of the world 

 prepared in the form of canes, a series unique so far as is known. 



In the division of graphic arts the Misses Dodge presented a set 

 of 24 engravings by Moseley Isaac Danforth, one of America's fore- 

 most engravers. Through exchange the division obtained a copy ol 

 a book by Dard Hunter entitled " Primitive Paper Making," made 

 entirely by hand. Mr. William Edwin Rudge donated four ex- 

 amples of microform printing, including a volume of Mark Twain's 

 The Innocents Abroad, in which 93,000 words are printed on 13 

 pages measuring 5% by 3% inches. A collection of the work of 

 Henry Fox Talbot was presented by a descendant. Miss M. Talbot, 

 O. B. E., of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England. Mr. I. N. Phelps 

 Stokes presented a series of specimens of considerable historic impor- 

 tance relating to Muybridge's work on motion pictures. 



The Radio Corporation of America deposited the apparatus used 

 in receiving the first photoradiogram across the Atlantic — a picture 

 of President Coolidge sent from London and received on November 

 27, 1924, in the office of the company in New York City. 



History. — Mrs. Agnes K. Brent, through the Missouri Historical 

 Society, gave a silk flag presented by the ladies of Nashville, Tenn., 

 to the Nashville Battalion during the Creek War in 1813. The naval 

 collections were increased by a series of interesting relics of Rear 

 Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, given by Mrs. Nellie C. Gunther. 



From the Treasury Department there was received a series of 

 United States gold, silver, and bronze coins struck in the mints of the 

 Government in 1927; also a series of ancient Roman and modern 

 European and oriental coins. Mr. Isaac M. Weills presented a col- 

 lection of American and European coins and tokens. 



The philatelic collection was increased by more than 27,000 speci- 

 mens, in part transferred from the Post Office Department and in 

 part presented by Mr. Weills, with the coins mentioned above. Two 

 United States 5-cent stamps found in the seam folds of the mail bag 

 carried by Commander Byrd on his flight to France in the airplane 

 Am&rioa were also placed in this collection. 



