LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. XIII 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Studies of the Museums and Kindred Institutions of New York City, Albany, 

 Buffalo, and Chicago, with Notes on some European Institutions. 



By A. B. Meyer. 



Page. 



1. American Museum of Natural History. South front 330 



2. American Museum of Natural History. Ground plan .332 



3. American Museum of Natural History. Section through the middle axis. 334 



4. American Museum of Natural History. Cross section through the oldest 



wing 335 



5. American Museum of Natural History. Floor plan of the Mexican hall. . 335 



6. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. A corner in the room devoted 



to Botany 340 



7. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Plan of first floor of the projected 



building 341 



8. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Finished portion of the museum 



(1897) 342 



9. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Picture gallery .344 



10. INIetropolitan Museum of Art. Plan of first floor 347 



11. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Plan of second floor 348 



12. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sketch of completed building as planned . 349 



13. New York Public Library. Plan of basement 352 



14. New York Public Library. Plan of first floor 353 



15. New York Public Library. Plan of second floor 354 



16. New York Public Library. Plan of third floor 356 



17. Columbia University. General plan of university buildings 359 



18. Columbia University. Plan of first floor of library 369 



19. Columbia University. Seminar rooms on third floor of library 370 



20. Columbia LTniversity. Ground plan of seminar rooms shown in fig. 19.. . 372 



21. Fire-proof policy room of the New York Life Insurance Company 380 



22. Another portion of the ro,om shown in fig. 21 381 



23. Ground plan of the room shown in figs. 21, 22 382 



24. Document case, with double-roller curtain 382 



25. Case for folio volumes, with roller curtain and books on rollers 383 



26. Long, low case, or desk top, with marble base. Opening behind 384 



27. Ceiling and floor construction 386 



28. Prismatic, ribbed-glass unit of the American Luxfer Prism Company 388 



29. Single prism, as made by the American Luxfer Prism Company 388 



30. Course of ray of light through a parallel glass 389 



31 . Course of ray of light through a prism -. 389 



32. Field Columbian Museum. Plan of ground floor 412 



33. Field Columbian Museum. Plan of gallery 413 



34. Field Columbian Museum. Case with movable partition 421 



35. Field Columbian Museum. Top and partition of caj?e shown in fig. 34 422 



36. Field Columbian ]\Iuseum. Types of cases and racks 423 



37. Field Columbian Museum. Types of cases and racks 424 



38. Field Columbian Museum. Types of cases and racks 425 



39. Field Columbian Museum. Herbarium case 426 



40. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Plan of second floor 432 



41. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Plan of third or gallery floor (in parts).. . 433 



42. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Cross section along the line A B shown in 



fig. 41 \ 434 



43. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Case showing fossils 437 



