TIME CAPSULE — PENDRAY 541 



3. Miscellaneous items. Seeds, books, money, type, special texts, etc. 



4. An essay in microfilm., comprising books, speeches, excerpts from 

 books and encyclopedias, pictures, critiques, reports, circulars, time- 

 tables, and other printed or written matter; the whole producing 

 in logical order a description of our time, our arts, sciences, tech- 

 niques, sources of information, and industries. The essay, divided 

 into 15 subsections, contains the equivalent of more than 100 ordinary 

 books ; a total of more than 22,000 pages, more than 10,000,000 words 

 and 1,000 pictures. A microscope is included to enable historians 

 of the future to read the microfilm; also included are instructions 

 for making larger reading machines such as those used with micro- 

 film in modern libraries. 



5. Newsreel. Characteristic or significant scenes in sound film 

 prepared by EKO-Pathe Pictures, Inc., for the Time Capsule. In- 

 structions for making a suitable projection machine to use this film 

 are included in the microfilm Microfile. 



Details appear on the following pages, in the order above described. 

 Note. — Where several competitive items of equal archeological value 

 were available, but only one could be included, the item selected was 

 chosen by lot. The name of the maker, when given in the following 

 list, is provided only for type and style identification. Choice of any 

 article for the Time Capsule is not to be interpreted either as a special 

 endorsement of that article or a reflection on the quality of any com- 

 peting article. 



1, ARTICLES OF COMMON USE 

 CoNTKIBUTING TO CONVENIENCE, COMFORT, HEALTH, SAFETY: 



Alarm clock. 



Can opener. 



Eyeglasses, bifocals (Bausch & Lomb). 



Fountain pen (Waterman). 



Mazda electric lamp (Westiughouse, 60- watt, 110-volt). 



Mechanical pencil (Waterman). 



Miniature camera (Eastman, Bantam K. A., special f.4.5. lens). 



Nail file. 



Padlock and keys (The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co.). 



Safety pin. 



Silverware — knife, fork, spoon (Heirloom plate, Grenoble pattern, by 



Wm. A. Rogers Ltd., Oneida Ltd. Successor). 

 Slide rule (Keuffel & Esser). (Also instructions for use.) 

 Tape measure (Keuffel & Esser). 

 Tooth brush. 



Tooth powder in small container. 



Transmitter and receiver of ordinary handset telephone. 

 Watch (small wrist vpatch for woman). 

 Westiughouse Sterilamp (bactericidal). 



