34 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1963 



the Nobel prize in physics in 1936. Received also was a full-scale 

 reproduction of an observational armillary, one of the large astro- 

 nomical instruments used by Tycho Brache, from L. S. Eichner. A 

 sectioned model of a 1962 microscope showing its optical system was 

 given by the E. Leitz Co. A large collection representing the history 

 of the water meter was donated by A. A. Hirsch. 



The division of mechanical and civil engineering received an im- 

 portant early (1905) example of steam turbine power, a Parsons 

 turbine with direct-connected direct-current generator. The machine 

 was presented by the Department of the Navy, San Francisco Naval 

 Shipyard, through Eduardo Magtoto, General Superintendent; 

 Varadero de Manila, Republic of the Philippines; and Rear Adm. 

 Charles A. Curtze. Of a number of bridge models received is one 

 of the famed bridge "Colossus." The original was the longest timber 

 span for a century following its construction in 1812. The section of 

 tools received the Rogers Bond Comparator No. 2 from the Pratt & 

 Wliitney Co. This was the first instrument in this country used to 

 transfer the length of a standard by microscopic measurement and to 

 subdivide it directly, converting line-standard to end-standard meas- 

 urement. The section of light machinery acquired, from the Amer- 

 ican Watclunakers Institute, the James Ward Packard collection of 

 complex watches. 



Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Regent of the Smithsonian, presented 

 a piano-box buggy and a fine set of silver-mounted coach harnesses 

 to the section of land transportation. A beautifully restored and 

 fully documented farm wagon of 1860 was donated by Don H. Berke- 

 bile. The section of marine transportation acquired several fine ship 

 models, including a downeaster, the Emily F. Whitney^ and a Pitts- 

 burgh & Cincmnati steam packet, the Buckeye State. 



The division of medical sciences lists as its most important acqui- 

 sition a 17th-century Lambeth Delft pill tile bearing the coats of arms 

 of the City of London and of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. 

 This was received through the generosity of Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc. 

 Other gifts include the first ionization X-ray condenser dosimeter, 

 developed and donated by Dr. Otto Glasser, and a Cambridge indi- 

 cator dye-dilution curve apparatus, from Dr. Alfred Henderson. 



Through the generosity of Franklin Wingard, the division of elec- 

 tricity acquired a large collection of radio material which greatly 

 strengthens its holdings in tliis field. 



Arts and manufactur^es. — The division of textiles received an espe- 

 cially well-executed 19th-century applique and stuffed- work quilt from 

 Stewart Dickson. A very early silk throw, made for an ante-Civil 

 War bride, was presented by Commander and Mrs. James P. 

 Oliver, Jolm P. Oliver, and their aunt, Mrs. Ruth P. Hall. A very fine 



