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Facsimile reproductions of ancient Mexican codices,- as follows: 

 Tonalamatl der Aubin'sohen Sammlung; Codex Telleriano Remensis; 

 Codex Yaticanus 3773; Codex Vaticanus 2738 (del Rios); Codex Bor- 

 gia; Codex Bologna; gift of the Due de Loubat. These reproductions 

 are of the greatest value to students of aboriginal American culture. 



A Siemens galvanometer, presented by Mr. H. B. Ledyard, presi- 

 dent of the Michigan Central Railroad Company. This type of gal- 

 vanometer, made by Siemens Brothers, of London, was introduced 

 into this country about 1870, and for ten years or more was generally 

 used for testing telegraph lines and for other electrical work. 



A number of historical telegraph instruments and insulators; gift 

 of J. H. Bunnell & Co., New York City. 



A collection of typical bare and insulated aluminum electrical con- 

 ductors; gift of the Pittsburg Reduction Works, Pittsburg, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Examples of the submarine telegraph cables laid between the main 

 coast of Massachusetts and Nantucket Island in 1856 and 1858, and 

 other typical cables; gift of George C. Maynard; three specimens. 



A bronze bust of Charles H. Haswell, the first engineer in chief of 

 the IT. S. Navy; executed by U. S. J. Dunbar, and presented to the 

 Museum by Commander George W. Baird, U. S. Navy, on behalf of 

 the subscribers. 



A gramophone of the latest type, with accessories, showing the 

 method by which the sound is recorded on a zinc plate, transferred to 

 a hard rubber plate, and reproduced by the gramophone; gift of Emil 

 Berliner. Washington, District of Columbia. 



One cylinder, three cross heads, and four eccentric rods belonging 

 to the locomotive Stourbridge Lion; gift of Mr. G. T. Slade, general 

 manager of the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company, 

 Dunmore, Pennsylvania. 



A number of military and sporting guns of the latest patterns; gift 

 of the Remington Arms Company, Ilion, New York. 



PURCHASED BY THE MUSEUM. 



Stone implements from an ancient village site. Big Kiokee Creek, 

 Columbia County, Georgia; collected by Dr. Roland Steincr, Grove- 

 town, Georgia; 18,907 specimens. 



Collection of small arms, etc., from Mr. William C. Dodge, Wash- 

 ington, District of Columbia; 5'2 specimens. 



Passenger cart formerly used in royal processions in Korea; from 

 Mr. H. P. Hulbert, Seoul, Korea. 



Babylonian seals and inscribed earthenware bowls, acquired from 

 Rev. Gabriel Oussani, Bagdad, Turkey. Many of these seals are 

 rare and of much interest to orientalists, and the inscribed bowls are 



