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PreservatiTe mixtures* 



Carbolic acid. 

 Chloral hydrate. 

 Picric acid. 

 Osmic acid. 



Metallic labels. 

 Parchment labels. 

 Indelible ink, pencils, &c, 



48. Apparatus for preserving and making skeletons. 



Preparation of the bones. 



Macerating- vats. 



Boiling-vats. 



Cleaning and bleaching preparation. 



mounting^ of the hones. 



Scraping-tools. 

 Articulanng-tools. 



49. Apparatus for making casts, modeling. 

 materials. 



Clays. 



Plasters. 



Glues. 



Papier-mache and carton-pierre. 



Gelatine. 



Paraffine. 



Collodion. 



This apparatus and material is in constant use by the assistants in tbo 

 National Museum and the Fish Commission. It is thought scarcely nec- 

 essary to exhibit it. 



Frames and modeling' tools. 



molds: 



Of plaster. 

 Of gelatine. 

 Of pai)er. 

 Of parafiQne. 



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