and Laboratory Methods. 



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Fig. 14. — Ground Plan, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 



prove sufficient for flat cases also. As regards reflections, it seems incontest- 

 ably to be true that in window lighted halls they are less obvious in north and 

 south buildings than in east and west buildings, since in the former there is less 

 disparity in the amount of light from the two sides of the hall than in the latter, 

 that is, in the average throughout the year. 



The general advice can be hazarded that single or double storied skylight 

 or clear story buildings should be designed for art museums, and many storied 



Fig. 15. — Hall of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



