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fe These dimensions, of course, 



may be changed indefinitely by 



slight alterations, but the example 



given will meet all requirements. 



Such flat cases can be raised on 



legs (Fig. 61), or they can be put 



on bodies or stacks of drawers 



which are to be used for putting 



away duplicate or unnecessary or 



overflow material, or specimens 



unfitted for public exhibition. 



These drawers are enclosed by 



double doors, in each section of 



the table case, which shut upon them and are 



locked. Figure 58 shows the open doors, the 



enclosed drawers, and the uplifted sash with 



its supporting arms. 



Fig. 50. 



The drawers under the flat cases, as a 

 convenience to curators, are invaluable. 

 The artistic effect of these " bodies " is 

 certainly unfortunate. The desk cases on 

 legs forming no interruption to the untram- 

 melled view of the floor of the hall conduce 

 to the effect of size, and are distinctly more 

 elegant. Figure 62 of the Hall of Verte- 

 brate Palaeontology in the New York Museum 

 illustrates pleasingly the improved appear- 

 ance of a hall furnished with cases on legs. 



Fig. go. 



Fig. ()1. 



The flat or desk case, generally, 

 in its larger or longer development, 

 should have sloping sides. The 

 ease of attentively regarding ob- 

 jects seems sensibly helped by this, 

 whereas exhibitions in level topped 

 cases, as in the Mining and Metal- 

 lurgical Collections, Field Colum- 

 bian Museum (Fig. 63), and the Mineralogical cab- 

 inet, Columbia University, grow tiresome after pro- 

 longed inspection. In museum equipment any 

 slight adjustment that will enhance the comfort of 

 the spectator, and prolong his attention, is to be 

 carefully adopted, even when quite incommensurate 



