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Journal of Applied Microscopy 



The admission, at any rate, is here freely made that for library equipment its 

 claims are pervasive and commanding. That treacherous foe of the stored 

 wisdom of the world — fire — has certainly in iron desks, racks, bookcases, chairs 

 and tables a very formidable discouragement. Figure 71 shows the metallic 

 library furnishings of the law library in the city hall, Philadelphia, and two 

 examples of catalogue and book case. 





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Fig. 7'2. 



Examples of iron cases for museum purposes are given in Fig. 7*2 with dimen- 

 sions. These cases were imported, and might be regarded as favorable instances 

 of this kind of case, though in some respects their improvement is desirable. 



A composite table case has been designed in the New York museum for the 

 exhibition of lepidoptera. Figure 73 shows these cases whh their contents on 



