24 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
Recent earthquakes aroused much interest in a new form of seismo- 
graph and its records for New York City. A series of photographs 
taken with the lens from a fish’s eye was worth more than a passing 
glance. ‘The Zeiss epidiascope is a new and successful electric lantern 
device for throwing on a screen pictures from ordinary photographic 
prints and other opaque objects. A prominent feature of the Physics 
exhibit was a lecture Saturday evening, December 29, by Professor E. 
F. Nichols on ‘‘The Pressure of Light,’’ illustrated with experiments 
and lantern slides. The Physiology exhibit was extensive and con- 
tained much of technical as well as popular interest. Something in 
motion always attracts a crowd, hence the popularity of the zoétrope 
showing a series of kinetoscope pictures of the movements of the alimen- 
tary canal taken with X-ray apparatus, and the working model of the 
heart showing perfectly the action of valves. 
By far the most attractive exhibit of all, and the one showing most 
clearly the advances made during the past five years, at least along cer- 
tain lines, was that of the department of Zodlogy. ‘The exhibit consisted 
principally of contributions from the American Museum of Natural 
History, the New York Zoélogical Park, the Aquarium and the Brook- 
lyn Museum. Among the American Museum exhibits, most attention 
was attracted perhaps by that of two mounted lions, showing in most 
striking manner the advance that has been made in a comparatively 
few years over the old methods of taxidermy. ‘The new ideas were ex- 
emplified in the mount of “‘ Hannibal,” the lion, so well known to many 
visitors at the Zodlogical Park in Bronx Park. Other exhibits were 
entered by the Museum, but not removed from the exhibition halls. 
These were the group of Wapiti, or American Elk, in the East Mammal 
Hall, second floor of the building, and ten groups of North American 
birds with panoramic backgrounds, illustrating a novel method of light- 
ing. In seven of these the background is curved, so as to represent the 
horizon in its natural position. Mention should be made of the wax- 
and-glass models of various invertebrates, particularly some insects, 
the familiar Squid of the New England coast and an Actinian (sea 
anemone). The exhibit from the Zodlogical Park consisted, for the 
most part, of maps, photographs, transparencies and samples of labels. 
‘The New York Aquarium, in addition to similar exhibits, showed some 
of the marine aquaria which are supplied to the public schools of the 
city. The Brooklyn Institute Museum exhibited typical collections 
