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model of the Slioles aud (Tliddcii typewriter, wliieli was invented at 

 Milwaukee, Wis., by C. Latham Slioles, Samuel S. Soule, and Charles 

 Gliddeu in 1867. This is the model through which E. Remington & 

 Sons, of Dion, X. Y., first became interested in the manufacture of type- 

 writers in 1873. One of the first machines manufactured from this model 

 (only three having been made in 1873) is also in the collection. Parts 

 of this mechanism were altered and modified when the present " Rem- 

 ington No. 1 " was put upon the market. The collection also contains 

 a model of the first typewriting machine in which double-type bar 

 (upper and lower case tyi)e) was used, constructed in 1876. Only two 

 or three machines were constructed before it was found desirable to 

 make an entire change in the model. A machine somewhat similar to 

 that now manufactured fidlowed shoruy afterward. A valuable col- 

 lection of early forms of sewing machines made by the Singer Manufac^ 

 turing Company of New York (from 1855 to 1891), as well as early types 

 of the Grover & Baker, and Elias Howe machines were received from 

 the Singer Manufacturing Company, through Mr. Henry Calver, who 

 rendered valuable aid in the preparation of the labels. A duplicate 

 of the original model of the Sickels lifting, tripping, aud regulating 

 machine, with Patent Ofiice certificate and copy of drawing attached to 

 the first patent in the world for the trip cut-oft' for steam engines now 

 in general use, dated May liO, 1842, was deposited by the inventor, 

 Mr. F. E. Sickels, of Kansas City, Mo. 



A centrifugal milk separator ; the first machine used in separating 

 cream from milk at the Deerfoot Farm, Southboro, Mass., in 1879, gift 

 of the Deerfoot Farm Comjiany, through James Cheesman, has been 

 added to the collection. 



These and other relics of the early history of the mechanic art, pre- 

 viously acquired, form the nucleus of a collection which it is desired to 

 increase in other directions. 



In addition to these relics of invention the silver cofiee urn, which 

 was presented to Capt. Moses Rogers, of the steamship Savannah, by 

 Lord Lynedoch, in 1819, as a memento of the first voyage across the 

 Atlantic by steam, together with a minature likeness of Capt. Rogers 

 made during his sojourn m Russia, have been deposited by Mrs. F. A, 

 Seely, granddaughter of Capt. Rogers. 



In addition to the accessions already enumerated, the study and 

 exhibition series have been increased by the collection of engravings, 

 prints, photographs, and drawings of locomotives, cars, track stand- 

 ards, bridges, and many original rail sections belonging to and dejios- 

 ited by the curator. This collection is the result of his labors during 

 the past fifteen years in this country and during a brief visit to Europe 

 in 1886. 



In order to find space for the display of the valuable objects acquired 

 during the year it be(?ame necessary to rearrange the whole of the 

 exhibition series. Many ol)jects that formerly occupied a position ui)on 



