30 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1958 
1957 he spent 2 days examining old chemical apparatus in the depart- 
ment of chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, with a view to ac- 
quiring the objects for the exhibits in the Museum of History and 
Technology. He also examined some of the rare physics apparatus 
at West Point and Columbia University. In January 1958 he ex- 
amined historic astronomical apparatus at Case Institute in Cleve- 
land. Since the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg was 
one of the first in this country to offer instruction in science, Dr. Mult- 
hauf spent 2 days there with Professor Pittman and President A. D. 
Chandler examining some of the old apparatus used in the teaching 
of physics. In April he visited Johns Hopkins University with a 
view to acquiring a balance and gas heating device associated with 
Ira Remsen. In the department of mineralogy and geology he ex- 
plored the possibility of obtaining an early polarizing microscope. 
As consultant to the department of engineering for locating 19th- 
century chemical and physical laboratory apparatus to illustrate these 
disciplines in the new Museum of History and Technology, Dr. Derek 
J. Price again made numerous trips to museums, colleges, univers!- 
ties, and laboratories. In September 1957 Dr. Price supervised the 
transfer of three machines pertaining to Henry Fitz, telescope maker, 
in 1850. These machines, together with his tools, speculum blanks, 
and many smaller items, should enable the Smithsonian to reconstruct 
in the Museum of History and Technology a vivid workshop of 
Henry Fitz. In the department of chemistry at Williams College 
he was pleased to find a rare cylindrical charcoal-burning chemical 
furnace made about 1830. This furnace is similar to those used 
centuries before. In the various colleges and universities visited 
Dr. Price made several detailed inventories of chemical and physi- 
cal apparatus which he regarded as worthy of consideration 
for planned exhibits in the Museum of History and Technology. 
The curator of the division of mechanical and civil engineering, 
Eugene S. Ferguson, attended the annual meeting of the American 
Society of Too] Engineers, May 5-7, 1958. 
From March 24 to April 2 Howard I. Chapelle, curator of trans- 
portation, visited museums, collectors, and model-ship builders in 
Mystic and Essex, Conn.; Providence, R.I.; Nantucket Island; and 
Salem, Quincy, and Boston, Mass. This trip will prove valuable 
in connection with the future exhibits of watercraft in the Museum 
of History and Technology. 
William N. Watkins, curator of agriculture and wood products, 
spent the last week of September and early October studying wood 
collections and logging dioramas at the College of Forestry, Syracuse 
University, and the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, 
N.Y. On February 24, 1958, Mr. Watkins conferred with Prof. 
