﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETAEY 
  29 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  income 
  of 
  the 
  Roebling 
  fund 
  the 
  mineral 
  collections 
  

   have 
  grown 
  in 
  a 
  highly 
  gratifying 
  manner 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  fiscal 
  

   year. 
  A 
  striking 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  exhibit 
  series 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  mass 
  of 
  

   pegmatite 
  from 
  Newry, 
  Me. 
  Another 
  purchase 
  of 
  importance 
  was 
  

   that 
  of 
  a 
  nugget 
  of 
  platinum 
  weighing 
  17.274 
  ounces 
  from 
  South 
  

   America. 
  There 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  further 
  a 
  cut 
  gem 
  of 
  benitoite, 
  

   weighing 
  7.67 
  carats, 
  being 
  the 
  largest 
  known 
  cut 
  stone 
  of 
  this 
  

   mineral. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  Chamberlain 
  fund 
  there 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  gem 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  a 
  carved 
  statuette 
  of 
  rose 
  quartz, 
  a 
  Chinese 
  carving 
  of 
  tourma- 
  

   line, 
  a 
  yellow 
  topaz 
  weighing 
  34 
  carats, 
  a 
  cameo 
  of 
  Hungarian 
  opal, 
  

   and 
  a 
  cut 
  gem 
  of 
  pollucite. 
  

  

  Fossil 
  materials 
  include 
  large 
  lots 
  of 
  invertebrates 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   exchange, 
  gift, 
  and 
  collection, 
  among 
  them 
  three 
  rare 
  star 
  fishes 
  and 
  

   five 
  crinoids 
  from 
  the 
  Ordovician 
  of 
  Minnesota, 
  purchased 
  under 
  the 
  

   Springer 
  fund. 
  From 
  field 
  work 
  by 
  Mr, 
  C. 
  W. 
  Gilmore 
  in 
  Montana 
  

   there 
  have 
  come 
  remains 
  of 
  dinosaurs 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  previously 
  

   not 
  in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  and 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  also 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Pleistocene 
  mammals 
  collected 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Gidley 
  in 
  Florida. 
  

  

  Arts 
  (Mid 
  industries. 
  — 
  Valuable 
  additions 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  have 
  

   included 
  three 
  early 
  types 
  of 
  Winton 
  automobiles 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  engines 
  

   of 
  the 
  Army 
  aircraft 
  Question 
  Mark 
  used 
  during 
  an 
  endurance 
  test 
  

   that 
  continued 
  nearly 
  seven 
  days; 
  and 
  a 
  working 
  model 
  of 
  the 
  tele- 
  

   phone 
  transmitter 
  and 
  receiver 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  American 
  Tele- 
  

   phone 
  & 
  Telegraph 
  Co. 
  

  

  A 
  horse-drawn 
  brougham, 
  a 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  

   nineteenth-century 
  coach 
  builder, 
  Healey, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  was 
  presented 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  P. 
  Eno, 
  an 
  interesting 
  object 
  in 
  this 
  day 
  of 
  motor 
  

   transport. 
  

  

  An 
  exhibition 
  now 
  being 
  organized 
  dealing 
  with 
  mechanical 
  power 
  

   has 
  received 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  accessions, 
  among 
  them 
  an 
  electrically 
  op- 
  

   erated 
  model 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  Pearl 
  Street 
  electric 
  power 
  station 
  in 
  

   New 
  York 
  City. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  textiles 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  manufacturers 
  have 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  their 
  cooperation 
  through 
  the 
  contribution 
  of 
  exhibition 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  of 
  modern 
  textiles. 
  An 
  interesting 
  exhibit 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  

   United 
  Shoe 
  Machinery 
  Corporation 
  illustrates 
  the 
  entire 
  range 
  of 
  

   shoemaking 
  by 
  machinery. 
  

  

  An 
  important 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  photography 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  

   portrait 
  taken 
  on 
  an 
  autochrome 
  plate 
  by 
  the 
  inventor 
  of 
  the 
  process, 
  

   Antoine 
  Lumiere. 
  Four 
  photographs 
  donated 
  by 
  Philip 
  P. 
  Quayle, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Peters 
  Cartridge 
  Co., 
  of 
  bullets 
  fired 
  from 
  a 
  gun, 
  record 
  

   the 
  bullet 
  in 
  silhouette, 
  and 
  a 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  sound 
  waves 
  

   produced. 
  

  

  