426 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



Washington, D. C. — Continued. 



Department of State. 13947. Suit of Japanese armor. (Deposited.) 

 Waters, William. 14844. Specimen of peacock coal from Pennsylvania. 

 Watkins, G. W. 14819. Specimens of minerals from New York. 

 Watts, J. J. 34338. Specimens of fossils from cave in Virginia. 

 Weaks, P. B. 148G8. Specimen of natural formation from stump 20 



feet below surface. 

 Weaver & Co., G. B. 14385. Specimen of fresh shad from New York 



market. 

 Webb, John. 15324. Twenty-five specimens of minerals from Saint 



Lawrence County, New York. 

 Webster, Frederick S. 14208 and 14393. Specimens of birds' skins {Ple- 



gadis falcinellus) from Florida. 

 Weinlond, William H. 15082. Package of botanical specimens from 



Alaska. 

 Weld, George H. 14971. Specimen of branch of tree from North Caro- 

 lina. 

 Wells, Bard. 14872. Specimen of quartz crystal and lepidodendron 



rock from Pennsylvania. 

 Wells, Frederick. 14628. Two skins of young woodchucks from Amber, 



N. Y. 

 Wells, J. G. 14051. Specimens of birds' skins from West Indies. 

 Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). 13911, 14109, 14948, and 

 15460. Two boxes of minerals, birds' skins, and 250 species of land 

 shells. 

 Wharton, Joseph. 13984 and 14052. Specimen of nickel-plated iron, 10 



per cent, nickel on each side ; also pumice from Krakatoa. 

 Wheeler, Charles Le Roy. 14246 and 14358. Box of shells and fresh 



fish from Cape May, N. J. 

 Wheelock, D. B. 14080. Tibia of fossil saurian. 

 Whitcomb, George B. 14869. Photograph of Harrison mining machine 



from Illinois. 

 Whitcomb <& Co., H. C. 15354. Specimens illustrating the manufacture 

 of electrotypes. 



Electrotyp'mg : (1) Process wood-cut and type form locked up in 

 chase ready for mold ; (2) mold in beeswax, surface block 

 leaded ; (3) deposit of copper by dynamo electric machine ; (4) 

 copper shells removed from mold ; (5) copper shells loaded up 

 with electrotype metal, principally lead ; (6) finished book and 

 duplicates of wood-cuts to be ready for the press. 

 Stereotyping: (1) Mold of music and typefaces in dry and plas- 

 ter; (2) coating of same in stereotype metal ; (3) finished book 

 and inner plate. 

 White, George D. 14882. Specimen of ore from Oregon. 

 White, George W. 14573. Package of ore from Mississippi. 



