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clusions, a theoretical study of its subject, but 
a series of observations from which well rea- 
soned deductions are drawn. It is a book filled 
to overflowing with a love for nature, but a 
rational observant love, devoid of rash enthusi- 
asm and presenting its facts in an illuminating, 
alluring way for which this veteran naturalist 
has long been famous. It is a book that every 
lover of nature will enjoy, and which must do 
much to present nature in a true light. 
PAINT PROGRESS 
HE conscientious architect owes it to 
himself no less than to his patrons that 
he should understand the subject of 
paint at least superficially. To go to the bot- 
tom of the subject is scarcely possible, since 
technical experts as yet agree on very few 
points connected with it. They are practi- 
cally agreed, however, in condemning pre- 
cisely the practice still ‘adhered to by the ma- 
jority of architects. What this practice is 
everyone who is familiar with current speci- 
fications understands; two or three coats of 
liad and oil tinted to the desired color, the 
actual preparation of the paint being left 
largely to the discretion of the contracting 
painter. 
Now the long series of exhaustive experi- 
ments conducted by the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road, under the supervision of Dr. Dudley, 
have proved as conclusively as any fact can 
be proved, that pure pigments of the basic 
type do not make satisfactory paint; while 
Mr. Job, Chief Chemist of the Reading Rail- 
way, has also clearly demonstrated the fact 
that fine grinding of pigments and intimate in- 
corporation of the various ingredients of a 
paint determine to a large degree its dura- 
bility. 
These two controlling factors,—fine grind- 
ing and intimate union—are precisely the two 
conditions necessarily wanting in a_hand- 
mixed paint. “The only form of paint in 
which they are pre-eminent is a properly made 
ready-mixed paint. 
On the face of the matter no one would 
deny that this is the only logical form of paint. 
Given the same formula, there is no intelligent 
user of paint that would not prefer to leave 
the entire process of selecting, grinding and 
mixing of components done, under proper su- 
pervision, to a well-equipped paint factory 
than to run the risk of accidental or inten- 
tional adulteration and necessarily imperfect 
combination in the paint shop. It resolves 
itself, then, into a question of the materials 
used in either case. 
But, it has been pointed out, materials used 
in ordinary practice for contract work are not 
by any means the best available. While lead 
is a very useful ingredient in certain types of 
paint, it is not the only desirable ingredient. 
Both technology and paint manufacturing 
progress have left this antiquated practice far 
behind, except in architectural specifications. 
Few large railway companies, agricultural 
implement makers or structural steel builders 
of the present day in any case tolerate a 
straight mixture of lead and oil in their work. 
Such specifications, where white or a tint is 
required, uniformly prescribe the addition of 
zinc oxide or other white pigment and some 
inert material to the white base. 
The manufacturers of ready mixed paints 
have followed far more closely than either the 
progress of technical development in these 
lines, and while it is true that by no means 
all ready mixed paints reach or are intended 
all ready mixed paints reach or are intended 
to reach the desired standard, yet, as a matter 
of fact, the average prepared paint put out by 
a reputable manufacturer, if fairly handled by 
the painter, will afford more permanent dec- 
oration and protection at a lower cost than 
the routine shop-mixed lead and oil. H.B.G. 
