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models require less exaggeration and small-scale models 
more. The nearer we are to our subject the smaller is the 
exaggeration required. 
Again consider the subject to be modeled. If it is one of 
bold relief and large features, like the Yosemite, Grand 
canyon, or mount Shasta, these bold features need no exag¬ 
geration to be seen in their true relations. Indeed, in such 
cases vertical exaggeration will give a false impression. 
Hence, with bold features exaggerate but little. I believe a 
careful examination of the relief maps exhibited at Chicago 
will convince any one that the best ones are those which 
have either small or no vertical exaggeration. The makers 
of the models appear to have reached this conclusion, since 
examples of the excessive exaggerations, 15, 30, or even 50 
fold, formerly used, were almost wholly wanting. Small or 
no exaggerations were the rule. 
The following table classifies the relief maps shown at the 
exposition according to vertical exaggeration: 
Exaggeration. 
No. of 
models. 
1 
22 
2 
9 
3 
5 
4 
9 
5 
8 
7 
1 
8 
2 
10 
3 
15 
1 
18 
1 
20 
2 
21 
1 
33 
1 
44 
1 
Variable. 
2 
68 
