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The building recently erected in the Smithsonian Park in Washington for the natural history collections of the United States National Museum, as one of the latest great museum buildings, and embodying many new and important features, has attracted wide attention and given rise to repeated inquiries regarding its construction and arrangement. This paper has been prepared to meet this demand, a demand largely inspired by the exceptional activity in museum enterprise which for several years past has prevailed throughout the country.
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Excerpt from A Descriptive Account of the Building Recently Erected for the Departments of Natural History of the United States National Museum The architects of the building were Messrs. Hornblower Mar shall, of Washington, while the heating, electrical and ventilating equipment was designed and installed under the supervision of Prof. S. Homer Woodbridge, of Boston, Mass. The building construction was, by designation Of Congress, directed by Mr. Bernard R. Green, Superintendent Of Buildings and Grounds Of the Library of Con gress, whose experience especially qualified him for successfully carrying out this large and somewhat novel undertaking. In the preparation Of this paper, the writer has been dependent upon others for most of the technical descriptive matter incorporated, which was submitted to him in the form Of two detailed reports, preserved in the office files. One of these, by Mr. James Millar, for merly of the architects' office, covers the structural details of the building. The other, relating to the mechanical equipment, is by Mr. C. R. Denmark, an assistant Of Professor Woodbridge during its installation and at present in charge Of its operation, as engineer Of the Museum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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