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mankind. To this and many objects exhibited at Decennial Celebration of the Establishment of the Electric Lighting Industry^[[,]] held at Providence, R.I., in February, 1891, have found a permanent place in the Collection, together with other specimens from the Loan Collection, temporarily installed in the Museum Lecture Hall during the Patent Centennial Celebration held at Washington in April last.

The objects relating to the infancy of electric lighting in America are of the greatest interest: while a comparison of the crude sewing machines, typewriting and devices recently collected, with the modern achievements of the mechanic's handiwork is most striking. ^[[Since t]]hese relics of invention having proven of great interest to the public, the cooperation of all persons interested is solicited in the extension of the Section in this direction.