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[[strikethrough]] (5) [[/strikethrough]] ^[[4]] During such time as was not consumed by other duties during April, May and June, 1895, I continued the investigations (which I have been engaged in for several years) of the circumstances that led to the final improvement in the wheel and other mechanical devices that have rendered the attainment of high speeds possible in the art of transportation on Land and Water^[[,]] which has proven such an important factor in [[strikethrough]] M [[/strikethrough]] ^[[m]]odern [[strikethrough]] C [[/strikethrough]] ^[[c]]ivilization.- The result of these investigations are embodied in the [[strikethrough]] M [[/strikethrough]] ^[[m]]odels prepared for Atlanta, the drawings for which^[[,]] together with ^[[the]] superintend[[strikethrough]] ing [[/strikethrough]] ^[[ence of]] the^[[ir]] construction [[strikethrough]] of ^[[them]] [[/strikethrough]] and the preparation of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] labels [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]], have consumed much time. [[hand-drawn line to next paragraph]]
[[strikethrough]] (5a) [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Each of the]] [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] labels for the models illustrating land conveyance^[[,]] [[circled]] ^[[,]] in addition to a brief printed description [[strikethrough]] of each [[/strikethrough]] [[/circled]]^[[,]] contains a small sketch which gives more information at a glance than could be conveyed to the average Museum visitor by many printed words. It is my belief that this same idea - extended and modified by the ^[[duplication of these sketches by some]] [[strikethrough]] preparation of blocks by stone [[/strikethrough]] photo-mechanical process[[strikethrough]] es [[/strikethrough]] - may be made extremely useful^[[,]] not only in connection with museum specimens on exhibition but for permanent record in catalogues and elsewhere. A series of these illustrated labels^[[,]] properly arranged^[[,]] can with a few additions be made to form an illustrated hand-book of [[overwritten]] a [[/overwritten]] ^[[the]] collection. ^[["]]

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