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ed information can almost always be obtained with less exertion of the brain or eye from a case full of models than from a hall full of large objects. 

I trust that an opportunity will be given to extend the series illustrating the beginnings of the steamboat. By the addition of five or six models to the present series, the Museum could have a unique collection. There are six or eight pieces of electrical apparatus illustrating the early work of Prof. Henry now buried in the laboratory at Princeton which can be duplicated at a cost of $150 or $200 or less if they could be sent to the Museum for exhibition during the "half Century year" of the Institution's existence during which time everything relating to the great discoveries by the first secretary will have a special interest. 

A case containing models illustrating the ^[[presses and machinery relating to the]] early steps in the art of printing, and another ^[[series relating to]] [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] paper making, would doubtless attract attention and be useful from [[overwritten]] the [[/overwritten]] ^[[an]] educational point of view, ^[[in illustrating the "art preservative of all arts".]]

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