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GIFTS
TO THE LIBRARY FROM 1865 TO 1872
Have been made by the following persons:—
A. A. Low, Esq., of New York, (in money) $1000.
Thomas Gordon, Esq., of New York, (in money) $500.
Valuable Books and Periodicals by:
Dr. Charles Beck, Cambridge, Mass.
Hon. John D. Baldwin, M. C.
Bureau of Navigation, Washington, D. C. — the Publications of
said Bureau.
Rear-Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins.
Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina.
Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London — the Journals
of said Society.
Williams & Northgull, London.
Rev. Samuel Haughton, M. A., F. R. S.
Joachim Barrande, Prague.
Francis Schroeder, Superintendent Astor Library.
Academy of Science, St. Louis, Mo.
Dr. John R. Page, of Lynchburg.
J. E. D'Alfonce.
Mrs. Wm. S. McCormick.
Thomas K. Skinker, Esq.
General Henry A. Wise.
American Philosophical Society — Proceedings.
Rear-Admiral C. H. Davis, Superintendent U. S. Observatory.
United States Sanitary Commission.
Smithsonian Institution.
J. E. Hilgard, in charge of U. S. Coast Survey.
Judge S. S. Nicholas, Louisville, Ky.
Department of State, Washington, D. C.
Melbourne University.
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Sally B. Floyd.—Among other valuable books presented by
Mrs. Floyd is a splendid copy of the "Boydell" edition of Shakspeare
in nine volumes folio.
Leland W. Webster.
Professor T. Hewitt Key, London.
Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore.
A. R. Spofford, Librarian of Congress.
Professor J. H. C. Coffin, Washington, D. C.
Leypoldt & Holt, New York.
State of West Virginia — Acts of Assembly.
David Paul Brown, Philadelphia.
General Convention of the New Jerusalem Church.— The Works
of Swedenborg complete, in 19 volumes 8vo.
Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, New York.
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Commissioner of Education.
Museum of Practical Geology, London.
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.
D. Howard Smith, Auditor of Public Accounts of State of Kentucky.
Thomas H. Canfield, Burlington, Vermont.
State Library of South Carolina.
James Fitz, Esq., Albemarle County, Va.
John Lewis Peyton, of London, England.
J. W. S. Groseley, M. D.
Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, New York.
R. A. Parrish, of Philadelphia.
Hon. A. G. Thurman, U. S. Senate.
A. Taylor, Esq., of Norfolk, Va.
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia.
Tennessee State Library.
Hon. John W. Johnston.
George P. Rowell & Co., New York.
Department of Interior, Washington, D. C.— Public Documents,
from 36th to 40th Congress inclusive.
Francis Minor, Esq., St. Louis, Mo.
Surgeon-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
Professor F. B. Brewer.
Callaghan & Crockcroft, Chicago.
Hon. R. T. W. Duke.
William S. Plumer, D. D., LL. D.
Executive Department of Virginia.
Edward Wright, Secretary of State of the State of Iowa.
Professor Leroy J. Halsey, D. D.
Rear-Admiral B. F. Sands.
Dr. M. McKennie, University of Virginia.
John M. Gordon, Esq.
Charles Bolton, Esq., Richmond.
James Alexander, Esq., Charlottesville.
American Baptist Publication Society.
Conway Robinson, Esq., Washington, D. C.
H. C. Lay, Esq., Maryland.
Brigadier-General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S.
Army.
Professor Campbell Morfit, M. D., F. C. S., London.
Rev. Wm. H. Ruffner, Superintendent Public Instruction.
Librarian University of North Carolina.
Editors University (of Va.) Magazine.
By the Students of Session 1870-71 and Alumni, Elder's full-length
Portrait of General Lee.
GIFTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
SINCE 1868.
Prince Bismarck, of Prussia.—A valuable collection of working
drawings relating to various departments of Constructive Engineering.
Leander J. McCormick, of Chicago.—A mowing machine.
Pool & Hunt, of Baltimore.—A brass turbine wheel (Leffel's patent).
Johann Zimmermann, of Chemnitz, Saxony.—Drawings and descriptions
of tool machines, with samples of carving and other work done
with these machines.
Pennsylvania Steel Works, Harrisburg, Pa.—Specimens of Bessemer
steel rails.
John A. Roebling's Sons, Trenton, N. J.—— Specimens of wire ropes
used in suspension bridges and otherwise.
The Bessemer Steel Works, Troy, N. Y.— Specimens of Bessemer
steel, and materials used in the Bessemer process.
Harrison Boiler Works, Philadelphia.— Section of Harrison boiler.
Mica Roofing Company, New York.— Specimens of composition
roofing.
Reports of the railroads and canals of the States of Pennsylvania
and New York.
United States Government.—A valuable collection of reports, atlases
drawings and models.
PARTIAL LIST OF THE SPECIMENS PRESENTED TO
THE LABORATORY OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY
DURING THE YEARS 1869, '70 AND '71.
U. S. Department of Agriculture.— Fibres, seeds, sugars, papers,
textile fabrics, Indian food, publications of the Department, &c.
Bevingtons & Sons.— Tanning materials, leathers, photographs of
tanning processes, &c.
Hepburn & Co.— Tan-barks, leathers, &c.
Dr. Frank-Stassfurt.— Potash minerals (carnallite, &c.), and manufactured
products for agricultural and other uses.
Appleby & Co.— Calico-printing blocks, rollers, &c., and cloth
printed by same.
Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester.— Materials, moulds, seggars, &c.,
for porcelain manufacture, and articles in various stages of production.
J. Eck.— Indian-rubbers, gutta-perchas, balata gum, kowrie resin,
&c.
De la Rue & Co., Waterlow & Co.— Papers, writing inks, carmine, &c.
Charlottesville Woollen Mills.— Wools, woollen cloths, &c.
S. Dana Hayes, Esq., State Assayer of Massachusetts.—American
copper ores and copper-smelting products.
Hafod Copper Works.— English copper ores and copper-smelting
products.
Price's Patent Candle Co.— Candles and candle-making materials,
glycerine, &c.
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co.— Cryolite and products (soda,
alum, &c.) made from it.
Dr. Crace Calvert.— Carbolic acid, picric acid, &c.
C. W. Noble & Co.— House-painters' pigments, varnishes, oils, &c.
India Office of the British Government.— Silks, grains, fibres, pottery,
metallic manufactures, &c., from British India.
W. B. Beaumont, Esq., M. P.— Lead ores and products of lead-smelting.
Thos. Sopwith, Esq.— Lead ores and products of lead-smelting.
Baboo Kanny Loll Dey and F. R. Mallet, Esq.— Oils, gums, resins,
perfumes, seeds, &c., from British India.
Ramson, Barker & Co.— White and red lead, desilverisation of lead
by Pattinson's process.
J. H. Wickes, Esq.— Products of distillation and refining of American
petroleum.
Howard & Sons.— Peruvian barks, alkaloids, &c.
British Seaweed Comp.— Products of kelp manufacture, iodine, &c.
L. Demuth & Co.— Products of coal-tar distillation.
Dr. Hugo Müller.— Esparto grass, and stages of its conversion into
paper.
Hazard Powder Company.— Gunpowders, refined nitre, &c.
Simpson & Maul.— Benzole, nitro-benzole, aniline, aniline dyes, &c.
Walker Alkali Company.— Different stages of manufacture of sulphuric
acid, hydrochloric acid, carbonate soda, &c. (alkali manufacture.)
Robert Sabine, Esq.— Telegraph cables and materials for their insulation.
Jones & Co.— Dyes on woollen cloth.
Shackell & Edwards.— Printing inks.
Col. R. W. Scott, Kentucky.—Angora wools.
Chance, Brothers & Co., Hartley & Co., J. Powell & Sons.— Glassmaking
materials, and articles of glass in various stages of manufacture.
C. Barrow, Esq.— Japanese porcelain, bronze, paper, &c.
F. & G. Rosher.— Bricks, tiles, terra-cotta ware.
Patent Concrete Stone Company.—Artificial stone, and materials for
its production.
Chas. Ogleby & Co., Field & Co.— Candles and candle-making
materials.
Patent Plumbago Crucible Company.— Crucibles of many kinds.
R. Mallet, Esq.— Hydraulic cements, bricks, &c.
Proktor & Bevington.— Glue and glue-making materials.
Roberts, Dale & Co.— Soap and materials for its manufacture.
S. J. Murphy & Co.— Cotton fibres from numerous foreign sources.
R. M. Cuyler, Esq.—American cotton fibres.
Young's Paraffine Light Company.— Paraffine products.
J. C. & J. Field.— Ozocerite products.
T. Treloar.— Manufacture of cocoa-nut fibres.
Caslon Type Foundry.— Type metal and stereotype metal.
Dr. Crace Calvert.— Materials and products of prussiate of potash
manufacture.
M. Troisgros.— Cuban tobaccos.
W. S. Bailey, Esq.—Virginia and Kentucky tobaccos.
Thos. Francis.—Articles of malleable iron in different stages.
Edward Packer & Co., Rees & Co., F. Sabel, T. H. Woodman.— Fertilisers,
and material for their manufacture (coprolites, &c.)
Tupper & Co.— Galvanised iron.
Mears & Stainbank.— Bell metal.
Summers & Co.— Gold and silver leaf and foil.
William Davis, Esq.— Tin-plate in all its stages.
Orleans Oil Manufacturing Company.— Cotton-seed oil and cake.
Lowmoor Iron Works.— Iron ore, fuel, flux, slags, pig iron, bar
iron, &c., in all stages of manufacture.
R. Mallet, Esq.— Materials and products of Spanish, Swedish, Hungarian,
Westphalian, &c., iron manufacture.
Brierfield Iron Works.— Alabama iron ores, slags, pig and bar
iron, &c.
Maj.-Gen. Lefroy, R. A.— Iron armor-plates, shot fired at same,
&c. (from artillery experiments of British Government.)
Pease, Hutchinson & Co.— Cleveland iron manufactures.
Almond Iron Works.— Materials and products of manufacture of
Scotch pig iron.
Mersey Steel and Iron Company.— Puddled steel and wrought iron
Heaton Steel Company.— Materials and products of manufacture of
steel by Heaton's process.
Sir John Brown & Co.— Ditto of steel by Bessemer's process.
C. W. Siemens, Esq., C. E.— Ditto for steel by Siemens-Martin
process.
Sam'l Newbould & Co.— Ditto for steel by cementation process.
Herr Krupp, of Essen.— Steel by Krupp's process.
New Jersey Steel and Iron Company.—American steel by the Siemens-Martin
process.
In the above list no attempt has been made at a classification of
the specimens referred to. Only the larger collections have been
mentioned, some including more than a hundred specimens each.
Many other smaller collections and single specimens have been
received, which are not put down in the list.
Donation to the Department of Applied Chemistry.—W. W. Corcoran,
Esq., $1000.
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