. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH 105. This 1886 combine is the first built by Benjamin Holt of California, in- ventor of the caterpillar tractor. It was pulled by 20 horses or mules. Arts and Manufactures Manufactures and Heavy Industries.—The acting curator of the division Philip W. Bishop continued work on the revision of his history of the Scovill Manufacturing Company. Several trips to Tulsa, Okla- homa to consult with the subcommittee of the American Petroleum Institute have resulted in important additions to the exh
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH 105. This 1886 combine is the first built by Benjamin Holt of California, in- ventor of the caterpillar tractor. It was pulled by 20 horses or mules. Arts and Manufactures Manufactures and Heavy Industries.—The acting curator of the division Philip W. Bishop continued work on the revision of his history of the Scovill Manufacturing Company. Several trips to Tulsa, Okla- homa to consult with the subcommittee of the American Petroleum Institute have resulted in important additions to the exhibition ma- terials. The acting curator represented the Smithsonian Institution at the inauguration of Babcock and Wilcox's new nuclear research facilities at Lynchburg, Va., in April. Agriculture and Forest Products.—Associate curator Edward C. Kendall continued his research into the relationship of early American plows to those of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Textiles.—Curator Grace Rogers Cooper completed her monograph on the Robertson and the Clark Dolphin and Cherub sewing machines of the 1850's, Mrs. Cooper continued her study of textile machines and implements, especiall}^ on the use of the spinning wheel in Amer- ica, and also continued to serve as a technical adviser on textiles to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. At the end of the year she was in The Netherlands to study textiles at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and to attend a conference on textile conservation. Associate curator Rita Adrosko undertook study of American hand- woven coverlets, and she is completing the photographing and indexing of all the coverlets in the Museum collection. She visited the Metro- politan Museum of Art and the Cooper Union Museum to obtain data 744-993-—64 S. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original wo
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