. Guide leaflet. moldingof t his in plaster, and in thismold making a light and dur-able form, or manikin, uponwhich t he skin is deft ly again Mr. Akeleyhas improved upon himselfand perfected an entirely newplan for mounting large mam-mals whereby they arc atonce more readily modeled,infinitely lighter and vastlymore methods changed and improved, by far the greatest advancebeing due to Akeley, who devised the light, strong manikin just alludedto. now in general use. There were various tentatives by others, and itshould not be forgotten that many years ago ( . ,1. Ma
. Guide leaflet. moldingof t his in plaster, and in thismold making a light and dur-able form, or manikin, uponwhich t he skin is deft ly again Mr. Akeleyhas improved upon himselfand perfected an entirely newplan for mounting large mam-mals whereby they arc atonce more readily modeled,infinitely lighter and vastlymore methods changed and improved, by far the greatest advancebeing due to Akeley, who devised the light, strong manikin just alludedto. now in general use. There were various tentatives by others, and itshould not be forgotten that many years ago ( . ,1. Maynard employed aplaster cast made from a clay model and that years before this Pealemade a manikin of wood, the limbs being carefully carved to give themuscles the swell proportionate to their action: this method he usedespecially for animals that had not an abundance of hair. Unfortunately, it seems never to have occurred to the users of plasterthat museum specimens are moved about and plaster casts can be made. M wiKiN of Wise Cloth and Papier-M uhk. By Remi and Joseph to illustrate strength of modernmanikin
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