. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 102 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 19 64. Automatic graduating machine of 1859, for linear and circular gradua- tions, made by J. R. Brown of Providence, , who in 1850 made the first such device known to have been used in the United States. produced the instruments used by Galileo, Avhicli will be pre- sented at the Symposium Internationale di Storia, in Florence and Pisa in September 1964. In progress is a biography on the Delia Volpaia, a family of engravers, sculptors, clock-makers, engineers and i
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 102 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 19 64. Automatic graduating machine of 1859, for linear and circular gradua- tions, made by J. R. Brown of Providence, , who in 1850 made the first such device known to have been used in the United States. produced the instruments used by Galileo, Avhicli will be pre- sented at the Symposium Internationale di Storia, in Florence and Pisa in September 1964. In progress is a biography on the Delia Volpaia, a family of engravers, sculptors, clock-makers, engineers and instrument-makers Avhich flourished in Florence during the IStli and 16th centuries and which made a considerable contribution to science, technology, and the arts. In the section of light machinery and horology, associate curator Edwin A. Battison completed the first draft of a translation of Jacques Besson's Theatrum Instruinentarwiii et Machinamm from the 16th- century French with the assistance of summer intern Bruce H. Wliite. Since this work has not been previously available in English, this translation will be a significant contribution to the history of technol- ogy. Names of American patentees appearing on subject lists for a period of three years of the mid-19th century were added to an alpha- betical card file in progress, making a total of six years now completed. Associate curator Robert INI. Vogel in the section of heavy machinery and civil engineering, during the course of a study trip to the Midwest, conducted research on the develoi)men( of (he nniflow steam engine in tlie Ignited States. In addition io inter\i(^\viiia' numerous individuals. 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 United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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