. Journal of electricity. in range of the consumers new or enlarged opportunities July 5679, and in December 13,472. Thus, for the for acceptable services which once adopted, an exten- month of July, nearly two-thirds of the accounts of sion of use is natural, especially if rates continue to the residential consumers did not meet the expenses of decrease. 228 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 40—No. 5 THE LIGHTING OF A MUSEUM BY CLOTILDE GRUNSKT (It being the object of a museum to show things, it is necessary tliat the exhibits be adequately illumi-nated. The difficulties of cross reflections in th
. Journal of electricity. in range of the consumers new or enlarged opportunities July 5679, and in December 13,472. Thus, for the for acceptable services which once adopted, an exten- month of July, nearly two-thirds of the accounts of sion of use is natural, especially if rates continue to the residential consumers did not meet the expenses of decrease. 228 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 40—No. 5 THE LIGHTING OF A MUSEUM BY CLOTILDE GRUNSKT (It being the object of a museum to show things, it is necessary tliat the exhibits be adequately illumi-nated. The difficulties of cross reflections in the glass cases and the special features of lighting animalgroups to simulate the wild life in the outdoors offer problems which need ingenuity as well as knowl-edge of illumination practice for their solution. The effective use of electricity, not only in the mainlighting of the building, but also in special spectacular features, is one of the great assets of the Academyof Science Museum in San Francisco.—The Editor.). HE two-fold purpose of amuseum—to provide ma-terial and opportunity forresearch work and to dis-play certain of its collec-tions for the benefit andentertainment of the pub-lic — makes the task ofthe lighting of such abuilding one which pre-sents problems of partic-ular interest. The Academy of Sci-ences, located near theMusic Stand in GoldenGate Park, San Francis-co, is the largest museumof the Pacific Coast andperhaps the finest in cer-tain of its exhibits of anyin the United States. Themajor work of the insti-tution, of course, is carried on in its research depart-ments. Extensive collections of reptiles, fossils, in-sects, botanical specimens and the like, are storedaway in drawers or cases for the use of students andscientists doing special work. New investigations, ex-peditions for the collection of data and the publicationof information and discoveries as made form theroutine work of the staff of scientists. Further thanthis, the museum provides wee
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