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CARNEGIE
CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

CARNEGIE See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

INSTITUTE See also:

Pittsburg, See also:

Penn.,U. S.A. See also:

Plan of First See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

Floor. See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery of See also:

REPTILES (Lat. Reptilia, creeping things, from reptilis; ref ere, to creep; Gr. Ep7rety, whence the term " herpetology," for the science dealing with them)

Reptiles o cienc Gallery of Fishes Reference. A. See also:

Main Entrance to Institute B. Entrance to Main Auditorium C. Main Entrance to Library 1. See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration Rooms of Institute 2. Public Comfort Rooms 3. Administrative Rooms of Library Open See also:

Court Open Court Gallery of Birds IIUI'J!HI i"II Open Court See also:

LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

Loan See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department of Library• 1,H^ ^i7: Open Court Gallery of Useful Arts, H - 3 - ~t ~l Greenroom of p , i I Greenroom of Auditorium an. Auditorium See also:

CERAMICS, or KERAMICS (Gr. KEpapos, earthenware)

Ceramics, etc.

• • • • • O • • • Gallery of • • See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

Architecture • • • • • 111 111111 11111E1 Gems and Coins The width of the front of the See also:

BUILDING

building Is 400 feet; its See also:

DEPTH

depth over all exceeds 800 feet. utmost magnificence has been made, is liberally supported both by public and private munificence. The ethnographical, paleontological and archaeological material gathered within its walls is immense in extent and superbly displayed. The museum of the New See also:

York botanical See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden in See also:

BRONX, THE

Bronx See also:

Park is a worthy See also:

RIVAL

rival to the museums at See also:

Kew. The See also:

BROOKLYN

Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences combines with collections illustrative of the arts excellent collections of natural See also:

HISTORY

history, many of which are classic. The See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

NATIONAL

National Museum at See also:

Washington, under the See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the Smithsonian Institution, of which it is a department, has been made the repository for many years past of the scientific and See also:

ARTISTIC

artistic collections coming into the See also:

possession of the See also:

government. The growth of the material entrusted to its keeping has, more particularly in See also:

RECENT

recent years, been enormous, and the collections have wholly outgrown the space provided in the See also:

ORIGINAL

original building, built for it during the incumbency of See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

Spencer F. See also:

Baird as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of the United States has in recent years made See also:

PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision for the erection of a new building upon the Mall in Washington, to which the natural history collections are ultimately to be transferred, the old buildings to be retained for the display of collections illustrating the progress of the arts, until replaced by a building of better construction for the same purpose. The United States National Museum has published a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

DEAL

deal, and has become one of the most important agencies for the See also:

DIFFUSION (from the Lat. diffundere; dis-, asunder, and fundere, to pour out)

diffusion of scientific knowledge in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. It is liberally supported by the government, and makes use of the scientific men connected with all the various departments of activity under government control as agents for See also:

RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research. The collections of the United States See also:

GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey, as well as many of the more important scientific collections made by the Department of See also:

Agriculture, are deposited here.

As the result of the great Columbian See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

international exposition, which took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in 1893, a See also:

MOVEMENT

movement originated in the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Chicago, where the exposition was held, to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a permanent collection of large proportions. The great building in which the international exposition of the See also:

FINE

fine arts was displayed was preserved as the temporary See also:

home for the new museum. See also:

Marshall See also:

Field contributed $r,000,000 to the furtherance of the enterprise, and in his See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour the institution was called " The Field Columbian Museum." The growth of this institution was very rapid, and Mr. Field, at his See also:

DEATH

death, in 1906, bequeathed to the museum $8,000,000, See also:

HALF

half to be applied to the erection of a new building, the other half to constitute an endowment fund, in addition to the revenues derived from the endowment already existing. The city of Chicago provides liberally for the support of the museum, the name of which, in the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1906, was changed to " The Field Museum of Natural History." The city of St See also:

Louis has taken steps, as the result of the international exposition of 1904, to emulate the example of Chicago, and the St Louis Public Museum was founded under hopeful auspices in 1905. Probably the most magnificent See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation for the See also:

ADVANCEMENT

advancement of See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and See also:

art in See also:

AMERICA

America which has as yet been created is the Carnegie Institute in the city of Pittsburg. The Carnegie Institute is a complex of institutions, consisting of a museum of art, a museum of science, and a school for the See also:

EDUCATION

education of youth in the elements of technology. Affiliated with the museums of art and science, and under the same roof, is the Central See also:

FREE

Free Library of Pittsburg. The buildings erected for the See also:

ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation of the institute, at the entrance to Schenley Park, cost $8,000,000, and Mr See also:

Andrew Carnegie provided liberally for the endowment of the museums of art and science and the technical school, leaving to the city of Pittsburg the See also:

MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of the See also:

general library. The natural history collections contained in the museum of science, although the institution was only founded in 1896, are large and important, and are particularly See also:

rich in See also:

MINERALOGY

mineralogy, See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology, paleontology, See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany and See also:

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology. The entomological collections are among the most important in the new See also:

WORLD

world. The conchological collections are vast, and the paleontological collectionsare among the most important in America.

The great Bayet collection is the largest and most See also:

COMPLETE

complete collection representing See also:

EUROPEAN

European paleontology in America. The Carnegie Museum contains natural history collections aggregating over 1,500,000 specimens, which cost approximately £125,000, and these are growing rapidly. The ethnological collections, particularly those illustrating the See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians of the plains, and the archaeological collections, representing the cultures more particularly of See also:

Costa Rica and of See also:

COLOMBIA

Colombia, are large. In connexion with almost all the See also:

AMERICAN

American colleges and See also:

UNIVERSITIES

universities there are museums of more or less importance. The Bernice Pauahi See also:

Bishop museum at See also:

HONOLULU

Honolulu is an institution established by private munificence, which is doing excellent See also:

WORK

work in the field of Polynesian See also:

ETHNOLOGY

ethnology and zoology. Other American Countries.—The national museum in the city of See also:

Mexico has in recent years been receiving intelligent encouragement and support both from the government and by private individuals, and is coming to be an institution of much importance. National museums have been established at the capitals of most of the Central American and See also:

South American states. Some of them represent considerable progress, but most of them are in a somewhat languishing See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition. Notable exceptions are the national museum in Rio de Janeiro, the Museu Paraense (Museu Goeldi), at See also:

Para, the Museu Paulista at Sao Paulo, and the national museum in Buenos Aires. The latter institution is particularly rich in paleontological collections. There is an excellent museum at See also:

VALPARAISO

Valparaiso in See also:

CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile, which in recent years has been doing See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good work. (W.

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