TREASURES AND CURIOSITIES OF THE PATENT OFFICE—THE MODEL ROOM—ITS
RELICS AND INVENTIONS.
The Patent Office Building—The Model Room—“The Exhibition of the
Nation”—A Room Two Hundred and Seventy Feet in Length—The
Models—Wonders and Treasures of the Room—Benjamin Franklin’s
Press—Model Fire-Escapes—Wonderful Fire-Extinguishers—The
Efforts of Genius—Sheep-Stalls, Rat-Traps, and Gutta Percha—An
Ancient Mariner’s Compass—Captain Cook’s Razor—The Atlantic
Cable—The Signatures of Emperors—An Extraordinary Turkish
Treaty—Treasures of the Orient—Rare Medals—The Reward of Major
Andre’s Captors—The Washington Relics—His Old Tent—His Blankets
and Bed-Curtains—His Chairs and Looking-Glass—His Primitive
Mess-Chest and old Tin Plates—Model of an Extraordinary
Boat—Abraham Lincoln as an Inventor—The Hat Worn on the Fatal
Night—The Gift of the Tycoon—The Efforts of Genius—A Machine to
Force Hens to Lay Eggs—A Hook for Fishing Worms out of the
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