Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-21
COAST SURVEY EXHIBIT.
show TO Re Made ny TIT. scientific Burc.,
the World.. Pair

af the Worid'. Pair.
.nNE OF THE MOST INTERESTING oP
the government exhibits AZ the worlds
fair IN Chicago will be contributed by the coat
and geodetic survey. II will include. 90 BEGIN
with. representation Of this country such a.
no one has ever seen hitherto. Tins will be- /.
segment of a globo-in fact. a counterfeit pre-
sentiment of that portion Of the earth which "a
covered by the United States and Alaska IA
will be huge slice cut Of from the terrestrial
sphere, as one might take piece of an ap..l.
with q knife. The intention is that IL shall Co.
cupy the middle part of the floor space devoted
70 the display Of this scientific bureau. rising
ont of the floor like round hill twentv-hre
feet across. Visitors who walk about IL viii \.
astonished 10 see what n great curve @. TIE
worlds crust lies beteen New York and San
Francisco, SO that q straight line joining "a.
two cities would be hundreds of miles und.r
ground at Omaha.
NOVEL AND INTERESTING.
To most people. who have always mentally
pictured the United States as fat. this corru-s
representation of the country as being stretched
over n big bulge of the earth's surface will an
pear most novel and interesting. The exterisr
OF the globe segment will be complete relief
map, showing all the important geographical
features OF this part of the world ID will bs
palnted-the seas lakes and rivers IN blue aI.d
the land IN other tints. Everything will l,s
reproduced exactly on the scale of nature AID
the observer will be surprised to discover how
smooth and round tins planet lie after all, even
the Rockies and other lofty ranges OF moua-
talns seeming hardly more than trifiing rough
nesses on this scale. The latter will be oss
loot to every million feet
OTHER GREAT MAPS IN RE1rxr
viii represent the bottoms Of the oceans a. they
would look II all the water in them were taken
away. People will thus have an opportunity 40
see how the eastern edge Of this continent ID
really FAR out In the Atlantic where IL fslls
suddenly TO the vast plain Of the seas. In
imagination they can dive into the wonderful
holes, slN miles aud more in depth. which on.
comes across with a sounding line on the w.V
hfo gu from Newfoundland to Alaska by wsv
OF tne west Indies and the Caribbean sea Two
OF the most remarkable OF these chssr.s
are found IN the latter place and iust
north OF Cuba, Rnording suitable To-
treats Tor whole tribes OF mighty %.
serpents and other mysterious horrors.
THE DISTRICT TO IN EXHIBITED.
For the purpose Of exhibiting the apparatus
ana methods employed for exploring the ocesa
depths the coast survey steamer Blake, which
has been engaged for years past in such WORT
wiii be taken to Chicago by way OF the 81 Law
renee river, and will be anchored in the lake ca
the fair grounds Not least Interesting of tn,
rellef models will be one representing the civ
OF Washington and the District Of Columbis-
from surveys which have been recently con,
pleted. twill be attempted TO make the entire
exhibit both scientific and educational Learned
visitors viii md in IL illustrations of the newest
systems and instruments for surveying ana
measuring the earth's surface while the peopls
at large will be shown the stages Of progress
through which human knowledge on this sui
lect has achieved development
OTHER ENuIBfTs
There will be display Of map making. from
the surveying process to the engraving Of COP
per plates and printing from them. The stand
ard weights and measures of the United sta,es
VIII likewise be placed on view. On a wall will
be described a curve 40 feet in length repr.-
senting cross-section of the United State,
with the mountains and other geographicI
features as they would be found along a straielt
line running across the continent from Saa
Francisco to Richmond, with all the big citiss
marked on the route. This again will give
people an opportunity TO observe how far
around the world Uncle SANS domain extends.
One feature of the exhibit shown i'm oper..
ton by water admitted TO the building, will ba
gauge for measuring the mysterious s.tidess
OF Lake Michigan, accounted for by some on
the theory that they caused by a mouster
OF incredible size at the bottom, which alter
nateiy swallows vast Quantities Of lake fluid ana
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