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Affidavit on Seat Hinge, . • 3^ Awards for School Desks, . • 7-^ Ages of pupils to correspond with Desks, 15 Aids to School Discipline, ■ =4 Apparatus, general remarks, . 4» Andrews' Anatomical Charts, . 09-92 Arithmetical Solids, . • 10+ Air Pump, etc., ... no Ball and Groove Hinge Support, 30 Bells, . ■,.-.,■ • '2^ Blackboard Eraser, (Magic,) . 74 Blackboards, ■ , • , ' • ^ Book Rest and Study Desk, . 27 Blanks, etc., • • • .105 Bracket Globes, . • . • 54 Botanical Charts, • • . ■ 107 Books, . • • • '26 Blackboards, Importance of . 73 Blackboard Instruments, . . "7 Bells for Churches, (see Blymyer's Adv'mt.) Catalogues, . • ' " c^ Camp's Maps, ... 07 Call Bells io9 Celestial Sphere, - . • "S Compasses, Magnetic, . . 1 10 Charts, Natural History, . . 92 Chart of Geographical Illustrations, . 67 Charts, Anatomical, . . .69 Crayons, Alpha, . . • 7S Crayons, Colored, • * • '^^ Cravon Holders, ... 7° Crayon Compasses, ... 7° Charts, Phylosophical, . . 93 Charts, Solar System, . . .95 Charts of Writing, ... 95 Charts, Willson 3 Floor Fastenings. . . . 13 Folding Lid— advantages, . . 2S Folding Beds, (see advertisement.) Geometrical Forms, . . . 103 Globes, . . . . 50-59 Globes, their Manufacture, . • 51 Globe Case, ... • 59 Gong Bells, . . . .110 Gymnastic Apparatus, . . 124 Geographical Illustrations, . . 67 Hand Bells, . . . no Health Lift, . . .124 Hardware, (see advertisement.) Hinges, Noiseless, . . 35'3'5 Heiters, etc. (see Fuller, Warren & Co's advertisement.) Ink, ..... S2 Ink Wells, .... 34 Interior of Modem School House, . 40 Johnston's School Maps, . . 85 Kindergarten, • * " ' o Kindergarten Slates, . . • 7° Letter Paper, ... 126 Lid Support (patent) . • 33 Library Globes, . ■ • 52-53 Liquid Slating for Blackboards, Lunar 'I ellurian, Magnifing- Glasses, Mailing Goods, Maps, Reference, Maps, Outline, MacVicar Tellurian Globe, Merit Cards, Mottoes for School Rooms, Microscopes, .... Mineralogy, .... Micrography, Magnetic Compasses, Map Puzzle, .... Mathematical Instruments, Miscellaneous, . _ . Maps of Foreign Countries, Minerals and Shells, Mats for Doors, etc. Natural History Charts, Noiseless Slates, Normal or Collegiate Desk, Numeral Frames, Object Teaching Forms, Ordering Goods, Orrery, Brass, Pencils, Slate, Pencils, Lead, Placing Desks, Planisphere, Whitall's, Pointers, Blackboard, Principal's Desks, Prisms, .... Puzzle Map, .... Philosophical Charts, Johnson's, Paper, Writing, Pocket Maps, Plans and Specifications of School Houses, Registering Parcels, etc. Recitation Seats, Remittances, Rings, Swinging, Remarks to Purchasers, Rulers, . . . • Records and Blanks, Red Line Series, Remarks to Educators, Rewards of Merit, RiiUroad Map, Rock Island R. R. (see advertisement.) School Days and School Houses, Slates, .... Slate Pencils, Seat Hinge, [patent] Shipping Goods, Slated Globes, Slated Cloth and Paper, Study Desk, Slate Washers, Swivel Chairs, Slate Erasers, Solids, _. . . • Slating Liquid, Stone Slate, Slate Drawing Book, Spencerian Writing, Specimens of Minerals, etc. Testimonials of Study Desk, Testimonials of Triumph Desk, Triumph School Desk, Triumph Box Desk, Teacher's Desks, Teacher's Chairs, Tellurian, Geared, Thermometers, Testimony of Folding Desks, Webb's First Lessons, Woods, Natural Color, Willson & Calkins' Chart, Webster's Dictionaries, [see advertisement.] 71 62-64 112 6 99 85 60 84 83 "3 116 99 117 126 86-127 128 128 92 77 33 102 100 6 fs 82 116 48 88 74 42 116 99 93 126 127 129-157 5 37 5 124 S 82 loS 105 6 84 128 45 R 35 6 59 72 25 126 44 126 100 71 P 79-81 9S 128 31 16 7-12 32 38-42 116 12s 98 106 107 Remarks. We are prepared to fill orders for all kinds of School Supplies. Great care should be taken in sending orders ; the full name and address should be specified, and the name of Town, County and State legibly written. If goods, like School Furniture, are ordered by freight, let us know what road or route is preferred. School Desks are shipped " knock down " unless otherwise specified, as this saves expense in freights. Parties in want of School Desks, etc., should by all means order as long beforehand as possible. As the time approaches for opening the fall or winter school sessions, we are liable to be flooded with orders, such is the demand for our desks. Hence, those who must have their goods by a certain date, should order a few weeks in ad- vance when possible. Remittances may be made by Express, prepaid ; by Registered Letter, Money Order on Chicago, or Bank Draft on Chicago or New York. When goods are ordered to be sent oy mail, sufficient money or stamps should be sent to prepay postage. Parcels, by mail, can now be registered at a cost of ten cents extra on each parcel, which precaution will insure a safe delivery. We can not be responsible for the safe delivery of any goods sent by mail. Merchandise in parcels weighing four pounds or under, and less than 4 feet long, can be transmitted through the mails at the rate of one cent per ounce. Books, pamphlets, circulars, etc., can be sent at the rate of one cent for two ounces, or a fractional part thereof, but no writing of any kind is permitted by the post-office authorities to be enclosed. The Kindergarten Department being entirely separate, has a separate catalogue mailed free to Kindergarteners; to others, for lo cents. Duplicates of this Catalogue will be furnished for twenty cents each. Copyright by A. H. ANDREWS & CO. 1881. To the Educational Public. We take pleasure in presenting the most complete Catalogue of School Material ever offered, having sj^ared neither time nor expense in its preparation. Many of the engravings are entirely new and original, covering numerous articles hitherto omitted in catalogues of like character. It is of the utmost importance that those charged with responsi- bility as instructors be supplied with every possible facility, such as apparatus to assist in ilhisU-ating and imfi'essing their instruction. Equally important it is that everything which contributes to the cheerfulness and comfort of the school- room — where so much time and effort are expended in acquiring knowledge and mental discipline — should be of the very best quality and comprise the latest improvements to be obtained, thereby producing the largest and most valuable results, making study and instruction less of a task and more of a pleasure. It will be our aim and purpose to supply every possible want in connection with educational requirements — from the Kindergarten to the University — by producing, perfecting, and adding to our stock of school furniture and apparatus the many improvements designed to render the training of the mental faculties more thorough, expeditious and. agreeable, both to teacher and pupil, and as rapidly as their adapta- tion to the purpose will warrant. Our facilities are unequaled, and we are prepared at all times to offer the most favorable inducements not only to the trade buying in large quantities, but to the school or college needing a single article. All orders and correspondence will receive our prompt attention, and estimates will be carefully made, when desired. N. B. — We have presented, in connection with our Catalogue, a feature which will give the volume a decidedly permanent value, viz. : Plans and Specifications for building School Houses. This part in condensed type, occupying 30 pages, is placed at the close of the book. A. H. Andrews & Co., 195 and 197 Wabash Ave., Chicago. CO Q _0 > o Q E This School Desk was Awarded the Highest Premium — AT THE — D. S. Centennial Exhibition " Strength, Durability and Good Form." Also at the Paris Exposition of 1878 ; and was the only Folding Seat Desk that received Special Mention at either. The Patent " Triumph" School Desk, WITH FOLDING SEAT, IS j Constructed on the Improved Method of Douetailing Wood and Iron i together, and inserting continuous Steel Dowels. It has Noise- less Seat Hinges with patent steel, tempered, spring washers, making this desk without a rival. \ Purchasers of School Furniture will find the Patent Dovetailed " Triumph " Desk the most perfect in its proportions, and much the strongest and most durable School Desk made. The seat and back ! j are so curved as to enable the pupil to maintain an erect and healthful Catalogue of School Merchandise, posture, and to perform his work with an ease and comfort unknown in the use of chair desks,, or even in most of the folding-seat desks. By our improved method of construction — the dovetail process, and the use of steel wire rods inserted into the slats like continuous dowels, (see cut of desk in process of setting up) — we obtain a degree of firm- ness, strength and durability that is not to be equaled or approached by any other method, and which 7nore than doubles the value of our desks over those put together in any other way. The "Triumph" Method of Dovetailing. Cat UTo. 1. Cut ]¥o. 3. In the first cut, N represents the dovetail portion of a section of the iron frame, and B, C, D, the section of a slat showing the form of the groove — both on a reduced scale. The second cut shows the two united. The slat thus secured can never come off' nor grow loose^ and is independent of any third piece (a screw) in its union zvith the iron — a fact of vast importance and worthy of great consideration. By no other method can a perfect union of the parts be obtained. The agency of a third ox uniting part (as screw, bolt, nut, wedge, etc.,) is. an element of weakness in itself, developing immediately on use and constantly increasing by continued strain, caused by the natural and proper motions of the pupil. As a screws is nothing but a piece of wire — better than a nail it is true — the infinite superiority of the dovetail mode, will be seen at once by a practical mechanic ! The dovetail portion, N, of the iron frame forms a continuous "rib" or "backbone" to the entire casting, and being in shape on the principle of the "T" rail, thereby itiore than doubles its strength. It also penetrates the wood in an unbroken and continuous line the entire width of the top, back and seat. This dovetail part of the iron, N, is one-half inch wide on its face, and in length is from thirty to forty inches, according to the size of the desk. The small screws used in the ordinary method, by other manufacturers, are driven into the wood at various points and irregular intervals, and depend entirely on their narrow thread. Their combined thickness, if placed side by side, would not exceed five to six inches, and, in contrast with the length of the dovetail rib or tongue, shows at a glance the immense superiority and advantage of the latter. A. II. Auflreu's <£■ Co., Chicago. The flanged portion of the iron frame, marked E, is wider than the face of most of the ordinary flat screw castings and forms a solid bearing and brace for the wood, allowing no motion whatever of the dovetailed rib, N, in its groove, C, in the wood. In the ordinary screw-fastened desks, the whole iron frame is greatly zveakened by being bored f till of holes for the screxvs. In order that this method of joining wood and iron used in the construction of the " Triumph " Desk mav be made perfectly clear, we have prepared the following cut, representing full-sized sections of the wooden slat and the iron frame as they ajDpear when united. The Combined Dovetail and Flange Fastening. In the above illustration A represents a section of a slat, with a dovetail-shaped groove; B, a section of the iron standard, or "casting," to which the slats are fastened; C, the dovetail portion of the casting, fitting into the groove of the slats; D, D, the flanges of the casting, against which the flat side of the slat is supported; E, E, the points of the slat by which the dovetail of the castings holds it in place. The slats are grooved a little deeper than the dovetails penetrate, and when driven on the castings, they press firmly upon the flanges D,D, and the two opposite faces of the dovetail. The flanges of the casting furnish a solid bearing and brace for the slats, supporting and strength- ening the sharp points E, E, so that it is impossible for them to give way or become weakened. The combination of these flanges with the Catalogue of School Merchandise. dovetail fnore than doubles the strength and Jirmness of the dovetail alone j and, as wood does not shrink endwise, the slats thtis secured never get loose but grow tightor^ ^OY, the slats if they shrink at all, must shrink towards the center, thus pinching the beveled sides of the iron as if in a vise. This principle is shown in an iron pin driven into an auger hole in green wood — it holds tighter as the wood dries. The Continuous Dowel. Section of the Continuous Wire Dowel. The Continuous Wire Dowels. Two of these steel wire dowels are used in the construction of each desk; one extending through the centre, down the entire width of the back, and another across the entire width of the seat. They insure an even surface of the slats, and ef- fectually prevent them from warping, springing, or creaking. In order to pre- serve an even surface of the seat and back, these dowels are an absolute necessity in both single and double desks. This is es- pecially true of the latter, the slats of which, owing to their greater length, have a corresponding tendency to spring and warp. These dowels bind firmly together all the slats in the seat, and all in the back, and, in connection with the combined dovetail and flange fastening, give the desk the same stiffness and firmness that it would have if each of these sections were made of oiie solid board. Superiority of the " TRIUMPH " Desk over Screwed Fur- niture. With Screwed Furniture — no matter how firm it may ap- pear when new — the slats soon grow loose from the motions of the pupils, in using, leaving and returning to the desk, and from the inevita- ble shrinking of the wood and the gradual loosening of the screws. This necessitates frequent and expensive repairs. This weakness (which becomes decidedly manifest in one or two years, if not in a few months' time) grows worse and worse, until such desks beconie so shaky in every joint as to be unfit for further use. But the " Triumph " Desk will alzvays remain perfectly firm; for the shrinking of the wood, instead of injuring it, causes the slats to grasp the dovetails of the iron frames more tightly and actually increases its firmness. It is the only desk so constructed as to endure constant use without repairs, and remain perfectly firm till the iron and the wood of which it is made are actually worn out. That this desk will do this we absolutely guarantee. A. H. Andrews & Co., Cliicago. The "Triumph" Desk. (In process of setting up.) The external appeapance may be similar, as we know that other desks are offered for sale having much the same general appear- ance as the " Triumph," but they are all put together by methods that lack the vital elements of enduring strength and firmness^ which ren- der the Dovetailed Triumph Desk w^ell nigh indestructible by ordin- ary wear or tear. It is a fact past argument, that the dovetail method of uniting the iron and the w^ood is vastly suferior to the best work IV hie h can be done in any other manner. The evidence that is coming in, almost every day from School Committees and Teachers, is abundant and conclusive, showing that desks not dovetailed require early and freqtient repairs j while the Triumph Desks, that have been in use for the same length of time, and in many instances two or three times as long, are invariably found to be as Jirni and in as good conditio7i as zvhen Jirst set up. The early giving out of screwed desks has compelled the manu- facturers of that description of furniture to resort to various devices, such as imbedding the irons in slots, increasing the -width of the slats, gluing them together, etc., vainly endeavoring to remedy the serious defects to which we have referred. Other devices, calculated to divert attention from the real difficulty, are, substituting Wooden Legs and ExDsybr the iron frames of the desk, and atte?npting to inspire con- fdence in the doubly iveak and short-lived experiment, by promising to ivarrant it for fve years, also, cutting partial or half dovetails, and Catalogue of School Merchandise. 13 filling up the loose joint with nuts of iron, wooden wedges, etc. All these experiments are virtually confessions of the inherent -weakness of screwed furniture, which the patentees of the Triumph Desk de- tected long" ctg-o^ and avoided by the only successftd method yet devised. Each and every one of these experimenters has confidently assured his customers for many years that " the screw is the only safe and sure thing." They find the facts to be against them, and now constantly ask you to buy and pay for their new and untested experiments. The " Triumph " Noiseless Seat Hing-es. These hinges are furnished with Andrews' Patent Steel Spring Washers, which effectu- ally hold the seat in any position, so that they cartnot fall down by their own weight and make a tioise. They have no rubber cushions to ^vear out, and no nuts to wear loose, nor is any part liable to get out of order. Every teacher who knows from experience how soon the seat hinges in other desks become noisy will appreciate these advantages. Experiments made in May, 1875, testing by machinery the wear- ing capacity of our seat hinges, prove that after being subjected to a service equal to more than fifty years of ordinary use in the school- room, they remained absolutely yree from all rattle when raised and lowered in the usual manner. (See description, page 35.) Adjustable Foot-Rest and Brace. The " Triumph " Foot-Rest and Brace. This foot-rest may be placed in either of three positions, and can be changed at any time in a moment, to accommodate pupils of different height. It is secured to the cross-bars of the iron standards by bolts entering iron nuts in- serted in the sockets near the ends of the foot-rest, as shown in the cut. It thus becomes a very stiff brace. Foot and Floor Fastenings. The " Triumph " Foot. In fastening the desks to the floor the screws are inserted obliquely, as shown in the cut, which gives them a much greater resisting power than if set perpendicularly. 14 A. H. Andrews tS; Co. Chicago. The "Triumph" Desk has been used in thousands of school-rooms, and proved to fully sustain all the claims made for it. It was first in- troduced to the public in 1870. It was improved and perfected in 1875. It received the only award for "strength, durability and good form," at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, and the Paris Expo- sition, in 1878, and was the only desk receiving special mention! It is best liked where it has been longest used. We offer this furniture upon its merit, and challenge the wor/d to produce anything so nearly perfect. Important Features of the "Triumph" Desk. 1. It is unequaled for convenience and comfort ., enabling the pupil to perform his work with the least amount of fatigue, while it is stronger and will last longer than any other desk ever made! 2. The iro)i standards are not weakened by being bored full of screw holes, and are fifty per cent, heavier and stronger than their appearance indicates, as the dovetail portions are concealed in the wood. It must be obvious to all, that the dovetail shape vastly in- creases their strength over flat castings. 3. It has a noiseless seat-hinge, with no rubber cushions to wear out and cause it to rattle, and no wear on the bolt. 4. It has an adjustable /b^Z-re^z' that may be placed in any one of three positions, to accommodate pupils of different height or length of limb. This is an inestimable benefit to the pupil, both in health and comfort, and effectually stops the noise caused by scraping feet upon the floor. 5. All sizes but the smallest two are supplied with Andrews' Patent JVon- Corrosive Ink Wells — the very best ever invented. The ink-well is perfectly firm in its place, so that if a book strikes the glass underneath, the ink is not slopped out, and, at the same time, the glass can be instantly removed for filling or washing. The ink-well cover is set into the desk in such a way that its top is even with the top of the desk. 6. This desk is the perfection of beauty and elegance, in sym- metry of form and style of finish. Hard woods are used exclusively — such as are of fine grain and suitable for durability, smoothness, beauty, and strength. Ash or other woods furnished if preferred. 7. Tivo of the Triumph Desks can be set up as quickly as one of any desks put together with screws. 8. We are obliged to put superior ivork into these desks. The Catalogue of School Merchandise. IS castings must be true, the wood must be carefully and accurately grooved and fitted, and every part of the work must be done in the most perfect manner. No such accuracy is required in making screwed desks, and no such thoroughness of result can be obtained. The leading features of this desk are controlled by ten patents. The "Triumph" Set up in the School-Room. i;^^ Always place desks of the same size only in each row from front to rear. DIMENSIONS OF THE "TRIUMPH" DESK. Single Desks for One Pupil. No. I, Normal " 2, High School " 3, Grammar " 4, First Intermediate " 5, Second " " 6, Primary Double Desks for Two Pupils. No. I, Normal " 2, High School " 3, Grammar " 4, First Intermediate " 5, Second " " 6, Primary 24111. 24in, 24111, 21 in, i8in i8in. 42 in 42 in 42 in. 42 in. 36 in. 36in. }4- in 16 in 15 in 14 in 13 in 12 in loi/ in ■fc ^^0 30 in. ■^ Wi^ 13 in. 34X in. 28^ in. 13 in. 34 in. 26^ in. 12 in. 32 in. 24^ in. loj^f in. 30 in. 22>^ in. 9^4 in- 27 in. 2oy2, in. 9 in. 25 in. 30 in. 13 in. 34X in- 28V in. 13 in. 34 in- 26^ in. 12 in. 32 in. 24^ in. 1034;' in. 30 in. 22>4 in. 9^ in. 27 in. 20;^ in. 9 in. 25 in. Ag^e Accommo- dated. Adults. 16 to 20 years. 12 to 16 " ID to 13 " 8 to II " 5 to 9 " Rear Seats. Adults. 16 to 20 years. 12 to 16 " 10 to 13 " 8 to II " 5 to 9 " Rear Seats. Rear seats to each size, one-half the above widths. JI^^ Please notice that our No. i is for Normal Schools and that our No. 2 is the largest seat required in Common Schools. Floor Space. — No allowance made for aisles. Widths may be reduced one or more inches, if necessary, to economize space. Lowest point of curve. t Lowest side next to the scholar. 1 6 A. S. Andrews & Co., Chicago. Triumphant Testimony. WERE we to publish all the letters that come to us speaking words in praise of the Triumph Desk, it would make a book too large for you to read and too expensive to send by mail. Some parties are better able to judge of a good desk than others, because of their greater experience and knowledge of the respective merits of the many different kinds in the market. The statements of such we giue. What is a man's opinion of reapers worth if he never have seen but one kind ? Unlike some other parties engaged in this business, we will not ask you to read the opinions of obscure, unknown parties who have little means of knowing whereof they speak. Most of the following letters are unsolicited ; the others came in response to the following, which we sent to some of our well known customers : Dear Sir : By return mail, will you have the kindness to advise us to what extent your Board have bought school furniture from us ; about how much it has been used, and whether it has proved to be satisfac- tory. We claim to have the best fastening — the dovetail — and the best seat hinge. What is your experience ? Yours truly, A. H. Andrews & Co. Wisconsin State Normal School, Oshkosh. OsHKOSH, Wis. — Having used School Furniture of your manufacture during the last ten years, I feel warranted in considering it superior inform and fifit's/i to any other furniture used in schools under my supervision. In four different pur- chases, your furniture has been examined side by side with other leading manu- facturers', and, after full examination adjudged the best. G. S. ALBEE, Presf. State Normal School. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 17 Kansas State Normal School. Emporia, Kan., March ist, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen : During the year 18S0 the Board of Regents contracted with you to make, and set up in the State Normal School Building, nearly three thousand dollars worth of school furniture. I am directed by the unanimous vote of the Board to express to you their entire satisfaction with the quality of the goods furnished. The promptness and faithfulness with which you com- plied with your agreemeent with them in the most minute particulars, was and Is exceedingly gratifying. I am further authorized to say that every member of the faculty shares in these words of approval. Very respectfullj-, J. J. WRIGHT, Sec. Board of Regents State Normal School. $7,000 Worth Stands Steam Heat and Hard Usage Eight Years, and Still Good. Southern Illinois Normal University. Carbondale, III., March 21st, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, Illinois, Gentlemen : Yours of nth inst. to hand. In answer, would say that in 1873 our Normal Trustees bought over $7,000 worth of your desks for the Southern Illinois Normal University. The desks have been in constant use since then and are still in good condition. Some have been broken by rough students (not more than could have been expected.) The building is heated by steam which you know IS a severe test of merit. Our occasional purchases of you since, is a proot that we shall continue to do so as we need furniture. Yours truly, JAMES ROBARTS, Sec. Board of Trustees. (Our casting's of to-day are 30 per cent heavier, and our desks 50 per cent better than they were seven and eig-ht years ago.) Minnesota State Normal School. St. Cloud, Minn., Feb. 25th, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co. Sirs : The seats furnished by you for our school have been now in use seven years and to our entire satisfaction. They are both durable and convenient ; with such improvements as you would naturally make from time to time, I am confident that your seats will give satisfaction. Yours truly, D. L. KIEHLE, Principal. " The Steel Washer is a Success." Firm and Rigid After Eight Years' Use. Sycamore, 111., Aug. 7th, 1S80. A. H. Andrews & Co. Getitletnen : At the request of your Mr. Gross, I have made a personal examination of the furniture purchased of you at various times during the last seven or eight years. All the desks are firm and rigid ; the desks having the steel A, H. Andretvs <& Co., CJiicago. washers are in as good condition as when first purchased. In one room of 54 desks bought in 1876, I examined every seat hinge and compared them with those bought last winter, the former after four years use are in as good condition as those that have been used but one term. The spring washer is a success, it has lasting qualities that I have not found in other desks. We have several hundred seats of vour make besides tliose just ordered, and as I remember, but one break- age has occured to date, and that was by reason of an accident, and not by legiti- mate school use. I trust that there will be no delay in the shipment of seats ordered. Yours truly, A. J. BLANCHARD, Supi. Schools, Sycamore, III. Far Superior to any other. Always Furnished Just What You Agreed. Engi^ewood, (near Chicago,) Jan. 27th, 1879. Gentlemen : Your dovetail School Desks are so well known that it seems unnecessary to say, that they prove in use entirely satisfactory. We have eleven school buildings in the district, containing about sixty rooms. The furniture has been purchased from time to time of various companies. The furniture furnished by you is far superior to any other we have, both in durability and finish. Your desks have required little or no repairs; while some of the other kinds have given us considerable trouble. We are pleased to say you have always furnished us just what you agreed to. Respectfully yours, Board of Education, District No. 2 ; T. 38 ; R. 14. Per F. L. KIMMEY, Secretary. It has Given the Highest Satisfaction. Minneapolis, Minn., March 9th, 1S81. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen : The Triumph School Desk manufactured by you has long been familiar to our schools. It gives nie pleasure to say, and I do so without qualifi- cation, that it is the best desk that has come under my observation. It has given us the highest satisfaction. Yours truly, O. V. TOUSLEY, Supt. City Schools. 2000 in Use, Never Known One to Get Out of Order. Canton, O., June 9th, 1S79. Mr. J. G. Jackson, Otsego, Ohio, Dear Sir : Yours of the 3d inst. I have received and contents noted. I have been a member of the Board of Education of the Canton Union Schools for twelve years. I have been on the Repair Committee ever since, in the Board. We have had the "Triumph" in use 8 or 9 years, and have never known one to get out of order ; we have about 2000 in use and like them very much. Respectfully yours, JOHN SCHILLING. (The above is Mr. Schilling's reply to Mr. Jackson, of Canton, who asks for information con- cerning- our desks.) Catalogue of School MercharuUse. 19 Choose It on Account of Its Hing-es. Bellefontaine, O., June 4th, 1S79. J. G. Jacksox, Esq. Dear Sir : We have used the Triumph Desk about one year, having seated our new school house with it, and we sent an order for more a few weeks ago ; we think it as durable as any, while we choose it on account of its hinges, which are noiseless, and cannot be pat out of order bj boys' knives or by any efforts of theirs. Yours truly, G. L. KALB. Thirty Rooms Furnished with Various Desks. The Triumph the Best of Them All. Tiffin, Ohio, June 4th, 1879. Mr. Jno. G. Jackson. Dear Sir : Your favor of the 2d inst. came to- hand to-day. We have in this city nearly thirty school rooms and recitation rooms, all furnished with modern school furniture. I consider the Triumph desk the best we have and the best manufactured. Two years ago this desk was first shown to our Board of Educa- tion, and they purchased a bill of desks through Mr. D. P. Reamer, the agent. Last fall there was a strong competition when desks were to be bought, several agents being here with their desks, but our Board have bought no other desks since buying the first Triumph. I am well pleased with them in the school room and I believe you will not be as well pleased with any other desk as with that. Yours truly, ■ B. B. HALL, Supt. Tiffin Schools. Not a Dollar for Repairs. Washington, III., Feb. 1S81. Gents: Yours just received. When we built our new school house, over five years ago, we bought over $1,600 worth of furniture from you; it has proved satisfactory in every particular, we have not spent a dollar for repairs, and the furniture is in good shape yet. We think the furniture perfect; our building is heated by steam, which makes it hard on furniture, and if it Avas not No. i would fall to pieces. Yours respt'y, BEN TOBIAS. Experience Has Confirmed Our Opinion. Alton, III., March 8, 1881. Dear Sir: I will say in reply to j'ours of 26th ult., that after a careful exam- ination of all the leading school desks, we selected the Triumph, manufactured by A. H. Andrews & Co., believing it tobe the superior of all others in strength, shape, and construction, and that several years' use of them confirm us in our opinion. Yours truly, F. H. FERGUSON, Sec'y. QuiNCY, III., Feb. 16, 1881. Dear Sir : The Board of Education of this city have from time to time during the past ten or twelve years purchased school furniture in large and small quantities from A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, 111., and in every respect the A. H. Andrews t€- Co., CJiicago. Board have been well satisfied with the quality and finish of the work. Desks and seats purchased ten years ago, and in constant use since then, are apparently as good now as when first used. During all this time the firm has done all that we could have desired ot them. Yours truly. T. W. MACFALL, Sti^. Seven Hundred in Use— Everybody Satisfied. Keokuk, Iowa, Feb., 21, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen: In the fall of 1873, we bought 100 primarj' desks. In January 1874, 4°^ desks of all sizes, seating our new first ward school entire. In Septem- ber, 60 new No. 4, for use in Torrence school; in 1878, 120 for use in our High school. Over 400 of these desks have been in use for 7 years and are in good condition, and have been entirely satisfactory to the Board of Education, Teach- ers and Pupils. I hope to have 150 more in our schools by September, 1881. Very truly, W. W. JAMIESON, Sec'y and Suft. Continued Patronage the Strongest Evidence. Portage, Wis., Feb. 22, 1881. Gentlemen : Our dealings with your house have extended over a period of eight or nine vears, and our purchases of you aggregate in the neighborhood of $2,000. The desks are all in good condition, and are highly satisfactory in every particular ; of this, our continued patronage is the strongest evidence. All broken or defective castings have been cheerfully duplicated whenever application has been made on that score. My business relations with your house in the capacity of school officer, have been most agreeable, and for straight forward business-like management and square dealing, I shall always take pleasure in commending the house of Andrews & Co. Very respectfully, A. C. KELLOGG, Supt. Schools. From Colorado. None Other Will Be Used. Pueblo, Colo., Feb. it,, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemeii : Your Dovetailed Desks are rightly called the " Triumph." They have so far Triumphed here that none other Avill be used. They have given the best of satisfaction in our city schools. We shall soon have to furnish two or three more rooms with them. Yours most respectfully, JAMES RICE, Prest. of School Board. The Dovetailing- Has Never Given Way. Appleton, Wis., March 15, 18S1. A. H. Andrews & Co., School Furniture Manufacturers : During the past eight years the schools of this city, which in part have been under my control, have used school desks obtained from you, I think in all, in Catalogue of School Merchandise. ten departments. They have also been used in other portions of the city under different local boards. In all, but four desks of your make, in all that time, have broken down; which is altogether a better record than we can give for the limited number of school desks obtained from other manufacturers The Triumph school desks obtained of you, and constantly in use since 1876, are unapproachable in all respects. The dovetailing has never given way, nor have the seats become noisy or rickety. I regard them as better to-day than any new ones of other make that I know of. Teachers and scholars are alike proud of them. In fact it is cheaper in dollars and cents for a district to buy them as an investment for ten years, than to resort to the old rough benches and pine desks too often found in country dis- tricts, replaced from time to time. Yours, SAM RYAN, Sec'y High School Board. San Francisco— Report of Superintendent of Repairs. In a report to the School Board of San Francisco, of the relative merits of school desks, under date of July 9, 1877, the Superintendent of repairs says: " Were I purchasing for myself I should give the Dovetail Desk my prefer- ence every time." Yours respectfully, ISAAC P. KINCAID, Supt. Repairs, San Francisco School Board. The Questions Answered Fully. N. I. Throckmorton. Dear Sir: Yours asking me in reference to the Triumph Desks used in Lafayette schools is before me. There are 486 Triumph desks ; some of them have been in use four and some two and three years. The desks are in first-rate order, and to my knowledge not a casting has broken. I think this alone fully answers your questions. Yours, J, F. MERRELL, Supf. Lafayette, Indiana. Not One of Them Has Loosened in the Least. Bloomfield, Iowa, Feb. 27, 1879. Dear Sirs: Our desks purchased of you in 1875 are entirely satisfactory — by far the best in use in this town. Not one of them has loosened in the least. Yours truly, W. J. HAMILTON. Of the Same Opinion Still. LoDi, Wis., April 5, i88i. H. H. Gross, Chicago, 111. Dear Sir: Your favor of February 26th came duly to hand, got mislaid and turned up again this morning. I can say we are well pleased with the school furniture purchased of A. H. Andrews & Co. We made a thorough canvass of the matter at the time, and have seen nothing to change our opinion. Yours truly, E. W. GARDNER, Clerk. [The Lodi Hig^h School buildirvg- furnished throughout by us yearsago, was entirely de- stroyed by fire in the winter of 1S77-S ; upon rebuilding-, the Board again took the Triumph in preference to all others.] ^. H. Aiulrews & Co., Chicago. As Near Perfect as it is Possible for a Desk to be Made. Milwaukee, Wis., March 12, 1881. Messrs. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen: The managers of the "Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls," take great pleasure in testifying to their high appreciation of jour school furni- ture. We think your school desks areas near perfect as it is possible for a school desk to be made, and we are entirely satisfied with all we have received from you. Yours truly, MRS. D. H. JOHNSON, Sec'y Wisconsin I ndustrial School for Girls, Criticism Impossible. River Falls, Wis., Feb. 22, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen : We have used your school furniture to seat 300 pupils now six months. Complaint or criticism is impossible. Yours, C. SMITH, Clerk. More than Satisfied— Used 8 Years and in the Best of Order. Gexeseo, III., Feb, 22, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen : Yours received by last mail inquiring about the purchase of school furniture of you and how we liked it; and in reply would say that for the past ten years we have reseated two of our Public School Buildings entire, out of the four in the city, and have reseated one-half of the third building, and all of them, with the exception of the seats for a single room, have been of your make, and that furnished eight years ago is in the best of order now — in short, it more than meets our expectation in every particular. Very truly yours, B. F. BARGE, Supt. City Schools. All that they are Claimed to be. Cedar Rapids, Ia., Feb. 21, 1S81. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen: We have seated two of our School Buildings with your single seats (14 rooms) ; the first one burned shortly after, and the last one was only seated last season, so we are not able to say much as to their durability. Our limited experience with the seats however, is that they are all that they are claimed to be. Our preferences are for the Andrews seat every time. Yours respectfully. T. DEVENDORF, Sec'y. Winona has Hundreds of Them and Would Like More. Winona, Wis., Feb. 21st, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, Gentlemen : In reply to your favor of the 19th, I would state that the greater part of the furniture now in the public schools of this city, was obtained at your establishment ; that it has been in use for the past five or six years, and gives Catalogue of School Merchandise. 23 entire satisfaction in respect to convenience, comfort, durability and cost. If we could displace the old styles that were adopted fifteen years ago and substitute yours, it would prove a decided advantage to the schools. Yours respectfully, WM. F. PHELPS, Supt. City Schools. Three Times Hand Running* ; Think They Have the Best. Watertown, Wis., Feb. 24th, 18S1. Messrs. A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, 111. Gentlemen : The Board of Education of this city has purchased the follow- ing bills of school furniture of your firm : 1878, October 2d, to the amount of - - $196.00 1879, " ist, " ... 161.50 1880, Nov. 10th, " ... 741-5.'; $1,099.05 Each time the strongest competition being offered, and we are satisfied that we have the best furniture in the market. Besides, we are also satisfied that we saved money in buying of you. Very respectfully, WM. H. ROHR, City Suft. of Schools. Certificate of President M'CoIlester. BucHTEL College, Akron, O., March 10. This will certify that the Dovetailed School Furniture of A. H. Andrews & Co., placed in Buchtel College is giving perfect satisfaction. Experience con- vinces us that the dovetail work is far superior for durability to any other in school use. S. H. M'COLLESTER, Prest. Buchtel College. Gives Satisfaction in Louisiana. Baton, Rouge, Feb. 23d, 1881. Messrs. A. H. Andrews & 'Co., Chicago, Gentlemen : In answer to yours of no date, I beg to state that the board has purchased all the furniture they are likely to need for some time ; should they need anything further they will probably favor your firm, as your furniture has given satisfaction. Very truly yours, LEONARD U. SEWELL, Librarian of State University. Confirm the Title of the "Best Desk in the World." Hamilton, O., Nov. ist, 1879. To Whom it May Concern : After a thorough trial of various school seats and desks, and after an exami- nation by competitive bids, the Board of Education of the city of Hamilton, selected for use in the public school under their charge the "Triumph," as being the best seat made, combining durability, strength, comfort and ease, more thoroughly than any other desk shown. Recent improvements but confirm the title bestowed upon it, "The best desk in the world." It is therefore with pleasure I recommend parties in need of school furniture to purchase the " Triumph " — elegant, noiseless, durable and comfortable. JOHN R. BROWN, Clerk Board of Education. 24 A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago. The Dovetail Adapted to the Dry Atmosphere of New Mexico. Las Cruces, Feb. 28th, 1881. A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, 111. Gentlemen : The School Association here, which built and furnished a com- modious school house in this place last June, through their trustees, purchased about fifty of vour desks and scats, " Triumph School Desks " (double,) also a number of recitation seats and other articles. The desks have been in constant use since placed in school house, and are in just as good condition as when first put up. They give entire satisfaction. The dovetail and dowel arrangement by which they are put together, make an article of furniture at once strong and adapted to the dry atmosphere we have here. The seat hinge is also a great con- venience, which has never been excelled. Very respectfully, W. L. RYNERSON, Trustee, &c. The same Old Story— They Couldn't Buy them All, So they Took the Best, and got Better than they Bought. RUSHSYLVANIA, O., Nov. 27, 1 879. To Whom it May Concern: This certifies that at a meeting of the Board of Education of this place for the purpose of purchasing school desks — some thirteen different styles were rep- resented — that after a careful examination of all, we chose the Triumph, believing it to be the best and most durable desk in the market. Since then our order has been filled and is in all respects satisfactory, and as represented — if anything, bet- ter. We do not hesitate in saying this, and take pleasure in recommending them to the public generally. B. F. McCALLACH, Prest. of Board. D. ROBERTS, Clerk of Board. I Regard the " Triumph " as a Triumph. St. Charles, Minn., March 9, iSSi. Messrs. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen: The Board of Education of this city purchased of vou in the fall of 1S78; " Triumph School Desks," for the accommodation of three hundred pupils. The desks have been in constant use since, and are as perfect as when first set up. Only one desk has needed repairing, and that was broken by an acci- dent. We havs used desks put together with screws and found them getting out of order continually. I regard the " Triumph " as a triumph. Very truly, E. HILL, Clerk. Tried them Seven Years, Liked them, and now Orders More. Charles City, Iowa, April 9, iSSi. This is to certify that the Independent District of Charles City has used A. H. Andrews & Co's. Triumph Dovetailed School Desks for the past seven years, and after careful examination of the various seats in the market, have bought more of them this spring. We consider them the best shaped and most durable seat in use. A. M. HARRISON, / Committee on B. W. STEVENS, \ Supplies. A. B. F. HILDRETH, Prest. of School Board. Catalogtie of School Merchandise. 25 The "Triumph" Study Desk. The new Foldinsr-Lid and Scat School Desk. u Notice the natural, easy and healthful position of the scholar. The *' Triumph Study " Desk is constructed on the same method as the " Triumph " Desk and possesses all the advantages of the dovetail process, so fully described in the preceding pages. It is well proportioned, handSOme, very strong" and durable. Although it has not been in use as long as the " Triumph " it has already obtained a degree of popularity that ensures its success, and places it in the front rank of school desks. The cuts partially represent the advantages of this desk, which is made, either single or double, in all 26 A. H. Andrervs S Co., Chicago. FOLDED. Points of Superiority. The Triumph Study-Desk is better than all other folding' lid desks, for the following reasons : 1. Each pupil can fold his own seat, and close his own book-box, without noise or confusion. 2. When the lid and seat are folded, the desk occupies only ten inches space. 3. It can be transformed in an instant from a study-desk to a writiitg-desk^ and then to a perfect settee. 4. On account of the dovetail inode of fastening, two " Triumph " desks can be "setup" in the same time required to set up one ordinary desk. ^t 5. The form and strength of the castings are such that it is next to impossible to break •^^ these desks by ordinary use. 6. The book-box is larger than that of Book-box locked. Shozving '^"y other desk. The books are placed on Desk and Seat occupying end as in a library, not thrown upon a shelf, o7il}' ten inches in space. nor piled one upon another. 7. The back and seat are slatted and curved so as to fit the form of the person, and great care has been taken to get true physiological curves. The beauty and comfort of our seats could only be secured by the use of narrow slats. 8. The rough usage, such as climbing on the desks, playing tag, etc., which would break the stationary tpp desks, will not injure the study-desk in the least ^ when folded and locked. 9. Whether open or folded, there are no sharp corners nor iron projections to catch and tear clothing. 10. A lock on every desk without extra cost. {Keys for Teachers and jfanitors only.") 11. By the process of manufacture the brittleness of the castings is taken out, making them the strongest in the market. 12. The Triumph Study-Desk is the only desk ever invented combining a NoiiSeleSS Folding" Lid, which disturbs no other scholar; a Folding'-Seat, which will rejnaln noiseless ; a Closed and Lock- ing" Book-Box, a Book-Rest, tvhich presents the book to the eye in a direct line of vision., and ?^ foot -rest which stops the scraping of feet on the floor. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 13. This desk is t\\Q perfection of beauty and elegance, in sym- metry of form and style of finish. Hard woods are used exclusively, 14. The scholars can rise in their places simultaneously, raising the lid as they do so, without losing time by folding the seat behind them. POSITION NO. 1 FOR WRITING. POSITION NO. 2 FOR STUDY. Seat and Lid Open. Showing the Lid in Position for Writ- ing or taking Notes in the Lecture Room. Ln position Nos. i and 2, each lid should be shoxvn at a greater inclination than the above cuts represent them. The Book-Kest. 15. The folding lid can be turned over as seen in the cut on page 25, presenting the under side as a rest or support for the books. 16. The scholar is not compelled to hold the book in the hand during the hours of study. A correct, easy and graceful posture is naturally assumed by all who use the book-rest. 17. The book-easel supports the book directly in front of the pupil, and at a proper distance and angle for reading. 18. The book-easel is fifteen to eighteen inches from the eye of the scholar, distance varying according to the size of desk used. 28 ^-1. H. Aiidretvs <£• Co., Chicago. 19. The book will stand on the book-rest, without trouble to the scholar. Observe, in the cut on page 25, that the boy's hand does not touch the book, but is at one side, lying on the book-easel. AS A SETTEE. Lid Folded and Book-box Locked. For Assembly Rooms., Colleges^ Chapels., Halls., Etc. The Folding Lid. 20. Lt is held in position by g"ravitation. 21. It is noiseless in opening and closing. 22. It is simple in construction, has no machinery bolts, springs nor bars to make a noise, or get out of repair, 23. When the lid is folded down over the book-box^ it is locked, thus perfectly protecting the books, papers, pencils, etc., from dust, damage, or intrusion. This is a very important matter, as the draw- ing and school books of young ladies and younger female scholars have sometimes been insultingly dealt with by " fellows of the baser sort," who happened to occupy their seats at evening meetings, lectures, concerts, etc. 24. The Triumph Study Desk Top Hinge, is permanently noiseless, being provided with the same spring steel washer in use on all our hinges described on page 36, fig. 2. Catalogtie of School Merchandise. 25. The lid locks itself in the different positions seen in the cut. The lock is in, and a part of, the hinge joint, and is automatic in its working-. " It is a marvel of mechanical ingenuity !" 26. The lid is entirely under the control of the pupil using it, and cannot be pushed nor throxvn out of position. 27. The smallest child can with ease raise and lower the lid, by taking hold of the front edge and lifting it a very little. Notice that there are no spiral springs nor wire levers underneath the lid to pull at, nor any machinery whatever about the desk. 28. The lid is adjusted to the different positions, by the use of the o7tly successful means ever devised — our Patent Improved Au- tomatic Ball Hinge, (described on next page.) 29. This desk has a new flush ink-well, leaving the top of the desk perfectly smooth. No other desk has an ink-well equal to this. The Seat-Hinge. '6^. The Seat Hinge used on our Improved Study Desk of 1882, is the same as used for the Triumph Desk, — fully described on pages 35 ^^^^ 36- 31. It is made noiseless, not by using pads of either India rubber or leather, wooden hinges, nut and bolt friction hinges, nor by any other of the various devices which perish in a day. These ^at/^ are soon decomposed by contact with the iron, and mash down^ crumble to pieces and fall out ; the wooden hinges chip off and split, and the mit and bolt friction hinges grind loose^ while the nuts work loose and sometimes entirely off, from the constant movement of the seat. The Triumph seat has the only effectual means of preventing both loose- ness and noise — The Patent Indestructible Steel Spring" Washer. (See description elsewhere in this catalogue.) * 32. The seat will support a ton, and no danger of breaking. 33. It is as easy to sit upon as an upholstered " rocking-chair," and far more healthful. It is essential that the foregoing points receive the most care- ful consideration from those about to purchase school desks, in order that the many decided advantages of the Triumph Study Desk shall be fully known and appreciated. The more thorough the inves- tigation the stronger will be the conviction that this is, in all respects, the best Folding--Lid Desk ever offered to the public. 30 A. II. Andreivs <£■ Co., Chicago. The Ball and Groove Hinge Support Is almost perfectly noiseless, cannot get out of order, nor wear out. As applied to the Triumph Folding" Lid Desk, it is a complete success, and Fig. I. Fig:. 2. Fig. 3. goes far toward making this desk "what it is acknowledged to be, the most perfect Folding Lid and Seat Desk ever made. The complete- ness of this Hinge and Support will readily be seen from the above cuts and the following Description : In Figs. I, 3 and 3, two pieces of iron are shown and a ball of hardened steel. In Fig. I, H A E is a part of one of the iron standards of the Desk, or whatever article is to receive the attachment. C D F G is a section of the movable arm or support to which the Desk Top or Lid is to be attached. B is the hardened ball, Y^ inch diameter. Fig. i shows the position when the lid is closed, (as in Fig. 6.) Now raise the arm G to * "'• '^ ^-. the let^t till the ball B \ falls into the socket D, ^ithen the lid will rest at / a point 10 or 15 degrees below the horizontal, a position suitable for near sighted pupils at studv, (as shown in fig. 2, page Now raise the arm still higher and a little above the horizontal, and the ball falls into socket C, the position for writing. See Figs. 2 and 5. Notice that the ball is pressed against the shoulder A, (Fig. 2) so that the arm will sustain a great weight. In fact a person can sit and jump on the lid of the desk without its j-ielding at all. Now move up the arm G to the position seen in Fig. 3 (or Fig. 4), and notice the ball has rolled into the deeper socket E. This socket is so deep in the arm that the ball is carried around in it, and kept in it by the periphery of the hub. The shoulder F now rests firmly against the shoulder A. Next, we wish to drop the lid from position shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and close it over the book box as in Fig. 6. Pull arm G towards you and the ball passes under the shoulder A and so on around the semi-circle till it passes the point above J, when it falls, b}' gravitation, into and down through the groove I, the ball and arm being again in the position of Fig. i. Hence, the only movements required for any one of these four positions are the up and down motions of the lid. The only noise, is the slight click of the ball falling into place. In this Study desk the arm G is entirely closed over the hub J, excepting at the rivet hole. The hole at J receives a rivet, holding arm and standard together. Catalogue of School Merchandise. Dimensions of the "Triunipli" Study-Deslf. Single Desks for One Pupil. No. I, Normal " 2, High School " 3, Grammar " 4, First Intermediate " 5, Second " Double Desks for Two Pupils. No. I, Normal " 2, High School " 3, Grammar " 4, First Intermediate " 5, Second " Si c 24 in. 16 in. 33 in. 24 in. 15 in. 33 in. 24 in. 14 in. 29 in. 21 in. 13 in. 29 in. i8in. 12 m . 27 in. 42 in. 16 in. 33 in. 42 in. 15 in. 33 in. 42 in. 14 m. 29 in. 42 in. 13 in. 29 m. 36 in. 12 in. 27 in. Ag-e Accommo- daled. Adults. 16 to 20 years. 13 to 16 " ID to 13 " 7 to ID " Rear Seats. Adults. 16 to 20 years. 13 to 16 " 10 to 13 " 7 to 10 " In placing" desks, let the edg'e of the seat project under the hd of the desk before it about one inch, and so on until all are placed ; also, place only desks of the same Size in each row, from front to rear of room. CoRNWALL-ON- Hudson, N . Y. From Rev. A. C. Roe. — "The desks I am much pleased with, and like them better from day to day." Clintondale, N. Y. From John J. Hull. — "We like the seats iirst-rate, and our School Com- missioner pronounces them ' A No. i.'" GOUVERNEUR, N. Y. From Geo. B. Winslow, School Trustee. — "The Triumph Study-Desks purchased of you have been in use a few weeks in our Primary Department and are in every way satisfactory. The teachers and pupils are delighted with them. These desks were selected after comparison with- other first-class desks, by reason of their superiority, both as to form and strength as well as to beauty of finish. The position in which the pupil is enabled to hold his book while studying I re- gard as a very great improvement; besides, the folding lid admits of the desks being placed nearer together, thus tending to encourage an upright posture, also allowing a greater number of desks to be put in a given space. Had I the neces- sary authority I should order a hundred more for use in our schools." NvACK, N. Y. From Geo. P. Felter, ScJiool Trustee.—'' Our new desks more than answer all requirements — they are splendid." Flemington, N. Y. From I. N. Leigh, Principal Classical School.—'' Many of our patrons and others have visited the school to see the new furniture. All pronounce it beauti- ful, which indeed it is." •See additional testimonials on page 125. A. H. Andrews <& Co., Chicago. New "Triumph" Box-Desk. WITH FOLDING SEAT AND LIFTING TOP. MADE BOTH SINGZjE AXn HOIIBZ^E. This Desk combines the advantages of a " Box " Desk with the important improvements of our " Triumph " Open Desk and seat. The lifting lid or top is made of solid wood, without any panels or border; on the under side, two cleats of dovetailed iron, one-half inch wide, extend the width of the top, one at each end, which effectually prevent any springing, warping, or splitting. This is a great improve- ment over the framed and glued tops of the past. The Double Desks have separated apartments wdth pencil trays and separate raising lids to each, so one pupil need not disturb another when opening his desk. The dimensions of the Box-Desks, height of seat, etc., are pre- cisely the same as for corresponding Nos. of "Triumph" Open Desks and Seats. We do not make the smallest, or No. 6 size, in box style, as it would not be desirable. All but smallest sizes (Nos. 4 and 5) are supplied with the Patent Non-Corrosive Silvered Ink-Wells. The lids are supplied with Andrews' Patent Desk Lid Support. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 33 Normal or Collegiate Desk. BENT SPINDLE AND RIM CHAIR. This desk is specially designed for use in the higher schools and colleges. It is a model of beauty and convenience. The castings are unsurpassed for perfection in outline, carving, etc., and are provided with the adjustable foot-rest. The chair, which has a bent oak rim, is very strong and is finished either light or in imitation of walnut. An ordinary movable chair can be used. Each desk is furnished with ink- well and lid support. Andrews' Patent Desk Lid Support. IN USE UPON ALL OUR DESKS, INCLUDING TEACHERS' DESKS. This Lid Support IS a new invention, and secures a most desirable result not hitherto accomplished. It is made of steel, and is self- springing, self-acting, and self-sustaining. The desk-lid cannot be dropped down nor over backwards, as the support holds it in any positiojty and isatthe same timethesti-ongest "check" against throwing the lid back too far. The motion of the lid works it without the hand. 34 A. H. Andrews <& Co., Chicago, Andrews' Patent Non-Corrosive Ink- Wells. Showing the Ink- Well in the Desk. Explanations. — A, Cover ; a a, Pen Rack ; B, Ring with shoulder, which confines the Glass ; C, Glass ; c, Slot in shoulder allowing the pa^sag-e of a lip projecting from the glass. This patentink-well has Non-Corrosive Cover and Ring, and large removable Glass, including necessary screws. Price, per doz, $3. Their Points of Superiority Are: i. — Extreme simplicity and strength. There is no lock to get out of order. No key is required . 2. — The bearing at the rear of the pivot insures a perfect fitting cover and ring. — This prevents evaporation of the ink and keeps out dust. 3. — The wells ai'e laro-e, and need filling only two or three times during a term. 5. — The covers turn only one wav, and but a quarter of a circle ; they cannot be twirled or slammed, or made noisy in any way. . ^They are not liable to be left open. 7. — The whole design is tasteful, the cover representing an 6inverted shell which serves as a pen dish. 8. — 1 he wells are low on the desk 9. — They can be used in holes where other wells have been 10. — They are the first wells invented having a pen rack attached to the cover, Adopted for general use by Boards of Education in the cities of Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit- Milwaukee, Cincinnati, St. Louis, etc. Andrews' New Patent "Flush" Ink-Well. Q s^ ^ !^ ^ k H te; ^ S ^ P^ ^ B^ ftn 1 H !^ No. 2. This new Flush Ink Well, No. 2, is set in the desl s " flush," or even with the top of desk when cover of the well is closed. The cutshov well open, with pen resting on the penholder. These wells are for use in the new " Study," or Folding Lid School Desks only, as shown on pages 21; and 27. Those cuts should show the ink well lid as level and smooth \vith the.surface of the desk top. This is a great improvement over any ink well hitherto made. The "flush " quality has been needed for many years. Books, Slates, etc., can now be moved overthe surface of desk without interruption. The glasses are the same as used in No. i, andcontain a nib or projection, so that when turned ^ around after inserting, are held firmly in position. The groove shown in top of section of desk seen in cut, is for holding pencil, etc. The lid of No. 2, is opened by pressure downward at the rear of the pivot. Price, complete, per doz. $3.00. Glass alone, per doz., Sl.OO. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 35 The Triumph Duplex Seat Hinge. Description. The Hinges of the Seat form such an important part of Fig-. 2. our school desks, the description will help those interested. The hinge is fully patented. Fig. I. In Fig. I, T is a portion of the iron standard ("right hand.") Fig. 2 is a section of a seat-arm, also right hand ; W is the top, or dovetailed portion. The sides of the arm and standard shown are hrought together, then the trunion I (Fig, 2) fits the socket O (Fig. i). The trunion N (Fig. i) also fits the socket D in (Fig, 2), while the sur- face B C, is brought into contact with surface S, and the surface J with L, X. Now, since the seat-arm is very broad at the hinged part, these large surfaces and bearings, when held tightly together, naturally pro- duce a great amount of friction. The Double Bearings. — Notice now the double shouldei's, X and L, against which, when the seat is turned down and occupied, the lips C and B rest. The arms in this position will sustain a half ton ! Now if you turn back the arm with a strong jerk, no noise is pi'oduced because of the cai7t motion, for the inside of the ring just above D, strikes the outer rim of the trunion N between N and L, in Fig. i, also preventing the seat from coming in contact with the back of the desk. Observe in this seat, that there is no v\^ear or strain on the rivet which holds the arm to the standard, such is the construction of this remarkable joint ! The rivet is needed only to hold the two castings together, or in place. Permanently Noiseless, And Why? Description of tbis irerj^ Important feature of tbe Xrianipli Desk. Fig. 3. represents the opposite or inner side of arm as perma- nently attached to the standard. Fig. 4, shows the attachments. V is a projecting portion of the seat-arm which is concave or " dished " 36 A. H. Andrews <£• Co., Chicago. about the center of motion or rivet hole. 2 is a tempered steel washer the thickness of saw plate, fitting into the depression V, and perforated as shown. Outside of this is placed the thick collar, 3. The rivet 1, is put through the four pieces from the opposite or outside, and thor- oughlv riveted upon 3. This process pinches the castings together and so compresses the central portion of spring washer 2, as to produce a constant friction as the arm is moved up and down, so that it can never fall of its own accord ! The washer moves with the arm. preventing its wear- ing. Thus the Tri- umph Desk has a seat-hinge that is, and is likely to re- main, w^hoUy une- qualed in any re- Fig 4. spect. It is so strong that three men have often stood upon one of these seats, unable to break it by springing up and down ! Nor can this seat be made to sag in the least after years of wear. Affidavit— Another Severe Test! Leading teachers tell us the seats are usually raised and lowered four or five times a day, or, to make a calculation, 20 times a week or 40 weeks a school year, 800; say we add 25 per cent, to this amount to cover all contingences, and we have 1000 as the greatest number of times the seat is raised and lowered during a school vear. The seat was-raised and lowered as per the following affidavit, 58,500 times, equal to the wear of 58^ years, and the hinges are still in very good condition! We are willing at any time to have the test made in public. State of Illinois^ Du Page Cottnty, ss. I, Daniel Schustek, being duly sworn on oath, say. That I am a practi- cal machinist and mechanic of seven years experience, and that on or about the 30th day of January, 1881 a the request of A. H. Andrews & Co., I took one of their school seats, known as the "Triumph," and attached the seat thereof to the machinery under my charge in such a manner that the seat was raised and lowered to its" full extent at the rate of 65 times per minute for a period of (15) hours, or thereabouts ; and that the same was raised and lowered 58,500 times, ac- cording to careful computation. That the bearing surfaces of the arm and stand- ard were worn quite smooth and bright, but that the operation of the spring steel washer was unimpaired; and that the said joint operated very nearly the same af- ter the operation as it did before. The said joint did not wear loose or become noisy by the operation. That upon completion of the trial the seat was returned to A. H. Andrews & Co. Daniel Schustek. Subscribed and szvor7i to before me this ijth day of ApriU A. D., 18S1. C. F. Weber, Notary Public. The above desk is in our salesroom, where it may be examined by any one who wishes to do so. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 37 'Triumph" Recitation Seats. ]¥o. lATI. Curved Back, and. Curved folding- iSlat iSeat. This Settee is made in six sizes corresponding with those of the "Triumph" Desk, and of the same handsome design, and of simi- lar fine hard woods. Standard length 8 feet, b'^t any length desired can be furnished at short notice, up to 1 1 feet 8 inches. The end castings are dovetailed into the wood slats, which are of alternating colors to match the Triumph furniture. The dowels and bolted foot-rests are used, and, altogether, the Trivimph is the most substantial, comfortable and beautiful Recitation Seat yet de- signed, and one that can be set up with greater ease and rapidity than any other seat of the same length. Other styles of Settees, etc. are shown in our Catalogue of Office, Church and Opera House Furniture. No. 28. Folding Writing Table, raised and lowered entirely out of the ■way, with patent Magic Hinge, adapted to Chairs and Settees, shown both extended for use and folded out of the way. The seat shown is No. 31. The writing table is applicable to indi- vidual chairs, and suit- able to all curves. For particulars, send for our Catalogue of No 31 No. 28. ^P^^'^ Chairs, also for ' PMn Opera Chair vith Folding Writing Table. vanous other cn-culars. 38 A. H. Andrews £ Co., CJiicago. Teachers' Desks. OuP Method of attaching the legs to our DesKs ana Tao^es, so that they may readily be removed for transportation, is one in which the strength of the table or desk is in no respect impaired, while its advantages are apparent to every pvnxhaser. when the difference between the transportation rates of furniture set-up and knock-down is considered. The woods used in the construction of our Teachers' Desks and Tables, are Cherry, Ash, Maple, Black and Satin Walnut, and are selected to give the most pleasing contrasts in color and to harmonize with the School Desks they accompany. No, 300. 30 X 20. Made to order only. No. 300}4. 36 X 24. Solid flat top, one drawer, with lock. No. 301. Two drawers with plain top, 46 X 24 inches. No. 302. Drawers 5 inches deep, enameled top, 56 x 26. No. 303. Enamel cloth top, 46 x 24 inches. No. 303y2. Plain top, 58 X 56 inches. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 39 i^O. 304 }i. 36 X 24. Lid to raise, with lock and key iV^o. 305. Same, paneled walnut. This is a strong and neat desk, very well adapted to use in small class-rooms. JVo. 304. 30 X 20. Made only to order. N'o. 308. 48 X 26. Two drawers, inclined top desk, with tray supported on iron stanchions. Paneled on all sides. This desk is very convenient and strong. It has all the necessary qualities of a good desk, and is a general favorite. 40 A. H. Andrews <£; Co., Chicago. No. 311. No. .310. No. 313. Fluted legs, two drawers, Plain Fluted " X 26 inches. " " " Walnut. This is one of our most popular styles. The fluted legs and general superiority of finish of our desks give them an attractive appearance. The lumber is all thoroughly kiln-dried. No, No 95. 90. No. 93. No. No. 94. 96. No. 97 28 X 22. Solid top, wood legs and ornamental railing. See cut. Plain, solid lifting lid, box desk, having plain iron supports, size, 26 X 21. Back rises i}4 inches above top, forming rail. Same style but with lock and key, and having heavy iron legs provided with a foot-rest bar. Size, 28 x 22. Same, having cloth top. Has sunk and raised panel ends and back, billiard-cloth top, with different lock and key to each desk. Has sunk and raised veneered panels on all sides, billiard-cloth top, binding, and separate lock to each desk. Ink Well and Patent Lid Support with each of the above desks. No. 314. One drawer, pigeon holes and tray, with lid to raise. Size, 44 X 28 inches. .^^JL No. 315. Same, but drawer and book com- partments in the place of open pigeon holes. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 41 No. 319. Sizes, 44 X 28; 54 X 30; 60 X 36 inches. Four drawers, flat enam- eled cloth top, finished back. Shell or panel base instead of legs. 5 drawers, 44 x 28 inches. Same, double, 44 x 44 inches. No. 320. Size, 44 s 30. Inclined enameled top, solid or open railing, five drawers, with pulls and book cupboard, plain or paneled back. No. 325. Size, 44 x 30 inches. Like No. 320, but having case o( pigeon holes attached to top, with rail above. Enameled cloth; five drawers at rif^ht hand, not as shown in cut; finished back. 42 A. H. Andrews <& €o. Chicago. Principal's Desk. No. 350. Having nine Drawers, large Cupboard in center, Paneled back, round corners, best finish, Enameled Cloth Top. Size, 56x30. No. 348. 54x34 inches. Inclined Top, Billiard Cloth, End Closet, Finished Back. No. 346. 54x30 inches. Inclined Enameled Top, Open Rail, Six Drawers, Bronzed Pulls, Plain Back, Closets in front and end. No. 347. Same, with Finished Back, Carved Pulls. No. 349. 54x30 inches. Flat Top, Finished Back. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 43 TEACHERS' Chairs. HARDWOOD. No. 500. Cane Seat. Size, 22 x 21 _^. $300. No. 501. Same. Wood Seat. $2.50. No. 502. Bent Back, Rim and Spindles. Wood Seat, size 21 x lyj^ inches. $1.50, No. 503. Same. Cane Seat. $2.00. 44 A. H. Andreivs & Co., Chicago. Cane Seat, Tilting, Swivel Chairs, P£^tae£pal^» JV^o. 50 M. No, 34. Xo. 506. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 45 The School House, Exterior and Interior. School Days, " Still sits the school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning ; Around it still the sumachs grow And blackberries are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep scarred by raps official ; The warping floor, the battered seats, The jack-knife's carved initial. The charcoal frescoes on its walls; Its door's worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school, Went storming out to playing! " The Country School House of " Auld Iiang Syne !" Is it not fair to suppose that the pubhc sentiment which would permit such outer dilapidation as is shown in the above cut, would also allow within that so-called school-house, furniture equally shabby ? Very likely the children were compelled to sit upon what were called " Puncheon seats," made of slabs, flat side up, with legs like stakes driven obliquely into auger holes. Backs, for support, were not thought of ; when through reciting, the weary pupil had the privilege of change by gracefully turning around and stepping over these forms ranged along the sides of the room, so as to place the book upon the long, rough desk set against the wall ! Then, with back towards the teacher, the pupils were expected to attend to their studies! There was, as is the case in some localities to-day, no recognition of the principle of taste without or within the school room. No 46 A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago. architectural beauty was shown either in building or furnishing. The horses, cows, sheep, and even swine were provided with far better accommodations in proportion to the actual requirements, than the children of the parents — including school officers — thus negligent of the higher interests of a true education! What wonder is it, that with such surroundings as we have hinted at, which seemed better adapted to brutes than young and growing children, there should often be exhibited harsh and brutal treatment toward those thus confined, as in a dungeon! Both teacher and pupil were unconsciously hardened. There could be little or no enthusiasm in study ; no special attachment for the school-room ; little love between teacher and pupil. Turn now, from that picture, to the following: 135 64 2 Interior of a Modern Public School. "Yho. Exterior need not be shown, as that is supposed to correspond in beauty and taste with the Interior here presented. This picture hap- pens to be one taken from a photograph, and is seated with the Triumph Desk described in these pages. The apparatus, blackboai-ds, globes, etc., are from the house of A. H. Andrews & Co. What a change from the old time, semi-barbarous scene presented in the former en- graving! There is here a new atmosphere, intellectual and moral. We quote a few lines from Johonnot on " Our School Houses," upon furniture for the same. 1st. Desks should be substantial^ as they are subjected to rough usage, at times ; moreover, strength will repress the element (of de- Catalogue of School Merchandise. 47 structiveness) which is usually precociously developed in childhood. 2d. They should be easy and comfortable — churches, which are used but a small part of one day in the week, are often supplied with upholstei-ed seats, while the school-room, occupied five days in the week, is often supplied with rough, ill-shaped benches ! There is no good reason why our school houses should not be made more comfort- able than our churches ! The spines of the children have often be- come distorted from lack of support while sitting in the school-room. 3d. The seats should be graded to the different sizes of pupils. Sometimes rooms are seated with desks all of the same size. In that case, either the larger pupils are seated much too low for comfort, or the smaller ones are perched so high, that their feet cannot touch the floor ! 4th. There should be a shelf ior packing away books, slates, etc. and a permanent inkstand, which cannot be overturned. 5th. They should be neatly finished, so as to be ornamental as well as useful. Beauty serves to protect from injury. The rude fur- niture of the olden tim^e was soon covered with ink spots, cuts and scratches innumerable. Elaborate jack-knife carvings overlaid each other every term, until the original form and complexion was entirely obliterated. On the contrary, welljinished and elegant furniture has often been in constant use for years^ without a single scratchy the beauty preserving it, as well as serving to inculcate habits of order and carefulness. School furniture should be finished like cabinet work. In addition, a few words are added on the proper material and construction of school desks. No soft wood should be used. All edges and corners should be carefully rounded, and all the work smooth and well finished. Iron standards should be used, as far more rigid and substantial." It is needless to say that this Firm anticipated, full fifteen years since, all these practical suggestions ! Remarks. At the close of this catalogue will be found excellent Plans for the building of five classes of School Houses. Every item is given to aid the school Board and builder. But in the case of large buildings for cities, a good architect should of course be employed. We have, however, a single word as to placing the desks and seats in the school-room. By referring to the last illustration, it will be seen that desks should be placed in rows from front to rear. The last seat 4S A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago. in each row is a rear seat, that is, a seat without a desk connected -with it. The cut shows six rows of " single " desks and seats, that is, each accommodating only one pupil. " Double " desks are for two pupils. Single desks are usually preferred, especially in the larger, graded, town schools, as each pupil is thus thrown more upon his own resources, is less liable to be disturbed by others, and, if mischievous, is less likely to interrupt others. Single desks, sufficient for an equal number of pupils, will cost about two-fifths more than the double desks. Placing' the Desks. Each row, from front to rear of the room, should contain only desks of the same size. This remark is not needed in the case of graded schools, where all the desks in any given room are supposed to be of the same size. But in common district schools, where pupils of all ages, from five to eighteen years, are expected, there should be at least four or five sizes of desks, for reasons previously given. Now, the old method of arranging desks, formerly in vogue, is entirely erroneous, viz : that of ranging the little ones on front seats from right to left. This might answer if a row of separate recitation seats were used for the smallest pupils. But the correct way of seating the rooin for securing beauty and comfort (see the cut of the school-room), is to place in row No. 6, or along the middle aisle, the smallest children ; in row No, 5, the next grade larger ; in row 4, the next higher, and so on, placing the larger pupils on the outside rows. In ordinary dis- trict schools there are usually but 4, or at most 5 rows, our No. i desk being used only in Normal schools. Seating pupils in this way, only, will bring the desks and seats of proper or corresponding height to- gether ; while by the old method, a No. 3 desk might be placed in front of a No. 3 desk, the seat of which would be too high. These hints are given so that those who are not accustomed to ordering or placing school desks may avoid trouble. Full directions for putting together our desks when shipped knock down, and for arranging them in the school-room, are sent with every shipment sent out from our Factories. Apparatus. Apparatus in the school-room is as necessary to good and suc- cessful work, as are implements on the farm, or " tools to work with " in the shop or factory. The farmer cannot plow, harrow, or cultivate his crops, especially in this day of advancement, without the help of improved apparatus. No more can a teacher, whose time is usually so much occupied, do himself or school, justice, without the aid of such Catalogue of School Merchandise. 49 helps as Globes, Blackboards, Maps, Object Teaching Forms, etc. This point must be kept before parents and school officers. It will not answer to say that because they had no such help, therefore their children can do well enough without them ! One might as well insist that because the Turks scratched the ground with a sharp stick, there- fore the American farmer needs no plow for cultivating the soil in these days; or, that since our grandparents rode in stage-coaches, there- fore we need no railways ! The truth is, the very best and most im- proved apparatus for schools is none too good for our own children, even though it costs something-. Exterior of a Modern Public School. A. H. Andrews <& Co., CJiicago. New Terrestrial Globes. A g'OOd Globe, like the dictionary, should always be close at hand for reference. The teacher needs one^ and cannot get along without it! Object-Teaching is now considered an indispensable method. Pictures are better than pages for educating the young. But the Globe is more than a picture ; it is a tangible object that may be handled, a facsimile of the earth on which we live. No map can take the place of a globe, which shows the relative positions of countries and places in respect to their latitude and longitude. The Globe also shows how degrees of longitude grow shorter as we ap- proach the poles, while the de- grees of latitude remain the same. No article of furniture gives such a refining effect to the home or our schools as o, good globe. OUP Globes are the handsomest and .v/roz/o-ej-zf that are made. They are thoroughly revised to date. They cannot be broken.^ or even cracked., being hollow, of several layers of papier macJte., and thor- oughly braced. The polished Brass Meridians are marked distinctly to show the degrees of latitude, while the lon- gitude is marked on the Equator. The flexible Quadrant of brass, also, has degrees marked 12-INCH GLOBE, TRIPOD STAND. upon it for measuring distances No. 20. Nickel Plate, Complete, $40.00 No. 21. Polished Brass, " 35oo On the Horizon are the degrees of latitude, the names of the months, and the twelve signs of the Zodiac, by which one may find the position of the Sun in the ecliptic on any day in the year. The alti- tude, declination, time of rising, setting, etc., of the Sun are also shown. Catalogue of School MercJiandise. 51 Our list embraces a large number of styles, including several fine Library Globes, as well as Slated Globes, or « Spherical Black- boards," for use in the study of Geometry, Map Drawing, Navigation, etc. These globes are sold on their merit. Size, from 3 to 30 inches in diameter. Price from $1.50 to $200.00. Our Globe Manual illustrates fully the use of Globes. Price, by mail, 35 cents. The following are among the advantages of our globes : 1. The^ show all the latest political changes and principal topographical features, according to the latest discoveries. 2. Outlines of natural and political divisions are distinctly given. 3. Ocean Currents are represented on many of the Globes. 4. The Isothermal lines are distinctly shown. • 5. They are made of fapiet- tnache, and covered with a composition that can- not be easily dented or broken. They are impervious to water, and when soiled may be cleaned with a damp cloth or sponge. The Manufacture of Globes Requires special facilities, careful and experienced workmen, and the most expensive and accurate machinery. It is no amateur work, nor is it surprising that many who have essayed to manufacture this kind of apparatus have made a failure. We have now probably the largest establishment in this special department, in America, if not in the World, and with our present facilities, ought to produce work of the very finest quality. To illustrate the opinion of a leading pub- lic man upon the merit of our work, we take the liberty of saying that two days previous to the writing of this page, Lieut. Gen. P. H. Sheri- dan, U. S. A., purchased one of our elegant No. 10, $200.00 Library Globes. He no doubt considei'ed it about the finest piece of work he had ever seen, or he would not have purchased it ! The special attention of Educators is called to our 8 and 12 inch Lunar Tellurian Globes, noticed on following pages, designed, in addi- tion to geographical purposes, to show the relations of Earth, Moon and Sun. These improvements are a marvel and a success, and reveal facts that most liberally educated men have neither understood nor been able to teach others ! [Note. — We wish to especially caution purchasers against Globes which are offered at suspiciouply low prices. It must be remembered that the durability of Globes and the expense of their manufacture, and consequently their prices, de- pend very largely upon the construction of the shell upon which the plate is mounted. The nature of this shell cannot be discerned from the outside, and Globes of the rnost worthless rnaterials are frequently offered for sale at prices below the cost of a good article. Such a Globe is easily ruined.] 52 A. H. Andi-eics £ Co., Chicago. 6. The Horizons of Nos. 28, 29, 46 and 47 are on separate layers of wood glued together so as to cross grains, rendering them light and very strong. 7. The 8 inch Globes are convenient for measurement, there be- ing 1000 miles to every inch on the surface. 8. Twenty-four meridians are represented, which makes the reckoning of time very easy, there being one hour for each meridian. 9. They are of the most convenient size for general use, and where provided with horizons or meridians, are movable on their equatorial axis, allowing of convenient inverting for examination of the Southern hemisphere. 10. Parts representing water are colored blue, which, besides mak- ing a better looking globe, prevents their shoiving SignS of Wear. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 53 t- to ■— ' .O c3 aj "T 3 *5 CO , en O m CO 1— . >> C3 Ik %k m , -rr S :3 m \ ^B 3 <^ ^^ r 1^ ^ ci o ^^ I sta ^ K rx, ^ ^S 1 ^S ^ k y ^'^ E a 1 > -as § ^H HHJI w K CJ ^ m wr W 11 O ?^ D w li O ?5 ^3 f errestrial for e. No pains and original CO CO C3 a. s O- o e 1 i h T icurat new >>^ , bot nd ac re of 1 C5 05 « « o ^" 5 i ^ -2 bi:.= ^ >■ 1 * 5: ^ 5 O ii ti *i ■< ^ ^ "^ •« S Library , arc very The moi hX) 1^ « y c 3 ^ ^ XT. ^- ■* >i s ' -^.-^ 6 'i^ cj t; ^ c 00 ^ O o Oh = £ CO 1- C3 ^ o c The cut is drawn from a photograph, but it is impossible to convey more than a general idea in outline, of the fine finish and coloring of our Globes. They are regarded as the finest in the country, being manufactured by ourselves, and under the personal supervision of some of the most experienced Globe makers in the United States. Note.— Our Library Globes, from 12 to 30-inch, are shipped in common cases, but furnished with neat rubber cover. N. B.— It is well to cover Globes when not in use. to keep the colors from fading- and from dust. 54 A. H. Anclretvs <£■ Co., Chicago. We are prepared to furnish goods at prices that defy competition in flrst-elass work. 12-INCH GLOBES. Bracket Globe— Complete. No. 30 $33.00. High Eound Stand— Complete. No. 22. Brass $30.00, No. 33. Wood 2vOO. High Round Stand— Meridian. No. 24. Brass $27.00. No. 2^. Wood 22.00. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 55 12-INCH GLOBES. Bracket Glotoe— Meridian. No. 31 $20.00. Bracliet Globe— Plain. No. 32 $16.00. These Bracket Globes are attached to the wall, thus preventing- the possibility of being upset. The Globes are easily detached for handling in the presence of the class, and can be instantly replaced. High Wood Stand— Plain. Low Bronzed Stand— Complete. No. 26 $18.00. No. 27 $30.00. No. 16, 18-inch Terrestrial or Celestial (new), mounted strong but plain, like No. 26, $50.00. ;6 A. H. Andretvs <& Co., Chicago. Low Wood Stand— Complete. No. 28. 1 2-Inch $33.00. No. 29. Same, with Compass... 35-oc>- 8-INCH GLOBES. High Round Stand — Complete. Hiffh Round Stand — Meridian. No, 40. Brass $15.00. Xo. 42. Brass $13.00. No. 41, Wood 12.00. Xo. 43. Wood 10.00. Catalogue of School Merchatidise. 8-INCH GLOBES. High Round Stand— Semi-Meridian. High Round Stand— Plain. No. 431^. Wood $9.00. No. 44. Wood $8.00. Low Bronzed Stand— Complete. No. 45 $15.00. Low Wood Stand— Complete. No. 46 $16.00. No. 47. Same, with Compass 1 7.00. Bracket — Complete. No. 48 $14.00. No. 49. With Meridian only, 12.00. Bracket — Plain. No. 50 $10.00. ^S A. H. Andrews & Co.^ Chicago. We furnish with all S and 13-inch globes, an excellent new style Hinged Case, that can be fastened to the wall, forming a bOOk and apparatus case — see next page. Globe Manuals accompany all oflobes above 6-inch without charge. 6-INCH GLOBES. High Stand— Meridian. No. 61. Wood No. 611/,. Semi-Meridian.... 6.00. High Stand — Plain. 50. No. 63. Wood $5.00. Bracket— Meridian. No. 6c .50. Bracliet — Plain. Hemisphere Globes. No. 64. ... $5.00. No. 66 $5.00. 5 and 3-INCH GLOBES. High Stand— Plain. No. 70. 5 in. $3.50. No. 75. 5 in. $3.50 High Stand— Plain. No. 80. 3 in. $1.50. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 59 These cuts show a very neatly arranged Hinged Globe Case (with lock and key), which is sent free with all 8 and 12 inch globes. It is easily arranged as a cabinet for the school-room, and can be placed on a shelf, or fastened to the wall by inserting two screws through the back just below the hinges. To the right is a cut showing the case open. The cut at, the left shows same closed and locked, as when used for transporting the globe, or closed at night or during vacation. Slated G-lotoes. For the Study of Map Drawing, Spherical Geometry, Trigonometry and NaTigation. i8 Inch, 12 " 12 " 8 " 8 " 6 " 12 » 12 " Stand and Mountings like No. 26 ^540.00 27 24.00 26 18.00 45- 44. 61. "Brass Stand (like cut). Wood Stand, " . Brass Stand, " Wood Stand, 12.00 8.00 5.00 25.00 20.00 12.00 10.00 6o A. il. Andretvs <£' Co., Chicago. The MacVicar Tellurian Globe. 8-Inch, $40.00. - _ _ 12-Inch, $60.00. DESCRIPTION OF PARTS. A. The Globe. C. The Circle used to represent either the Horizon or Circle of Illumination. D. The Circle used to represent the limit of the Twilight Belt. M. A Prime Vertical. N. A Time Index. E. A ISIeridian. U. A Calendar Index. S. An Arc of the Sun's circumference on the same scale as the Globe. L. A Pointer indicating the sun's vertical rays. IX. Arm of Globe. V. Calendar and Zodiac. O. A Crank to throw the Globe in and out of gear. F, H. Inclination plate. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 6i The Mac Vicar Tellurian Globe Is the latest, simplest, and best device ever presented for illustrating Geography and the elements of Astronomy. It is the product of many years' experience in the class-room, and hence, is thoi'oughly practical. This globe is a Working Model of the earth in its relation to the sun. The horizon and other parts are so constructed that in every illustration the globe represents the earth's real position, and its rela- tion to the sun. It is so complete in its construction that it can be used by any teacher, and even by pupils twelve years of age. Every attachment can be readily removed; hence nothing need ever be used on the globe that is not necessary to illustrate the problem in hand. This enables the teacher to adapt his illustrations to the capacity and peculiar circumstances of his pupils. Complex problems can be presented in steps, and thus the naked truth be exhibited so that the most difficult points can be readily comprehended even by young pupils. The device unites in one apparatus, in the most convenient and substantial shape, and at much less expense^ the best form of Globe and the best form of Tellurian. It illustrates, also, in a more simple and philosophic manner than can be done by the use of both of these devices, all problems relating to the phenomena of Day and Night, change of Seasons, Twilight, Rising and Setting of the Sun, the ap- parent daily motion of the sun across the horizon, the motion of the Earth in its orbit, etc. The method of illustrating these and all other questions pertaining to Mathematical Geography and the Elements of Astronomy, is presented in the Hand-Book or Manual which accompanies each globe. The handbook is carefully and fully illustrated with cuts, which exhibit in a clear and simple majiner the course to be pursued in presenting each topic. The Manual, separate, price 50 cents. Special catalogue, giving full explanation of this wonderful inven- tion, sent on receipt of three cent stamp. 62 A. H. Andreivs <£• Co., Chicago. ANDREWS' Hew Lumr Tellurian. A Marvel of Ingenuity — A Triu7nph of Mechanical Skill — Simple, Durable, Cheap and Comprehensive — Furnishes more and better Illustratio7is than any similar Apparatus ever made, and ivith less Gearings and Adjustments. Will not get out of order — Any Teacher can Use it. Description of the Lunar Tellurian. A, the globe ball. S, arc of the sun's circumference, drawn upon the same scale as the g'lobe. Extend the arc S until a circle is completed and this circle shows the size of the sun upon the same scale as that of the globe representing- the earth. B, the circle of illumination, showing how far the sunlight extends. C, the twilight circle, showing how far the twilight extends. D, the moon ball, showing the light and dark hemispheres of the moon. The gearing at F, keeps the light hemisphere alwavs toward the sun. E, plate showing the inclination of the moon's orbit. G, a calendar index. L, pointer showing the positions of the sun's vertical ray. H, a longitudinal or time index, used to find time of sunrise and sunset, length of days, nights and twilights. J, the ecliptic. K, the equator. The Relationship of the Sun, Earth and Moon are forcibly Presented to the Eye, as follows: I. The causes of the change of seasons. 2. Day and night and why they vary in length at different seasons of the )'ear. 3. The twilights for all latitudes at any season of the 3'ear ; how and why they vary in length. 4. Why the sun rises north of east in summer and south of east in winter. 5. That ever perplexing subject, "Longitude and Time." 6. The revolution of the moon around the earth, and the earth around the sun at the same time. 7. The moon revolving in an elliptical orbit, showing apogee and perigee. 8. Showing the way the moon's nodes fall back in the ecliptic. 9. Showing the phases of the moon, also explanation of her librations in latitude and longitude. 10. Showing the moon above and below the ecliptic. 11. The " wet " and "dry" moons. :2. The passage of the sun and moon through the twelve signs of the zodiac. 13. The precession of the equinoxes. 14. The equation of time, sun slow and fast of clock, and the reasons why. 15. The philosophy' of the tides. 16. Eclipses, solar and lunar, total, partial and annular; why and when they occur ; why more solar than lunar eclipses, etc., etc. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 63 This cut s/iOTVS the Lunar Tellurian Globe xvithout the day and night and tunlight circle. As now mounted it serves all the purposes of a common globe in combination ivith the motions and phases of the moon. Commendations of the Lunar Tellurian. Headquarters Illinois Teachers' Association, Springfield, Dec. 29, 1880. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen: Your New Lunar Tellurian Globe is a splendid apparatus for class use in illustrating Mathematical Geography. The relationships of the earth, sun and moon are well and clearly shown. The Globe has more merit and fewer defects than any similar apparatus we have ever seen. It is a credit to the in- ventor and manufacturer. Yours respectfully, M. L. Seymour, of Normal University, Bloomington. E. A. Gastman, Supt. Schools, Decatur, and Prest. 111. Teachers' Asso'n. D. S. Wentworth, Principal Cook Co., Normal School, Englewood, 111. Henry L. Boltwood, Prin. Ottawa Township High School, Ottawa, 111. M. Andrews, Superintendent City Schools, Galesburg, 111. Leslie Lewis, Superintendent Schools, Hyde Park, 111. J. Pike, " " Jerseyville, 111. W. H. Williamson, Principal " Havana, 111. R. W. Matthews. " " Chester, III. Geo. Blount, Superintendent, " Macomb, 111. I'rom Prof. Colbert, Astronomer of tbe Cbicagro Tribune. Chicago, May 2, 1S81. Messrs. A. H. Andrews & Co. Gentlemen: I have carefully examined your '-Lunar Tellurian," and am charmed with it. The apparatus may be used to illustrate many of the phenom- ena that are due to the movements of earth and moon, with reference to the sun, and convey a much clearer idea of the same than has hitherto been obtained by the great majority of those who have essayed to understand them. So far as t know, it is unequaled. Very respectfully, E. COLBERT. Introductory Price, 8-Inch, with Case and Hand-Book, $30. 64 A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago. Further Commendations of Andrews* Tellurian Globes. Galesburg, III., Nov. 5, 1881. Dear Sirs : Mr. J. W. Kenfield has had the kindness to show me jour Lunar Telkirian Globe, and for an hour, to make an exhibition of its capabilities. I was happily and agreeably surprised to see the large field that it covers in illus- tration, and also, the perfectness with which it performs its work. In my judg- ment, your Globe is i.vitJiout a rival., and its merits have not been half told. I am delighted with it, and shall never cease to speak the fitting Avord in its praise. J. V. N. STANDISH, Prof Mathematics and Astronomy, Lombard University. I fully concur in the above statement of Dr. Standish respecting the merits of Andrews' Tellurian Globe. N. WHITE, Prest. Lombard University. Galesburg, III., Oct. 31, 1881 Dear Sir : I take pleasure in speaking favorably of the Lunar Tellurian Globe, the use of which you so kindly explained to me. It appears to be well adapted to illustrate the causes of the change of seasons, the diurnal motion of the earth, twilight, the phases of the moon, and many other phenomena difficult to explain to those who are unacquainted with mathematical terms. I cheerfully recommend this piece of apparatus to the notice of teachers of Elementary Astronomy. Yours truly, M. L. COMSTOCK, Prof of Mathematics in Knox College. I fully concur in the favorable opinions expressed by Prof Comstock con- cerning the Lunar Tellurian Globe. I consider it admirably adapted to the uses for which it was designed, and commend it with confidence to teachers and Boards of Education. NEWTON BATEMAN, Nov. I, 18S1. Prest. Knox College. Sedalia, Mo., June 14, 1881. Dear Sirs : Having examined Andrews' Lunar Tellurian Globe, I have no hesitancy in pronouncing it the most nearly perfect instrument of the kind I have ever seen. In durability, simplicity of construction, and in being so arranged in all its parts as to be readily understood by children, it is certainly a superior instrument. We should be glad to have one for use in our schools. Respectfully, D. R. CULLY, Principal of Public Schools. LaCross, Wis., July 11, 1879. Gentlemen : Your Lunar Tellurian Globe is the best piece of apparatus we have ever seen to present mathematical and astronomical geography. The illus- trations it furnishes are very clear and forcible. In construction it is simple, strong and durable, and in workmanship very superior. We strongly commend it. G. S. ALBEE, ALEX. KERR, W. H. CHANDLER, JAMES MAC ALISTER, O. S. WESTCOTT. Lawrence, Kan., March 2, 18S0. Gentlemen : This is to certify that for facility and simplicity of action, for the many problems illustrated, and the fine finish of apparatus, the Lunar Tellu- rian Globes surpass any I have seen. Every school proposing to give instruction in physical Geography or descriptive Astronomv should have one of these Globes. JAS. MARVIN, Chancellor of State University, and President of Faculty. State Normal School, ) River Falls, Wis., July 14, 1879. ) Gentlemen : I have examined the Lunar Tellurian Globe and believe it possesses superior merits. In the use of this Globe the possibilities are unequaled in important particulars, by any Globe heretofore offered to the public. W. D. PARKER. The Best Ei'aser ! o ■♦* o •i-i u h 03 02 tl ej O h C3 O o 1 eiscxrxi:>t±03tx. This large Chart, one-half of which resembles a landscape paint- ing, virtually combines Nine Charts in one. The size is 65x54 in. Every division of land and water, and all the ordinary §["60- g'raphical objects are presented at a glance, saving the time and patience of the teacher. The common physical divisions of land and w^ater are photographed on the mind of the child instantly, and a thou- sand times more COrrectly and effectively than by oral or verbal descriptions alone. A. H. Andretvs t£ Co., Chicago. Across the top is shown a section of the Earth's CPUSt, giving the various elevations as compared with the sea level, such as the Volcano, Peaks, Sierra, Table-Land, Canyon, Bluff, Plain, Valley, Escarpment, Cliff, etc. In the center is a map of EuPOpe as best illustrating the subjects, and giving only names of the more prominent divisions, as Continent, Sea, Gulf, River, Island, Channel, Strait, etc. On either side of this Continental portion are sections, as follows: One, showing the relative heights of all the most important Mountain Peaks of the earth, with their names, in bird's eye view ; also are shown in different colors the Five ZoneS of the earth. Another sec- tion shows the earth as suspended in a dark blue space, surrounded by stars in the distance, and clouds in close proximity ; while on the spheri- cal surface is shown why the top-sail of a ship is seen before the hull appears. Next are shown the Eastern and Western Hemispheres in outline ; and again are given two Hemispheres on polar projection showing where there is a preponderance of land or water. There is also a section showing the Changes Of SeaSOnS, with the planes of the orbits of Earth, Venus and Mercury. The inclination of Earth's axis, is shown as well as light ancj shade caused by day and night. Another of these smaller sections gives a diagram of the relative lengths of the largest rivers of the New and Old Worlds; also an illus- lustration of the Mariner's Compass. The Landscape Picture. But we now come to the most beautiful and attractive portion of this admirable and comprehensive Chart. It consists of a large lithograph picture in soft colors, about 52x24 inches, giving a perspec- tive and bird's eye view of the surface of the earth. The prominent features are hei-e of course clustered together, but yet forming a natu- ral landscape. These features are indicated by figures and letters. There are in all, Forty-three of these natural divisions and phenom- ena of land and water, indicated in the key upon either side of the landscape. It is to be noticed that the letters of this key are so small that a pupil at the ordinary distance is unable to see them, and is there- fore compelled to resort to memory for the answers. Among these objects of interest are Volcanoes, Lava Streams, Glaciers, Icebergs, Coral Reef, Fumaroles, etc. No Chart of the kind ever issued in this country can at all com- pare with ♦* Andrews' Chart of Geog-raphical Illustrations!" Teachers and School Officers should call and see it, and then decide whether the above statement is true. The Chart is finely mounted on cloth back and rollers, and varnished. Price, $8.00. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 69 Portable Blackboards, With a perfect Slated Surface, made from Andrews' Liquid Slating. ij'Lik I .sfoMyT^ arc Q/i&liom STYLE J^. Slated Cloth or Paper, Mounted on Rollers, with Hooks and Rings for Hanging up. SIZES. CLOTH. PAPER. No. I. 2x2 feet $ .80 $ .60 " 2. 3x3 feet 2.00 2.70 3-40 4-05 4.70 3.60 4-So .5-40 6.30 .22 3- 3x4- 4- 3x5 5- 3x6 6. 3x7 7- 4x4 S. 4x5 9 4x6 10. 4x7 Any size to order, per sq. ft. . '•§5 i.So 2.25 2.70 3-!S 2.40 3.00 3.60 4.20 •15 Music Lines, extra... 1.00 STYLE IT. Portable Blackboards with Stretchers. Paper, with Rings or Hanging. SI/-E3. CLOTH. No. I. 2x2 feet $1.50 2.50 3-3° 4.00 4-SS 5.60 4-2S 5.20 6.30 730 2. 3x3 " 3- 3x4 " 4- 3x5 " S. 3x6 " 6. 3x7 " 7- 4x4 " S. 4x5 " 9. 4x6 " 0. 4x7 " Cloth or 1.20 I.So 2.40 3.00 3-So 4.00 3-2S 3-7° 450 5.20 i8[[Pif(Brfi|ii;)( ]^)^yijrlct/odLWoR(Eiis, LEC/ll(^Ef\S^^F)l^^lLl£' Style F. Extended for Use. Music Lines, extra 1.00 This Stretcher consists of a light frame, upon which a strong Cloth Flexible Black- board is stretched like a drum-head when in use, so as to receive the crayon easily, while folding compactly for carrying or packing. This Stretcher on Cloth thoroughly Folded for Carrying-. slated on both sides, gives two boards in one. It is convenient, cheap and durable, and as it takes the place of the roller and moulding of the ordinary Blackboard, adds little or nothing to its Aveight or bulk. Cloth boards are slated both sides. Our Flexible Paper Boards have an excellent surface, slated on one side only, and are very durable. They can also be rolled up and easily carried. STY'LE B. Blackboards of Wood, with Ash or Wal- nut Frame. No. I. 2 x3 feet $3-5° " -2. 21^x31^ " S-2S " 3' 3 X4>2 " 700 " 4- 3^^-=; " 9-50 " 5. 4 x6 " . . 12.00 Music Lines, extra. i.oo This Board is like " D " with- out the Standards. A. JET. Andreivs tf; Co., CJiicago. New Home Blackboard and Easel. Blackboard.— The panel of the Blackboard is made of light and tough fapier itmc/ie, with an enamel facing, which is covered, both sides, with our best quality Liquid Slating (recently improved), making a hard, smooth, and very durablie surface, easily erased. Size, about 2x3 feet. The Easel "is finely finished of smooth hard wood. The cut below shows it folded for shipping. For Artists' Use. This jBasel is specially adapted for this purpose. It is made in sections by use of ferrules, reducing the length one-half, or to 34 inches. It can thus be easily carried about for landscaping. For this use the cross-bar is not needed, but there is furnished a clamp for hold- ing the canvas firmly, while at out- door work. Artists consider it the handsomest, most convenient and cheapest of the kind, yet produced ! R-eversible Blackboard. Style D. (Improved.) No. 1. 3 -KiVz feet, with Stand $12.00 No. 2. 35^x5 " " '5'°° No. 3. 4 x6 " " 18.00 No. 4. 3 ■x.^'% " " 13.50 Music Lines, Extra i.oo This Blackboard is by far the most complete and perfect of any made. Both sides are finished; it may be reversed instantly. Our Improved "D" Board, Reversible, can be taken apart in a moment. Description. — The Board is of thin wood, kiln-dried, and well made. The frame is of ash or black walnut. Fig. I, shows the iron screw, acting also as a pivot, at each end. Fig. 2, the rail, grooved for holding the crayons and erasers. Fig. 3, the iron braces attached to the rail, which connect with the standards bv slides similar to an ordinary bed rail, so as to be easily taken out for shipment. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 71 Liquid Slating for Blackboards. The Oldest ! Most Popular ! Cheapest and Best / Produces a Perfect Slate Surface. One Gallon Covers about 250 Square Feet. Directions for Applying Sent With Every Can. It makes a smooth and durable surface when applied to plaster (hard-finish), paper, boards, old blackboards or walls; and either com- mon Chalk, Alpha Dustless Crayons, or Slate Pencils can be used. It is equal to the Stone Slate surface, as it does not become greasy, and is not easily scratched. It is warranted not to crack, blister or glaze when applied to a suitable surface according to directions. It is impervious to water and cannot scale or rub off. Pencil and crayon marks can be erased with perfect ease. The color will never change ; and on the black, green or gray surface a pencil mark can be seen from any angle in the school-room. The slating may be applied during school-hours, as it dries in a few minutes and hardens in a day. Prices of Liquid Slating. Black, Hints $ i 25 I " Quarts 223 | " Half-Gallons 425 | " Gallons S 00 | Green, Blue or Gray, Pints $ I Jo " " Quarts 300 Half-Gallons 5 5° '• " Gallons 1000 This Slating is shipped in cans holding from one pint to ten gallons, also by the barrel, having full directions for applying with a flat Camel's hair brush. It can be put on by any one who knows how to use a brush. This slating has been recently improved and is much superior to that formerly made, gives a smoother surface, making work at the blackboard a delight. Andrews' Slating is prepared with the best Grain Alcohol, instead of some cheaper material of which much of the so-called slating in the market is made, and which soon rubs or washes off. Our slating is sfuaranteed as the best article to be found. A. H. A^ndrews t€' Co., Chicago. The hard-finish plaster should be dry before the slating is put on, otherwise it may flake,which will not happen if the wall is thoroughly dry and prop- erly prepared. Flat Camel's/ Hair Brushes, finest quality, from 2 to D}4 iiiches wide, per inch, 50 cents; 6 inches and over, per inch, $1.00. Camel's Hair Mottler. Slated Blackboard Material. B ^f c y^ s fe^gfea eg^ ^^^^yv^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ i^ ^ '^ Our Slated Paper is of the best Manilla, with smooth surface. It has three coats of our best. Improved Liquid Slating upon one side only. The color is of Black, Green, Dark Blue, or Gra}-, as preferred. It is useful for tacking upon a smooth surface where a permanent blackboard is not desired, or where something cheap is wanted. The Slated Cloth is finished to be used on both sides, and is very durable. Both the Paper and Cloth are three and four feet wide, and of any length. .In placing on the wall, tack well on one end, stretching smooth as m laying a carpet. Then along the edges put tacks, one every six or eight inches; afterward, put strips of moulding, or thin wood, say 2 inches by one-half inch, over the outer edges, flat-wise, using say, six- penny nails. These strips firmly fastened will keep the paper or cloth smooth. It may also be well to nail narrow, perpendicular strips, every six feet or more across the blackboard for the same purpose. Both the Manilla and Cloth are in great demand for blackboard pur- poses, and give much satisfaction, especially where the Alpha Dustless Crayons are used. The Cloth grows smooth by use. PRICE: Slated Paper, per Square Yard $1.00 Cloth, (Black only), per Square Yard 1.50 Catalogue of School Merchandise. 73 Stone Slate Blackboards. Many prefer the real Slate Boards for use. They are more expensive, but make a beautiful and permanent surface. We can furnish these in sections, 3x3 feet, or 3x4 feet, each. Three, side by side, will make a board 9 feet or 12 feet long. They are placed against the wall on the wainscoting, and a frame, with trough for crayons, etc., can be made by a carpenter. Or, better still, these sections can be set in the plaster when the building is first put up. The weight is about five pounds per square foot; thickness about half inch. The slate is of the very best quality. Importance of a Good Blackboard. No one article of apparatus for the school-room is more indis- pensable than the blackboard. It is the public bulletin-boai'd. It is the tablet for recording mental processes of the pupils. It is the mile stone indicating the rate of progress. It is the mirror reflecting the workings, character and quality of the individual mind. It is the chief auxiliary of the teacher ; the aid-de-camp, the monitor, the guide. It is important that such an article should be. properly made, so that good work may be done, and without embarrassment to pupil or teacher. In selecting the style of board, parties must use their own judg- ment after referring to our lists. We have endeavored to provide the greatest possible variety for all requirements. In large schools the boards should be renewed as often as need be, which can readily be done by the use of our Liquid Slating, especially where the board forms part of the hard-finished wall. From Ira Mayhew, L.L. D., President of Business College, Detroit. Detroit, Mich., January, 1881. Gentlemen: Inclosed, find check in payment for Slating recently received. A Blackboard of your Liquid Slating, on a hard-finish wall, gives the best satisfaction of anything I have ever used in the way of blackboards. Respectfully yours, A. H. ANDREv^^s & Co., IRA MAYHEW. 195 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. A. H. Andreivs & Co., Chicago. Andrews' Magic Blackboard Eraser. the handsomest ever made ! Advantages : 1. A new erasing surface can be secured with- out removing the handle. 2. We use heavy plush Axminster Carpet -.vhich is much more durable than Velvet or Wilton, and will outlast several erasers made with Brussels Carpeting. 3. It has ROUND, FIRM EDGES, and while one figure can be erased without disturbing others, there are no sharp corners to become ragged and scratch the board. 4. It is perfectly firm, has no springs or other unsubstantial parts. 5. The handle has no liability to split as in other adjustable erasers. 6. It has no screws or tacks to scratch the board. 7. It is very clean for the hand. 8. It is very strong, the fastenings at the end being not of iron but of steel. 9. It is the handsomest eraser ever offered, and we depend solelv upon its merit and usefulness for the public patronage. Directions for Use. The rounded edge of the handle holds the covering in its place. When the surface becomes worn, turn the handle aside (see illustra- tion above,) slip the cover around, bringing a newr portion of the cover to the wear; then replace the handle. Mail Transportation the Cheapest. On receipt of 35 cents we will mail this Rubber as a sample, postage paid. Map and Blackboard Pointers, (Hardwood, Mapie or mckory.) fVitli or ITitbont liineal measure. ^111 iff' • Price of Pointer, Plain, '.S5 Cents. |^^^^j^|h.,„p.,,,.|3,,.l^,..lf,..l',.,..g..,...V,„|-. Price of Pointer witb liineal Measure, 30 Cents. For map-drawing and other work requiring the measurement of distances on the board, we furnish pointers with the scale of feet and inches correctly marked. Both styles of the same size and length, and are convenient for common school use on maps or blackboards. Catalogue of School Merchandise. ExactsizeofALP HA Dustle ss Crayon How to get rid of Chalk Dust. "The work on blackboards should be erased as little as possible while the school is in session. The breathing of the chalk-dust filling the room from the boards, is said to be a most active excitant of bronchial and pulmonary diseases." — The Teacher, July, 1881. But the problem is now solved, and we now assure teachers and parents that a fruitful source of dirt, dUSt and disease in the school-room is removed by the use of the new ^LPHA (];rayon. It is nothing new to assert that for years there has been needed a dustless crayon, which should be perfectly satisfactory. Chalk is out of the question ; the dust and dirt are abominable for hands, clothes and lungs. The old "steatite" was better. It was "dustless," but too soapy. It remained for the Alpha DustleSS Crayon to relieve the school-room from the dust nuisance. It also makes a clear, white mark, and does not scratch the board. It can be used at an}'- kind of board, whether cloth, paper or wood. It OUtwearS Six Chalk Cray- OnS. It is therefore the cheapest as well as neatest crayon we have ever seen. It does not soil hands or clothing in the least. This crayon is the result of a great amount of experiment and testing. But it has been in use long enough by the leading teachers in this country to prove it an unqualified success. Sainple sent on application. The crayons are shipped in single gross boxes or case lots. PRICE— 75 cts. per Gro. 5 Gro. for $3.50. Sent in lots of 5, 10, or 25 Gro. One of the many now using these Crayons, writes : It gives me great pleasure to say, that the Crayons furnished are greatly supe- rior to any we have ever before used. They leave no dust on the blackboards, nor do they make the siirrounding atmosphere tin healthy by the diffusion of minute particles which the pupils must inhale. Last week, at a meeting of the trustees and teachers of three townships, held in the public school-house in this place, the unanimous verdict rendered was as above. Since the introduc- tion of the round Al- pha Crayon it has been found so superior to all others that demands have been made upon us for square Crayons of the same kind for general use, but more especially for Lecture-Rooms and Sunday-Schools, as they are invaluable for making broad marks and for shading. We manufacture these crayons in two sizes, viz: i inch sqr., and ^ inch sqr. Length same as the Alpha Round Crayon. PRICES— >^ -Inch square Alpha Crayons, per box, 24 Crayons, 50 cts. 1 " " " " " " 6 " 50 " A. a. Andreivs & Co., Chicago. Colored Crayons. Nine Assorted Colors or Shades- Per Gross, in Boxes S1.50 Common Chalk Crayons, bj Gross or Case lots of 50 and 100 Gross each. Lowest price given according to quantity, on application. THE CRAYON HOLDER. HALF SIZE. Where the common chalk crayon is used, a convenient and durable crayon holder is a necessity ; but those who use the DustleSS Crayon will need no contrivance of this kind to prevent soiling their hands while w^orking at the blackboard. The crayon holder, illustrated above, is adapted to receive an entire crayon (which should be inserted small end iirst). It is light and pleasant to touch, and cannot soil the dress or fingers, while it is short enough to be held easily and naturally in the hand, as a crayon. Being made entirely of wood, it will not scratch the blackboard. In utilizing the small pieces of crayons which cannot be held in the fingers it will quickly save more than its cost. Price, per doz. 75 cents. Sample mailed iox ten cents. Handsome, Nickel Plated, with steel point, and adjustable holder for crayons. Length of legs about iS inches. These are the finest compasses that are made. Trice $2.00 Catalogue of School Merchandise. 77 Andrews' Noiseless School Slates. -i^rSS^^^^^^^^iv I. The Frame is of hardwood thoroughly framed and glued at the corners. 2. Over the outer edges and cor- ners (see cut) is firmly attached by a patent process, the corded duck web- bing of bright color, very attractive arid making this slate entirely noise- less. 3. This material is manufactured expressly for the purpose, and is five to ten times as durable as the flimsy felt goods found in the market. 4. The frame is han,dsomely or- namented or figured. l/\fslDF^WS (pchool^/',ate. Single. 5. One side of the frame is marked off into inches, eighth and sixteenth inch measurements like a rule. The other side of frame has the measurements of the Metric System up to 20 Centimetres. 6. The frame is finely finished and varnished, which can be said of NO OTHER SLATE. 7. The Slate itself is of the best quality of stone to be found in this or any other country. Prices of the New "A" Slates: , Per Dozen. , Doz. in Case. Per Case. Size. Sing^le. Double. Sing-le. Double. Sin. or Dbl. 5x 7 $2 40 $4 80 18 9 $43 00 6x 9 3 00 6 00 12 6 36 00 7x11 360 720 10 5 36 00 8x12 4 20 8 40 8 4 33 60 Assorted Cases Containing 2 doz. 5x7; 3 doz. 6x9; 3 doz. 7x11; I doz. 8x12, Singfle Slates, or I doz. 5x7; 1% doz. 6x9; \% doz. 7x11; % doz. 8x12, Double Slates, $28 80 We also furnish them in Assorted Cases, containing- one-half single and one-half double slates. 78 A. H. Andrews cC Co., Chicago. Andrews' Noiseless Drawing Slates. These Slates are intended to amuse as well as instruct children, and are suitable for use in schools and families. All children love to draw, and are continually copying on their slates such simple pictures as they can find. Andrews' Drawing- Slates supply them not only with the surface to draw upon, but with large numbers of simple and attractive pictures for cop^'ing. The cut represents one side of a slate and its frame, show- ing samples of the 150 different copies found on these slate frames. These pictures are not only pleasing in themselves, but con- vey much interest and useful in- formation in regard to forms of| plants, flowers, animals, and archi- tectural and classic figures and ornaments. They have been accurately drawn by a well-known artist — - the plants and animals from na- ture, and the classic and archi- tectural forms from the best au- thorities — and carefully engraved in outline. ofse]ess ^LATE *€'''■ .csi i Price List of the Drawing Slates. No. I. Elementary Size, 5x7 each, 40 cents. JNo. 2. Common Objects and Animals " rx7 " 40 cents No. 3. Architectural ■..;■.■.■.■.■.■.: •' 6x9" 4S cents.' No 4^ Classic and Floral .< g^^u ^^ cents. Assorted. Cases, contammg : 3 doz. No. i; 3 doz. No. 2; I'X doz No %• il^ doz. No. 4 „i. per case, $45.00. Kindergarten Slate. Slates, ruled in quarter- inch squares for the Kindergarten, or ruled as in copy-books for use of young children in writing, furnished to order. Patent slate markers, with four pomted steel prongs, for ruling slates, 3-16 in. apart, per dozen, . - - $12.00. Same, i^ in. apart, per doz, - - 15.00 Catalogue of School Mercfiantlise. 79 Slate Drawing Book, For Slate or Blackboard. No Paper, Lead Pencil nor Mubber Required ! A work long wanted for instruction in Drawing on the Slate, embracing Straight and Curved Lines, Familiar Objects, Animals, &c., with several pages of definitions and directions, for Pupil and Teacher. American Children are sadly deficient in off-hand drawing, letter- ing, sketching, &c., and generally remain so through life. This book is intended to remedy this by systematic practice, while the fingers are easy to train, and during the spare moments usually lost in the Primary and Intermediate Schools. It is beautifully printed in white, and bound durably in a handsome and attractive manner, and will be found superior to drawing cards, which are expensive and liable to become lost. It is a live book wherever introduced, a delight to the children, and as indispensable as the Slate or Primer. An examination is all that is desired. We give a few illustrations of the more than 250 from this cliarmins: little book. Taken from Andrews' Slate Drawing Book. For the purposes of self-instruction, it will be found superior to any thing else to be had at many times itS price. The accompany- ing illustrations give some idea of the plan of the book, but the entire book should be examined to be understood and appreciated. There are many to be found who will ask, "Of what use is Draw- ing as a study ?" We might reply to them, as to the one objecting to the Bunker Hill monument : Of what use is anything" ? Is any- thing" of use' or value .? If drawing is useless, so is writing, for there is often more in a picture than in a page of written or printed matter. But that is of little consequence as an argument for cultivating this 8o A. H. Andretvs <£• Co., Chicago, art. Di-awing educates the eye, the hand, the memory, the imagin- ation. Many a business man would be able to communicate his ideas to far better advantage, if he could but draw imperfectly. A plot of ground is to be described, the relative position of his property, such as houses or lots, the course of streets, etc. Or, a machine needs describ- ing : no words, written or spoken, can convey in an hour, so correct an idea of the mechanism, as can be done in three minutes with pencil and paper, in the hands of one who can draw ! Drawing 7nust be cultivated. In these days, the education of no one is complete without some knowledge of this too much neglected branch ; and childhood is the time to commence. We quote a few sensible words on this subject from the Boston Herald : Perhaps no expenditure made bj the school board is the subject of more ad- verse criticism, than that which is made for the purpose of giving lessons in draw- ing. To many persons, money spent in this way seems little better than money thrown away ; and yet, as a matter of fact, instruction of this kind is of far more practical worth than a great deal that is taught in our public schools. It may seem nonsensical to make little stars and cubes, but everything must have a begin- ning, and the simpler it is the better. It is not to develop future artists that drawing is taught, but to make intelligent mechanics. Now-a-days, it is customary to draw out, in advance, a plan of almost every mechanical work that is undertaken, and the ability to do this is of immense benefit to workmen in scores of different trades. Public expense must be cut down in all directions, but it is to be hoped that the pruning-knife will cut no deeper here than it does in other places. Also the following from the American yournal of Education : Take a hundred carpenters that have been well taught in the elements of drawing, and another hundred who have no knowledge of drawing, and the earn- ings of the first hundred will exceed the earnings of the second by at least fifty dollars a day, or more than fifteen thousand dollars a year. And what is true of the carpenter is true of many other artizans. "Prof. Huxley thinks that every child that is to be good for anything in art or science, or in anything, except the merest drudgery, ought to learn to draw; not to make fine pictures, perhaps, but to be able to sketch with some degree of exactness and quickness. He says that this requires no especial talent, for any- body who can learn to write can learn to draw. A knowledge of drawing adds much to one's happiness through life even if the art is seldom pacticed, in enabling us better to appreciate the beauties of nature in all her forms. The Kindergarten method is, — to practice straight lines for a considerable time, beginning with half- inch lines, and making them gradually longer, first vertical lines, then horizontal, then oblique." We will only add that the price of this little book will scarcely more than meet the expense of publication. Sample copies mailed at Retail Price, 15 cents ; Per doz. $1.20 ; by mail, $1.40. Other Words of Cotmnendation. Chicago Evening Journal, July 27. * * * * publish a second edition of their little book of drawings, suitable for reproduction on slates, in schools and families. The draw- ings are of an outline character, easily traced by an intelligent child, and will tend to educate the eye and the hand in this useful and ornamental acquirement. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 8i From Chas. Northend, the distinguished Author and School Su- perintendent, New Britain, Conn.: The little Drawing Book came duly to hand. I am much pleased with it. It seems to be just what our elementary schools need, and I think we shall give it a trial when our schools are open. Probably no man, of any general culture, who has not been taught drawing in his youth, ever reaches thirty years of age, now-a-days, without repenting a hundred times, that he was not taught. The occasions for its use occur so fre- quently, that one is constantly wondering that teaching it in the schools w^as not begun before. One of the most useful of little books in connection with this sub- ject, is "Andrews' Progressive Slate Drawing Book." * * * * * * It is designed for the use of beginnA-s, and more ad- vanced pupils, in drawing in schools and families, and contains all the designs of Andrews' Noiseless Slate. It is made carefully progressive, and contains some valuable hints to teachers, who, by-the-way, need not be accomplished themselves to use this valuable little book with profit to their pupils. The present is the sec- ond edition, and will be found considerably improved over the first, valuable as that was. — Sat. Eve. Herald. Rome, Wis. Your copy of the " Slate Drawing Book " received, for which accept thanks not only for the copy of the work, but in behalf of the many pupils of this country, who have been compelled to sit idle in the school-room because of the inability of the teacher to give them work that would interest them. Your little book just fills the vacant space in the primary pupil's school life, and makes the idle hours that only created disgust with the school-room and its labor, hours of pleasure and profit. As a drill to the hand, a preface to, and in connection with, the study of penmanship, I deem the work invaluable. A child that can draw straight lines at any angle and bisect them, has already obtained an accurate idea of slant, space, and comparative size, and acquired control of the hand, such as will enable him, in a very short time, to become more than an ordinary penman. Secondly, it cul- tivates the habit of close observation, as well as all other perceptive faculties. Exercises from this little work, properly conducted, will, I think, be an incentive to neatness and order, not only in the school-room, but in the future life of the pupil. Third, the price of the work places it in the reach of all, and I hope to see it in the hands of every teacher in the country, and used in their school-rooms. C. J. Collin. Advance, August 15. Drawing for youth in the country public schools or in the graded grammar schools was not to be thought of a few years ago. It is now a popular branch with both teachers and pupils. It is introduced with profit even in some of the primary schools. Great improvement has been made in text-books, models, etc., and nothing we have seen is better adapted to the purpose than Andrews' Pro- gressive Slate Drawing Book. As a boy ourselves, it would have been amuse- ment and study combined, to make use of such a text- book. Indeed, the outline drawings are pretty enough for models in the culture of taste. We are almost disposed to call the book Primary Lessons in Esthetics. But at the same time all the lessons are eminently practical and start with the exact and elemental principles. We have received a copy of a new edition of this attractive little book, which has been revised by Prof. McGregor, of the Platteville Normal School, and is issued by A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, in a very attractive form. It contains over 250 small illustrations for drawing practice, commencing with straight lines and proceeding in regular progression to more elaborate sketches of figures, ani- mals, leaves, etc., with definitions and instructions in abundance. It cannot fail to be a great help to the important study of drawing at school or at home, and Is sold at the very low price of fifteen cents. — Beloit Free Press. 82 A. a, Andrews 1 «■ Ii^^nh CD is •i 'k' 1 li^^m' *d ■ B. Op C6 ft « ft a, Ph oc H & 1 ^ p in if/' WBIiHr^i "ili g ^ 1 ^ g fts o , /|y/ j5/!!!!.Br''BWBjBik. \ J^sB »■ 5^ ft 2' 8 1^ aBS / jK^S^Om^S^^^^^m^^^'J^l^m Q jS .2 1 ^ 02 !=l ■§ 1-9 'iflWr tq § "^ ft a 1" M '°Tll hwi g k ^ iS \ ■■ / wiff / o K| ? 1 M_ 34 ^ 1 } • If ''( ffl o 1 5S OQ ''"11/ \mL 1. ^ 1 02 z: M lb 2*1 0» ^^ THE LATEST, CHEAPEST, BEST. These . A.natomical and Physiological Charts, with Hand-Book, are from the celebrated Lithographic Press of the Messrs w . & A. K. Johnston , Edinburgh, Scotland, and prepared under the direction of Dr. Wm. Turner, Prof, of Anatomy in the Unive rsity of Edinburgh. These Charts are issued in the best style of the Messrs. Johnston, and are entii •ely new, and superior in plan and execution to an ything of the kind heretofore offered in this country. The ir great value con- sists in theii simplicity and clearness. They consist of complete and beautiful en gravings of the human skeleton, ligaments, muscles, etc.. 90 A. H. Andrews <& Co., Chicago. as shown in the table following, together with separate drawings of the principal parts on larger scales, and highly magnified views illustra- ting various interesting structures as they appear under the microscope. The Hand-Books which accompany these Charts are models of concise explanation, and, with the Charts themselves and a good dic- tionary, will afford any intelligent student a good knowledge of the construction of the human body, and the uses of its various parts. All the Charts are beautifully colored, varnished and mounted on rollers. The Anatomical Charts Consist of Sheet I, about 21 x 27 inches — The Skeleton $2 00 Sheet II, " 21x27 " The Ligaments 200 Sheet III, " 21 X 27 " The Muscles 2 00 Sheet IV, " 21 x 27 " The Heart and Arteries.. 200 Sheet V, " 21 x 27 " The Veins and Lungs 2 00 Sheet VI, " 21 x 27 " The Organs of Digestion 2 00 Sheet VII, " 21 x 27 " The Nervous System 200 Sheet VIII, " 21 x 27 " The Organs of Sense and Voice 2 00 Hand-Book furnished with each complete set without extra charge. Hand-Books to accompany single sheets, ten cents. In addition to the abov^ list, we keep on hand other works on Anatomy and Physiology, including Charts especially designed for Medical Students. Commendations of Andrews' Anatomical Charts. From Hon. E. Searing, State Superintendent Public Instruction, Wisconsin : " Andrews' Anatomical Charts, for clearness and distinctness, for accurate and artistic drawing, for beauty of coloring, and for convenience, are not only unsurpassed but unequaled by anything of the kind w^hich we have seen. They may be used in connection with any work on Anatomy and Physiology, and be made doubly useful in any school, as the basis of oral instruction. The practical utility, the absolute need of such instruction, including hygiene, we need not here discuss. We wish that the charts might be introduced and intelligently used in every common school in the State." From Hon. J. B. Pradt, Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction, Madison, Wisconsin : " The Anatomical Charts ordered from you for a member of my family are all that could be asked — clear, distinct, accurately drawn and finely colored. I am greatly pleased with them and cannot doubt they will command a large sale, espe- cially for schools." From Prof W. D. Parker, President State Normal School, River Falls, Wis.: "I have had occasion to examine the Anatomical Charts published by your house and take pleasure in commending them for the truthful representation of the parts of the human body. In mechanical execution, detail of representation and excellence of coloring, the charts have no superior, and they constitute an exceedingly valuable auxiliary to the study of human anatomy." Catalogue of School Merchandise. 91 From Charles T. Parkes, M. D., Professor of Anatomy in Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111. " I have examined the series of Andrews' Anatomical Charts, and am con- vinced that they far surpass in artistic finish and accuracy of detail, anything of a like nature ever offered for sale. They will certainly be of great service and use- fulness for purposes of demonstration and illustration on the subjects of superficial Anatomy and Physiology as taught in Public Schools and Academies. They do, as it were, render the body transparent ! " From Prof. A. G. Beebe, of the Chicago Homoeopathic College : " Gentlemen : Having carefully examined Andrews' Anatomical Charts, I take pleasure in saying that they are the most complete and accurate of any I have examined. I consider them in all respects worthy the approval of the pro- fession, and can heartily recommend them both for the use of physicians and students, and for our Public Schools." From E. H. Pratt, M. D., Chicago : " I have given this series of Anatomical and Physiological Charts a critical examination, and am very greatly pleased with them. They will do much in schools towards popularizing the important and too often neglected studies of Anatomy and Physiology. They are very accurate in detail, finely finished, very cheap, and remarkably well adapted to the purpose, and are deserving of a wide circulation." From a leading Educator in Iowa. Taken from the Calhoun Co. Republican: "Andreivs' Anatomical Charts. — We ordered a set of these Charts recently for the use of our Normal Institute and upon examination we believe them to be the best of their kind. The drawings which are intended to exhibit the leading facts to be observed in the study of the plan of the Human Body, are the best we have seen. 'The figures have, in a large number of instances, been drawn from Nature, but, in other cases they have been selected and adopted from standard works on Anatomy;' they are accompanied by a descriptive Hand-Book by William Turner, M. D., Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. We can call attention to but a few of the points exhibited in the engravings. Plate I, illustrates the Skeleton and the structure of Bone. Fig. i, on this plate, is a front view of an adult human skeleton, the body and limbs being represented in outline so as to show the position which the bones occupy within them. Figures 4, 5 and 6, show longitudinal and transverse sections of bone, highly magnified, to exhibit its structure. Plate II, is designed to illustrate the joints and ligaments, and the structure of ligaments and cartilage. This chart exhibits a front view of an adult human skeleton to illustrate the mode in which the bones are connected together at the difierent joints ; a highly magnified view of the white fibres of connective tissue, which forms the fibrous membrane and the greater number of ligaments; a vertical section through the hip-joint to show the structure of a ball and socket joint; a view of the interior of the elbow joint to show the structure of a hinge joint; the upper end of the ulna, with the ring-like ligament in which the head of the radius rolls in pronation and supination of the forearm; portions of the back of the head, and the first and second vertebrae of the neck, with the spinal canal opened into from behind, to show the ligaments which connect these bones with each other; the Atlas and Axis vertebrae, seen from above by removing the Occip- 92 A. S. Andrews «£• Co., Chicago. ital bone, a surface view of the elastic plates interposed between the bodies of two adjacent vertebrae, and a section through a piece of cartilage in process of being converted into bone, highly magnified. We have given a pretty full outline of what is shown hy this chart as a specimen of the whole number as the others are as full on the parts they exhibit as is this one. We can only name the topics illus- trated on the other charts. Plate III illustrates the Muscular system and the structure of muscle ; No. IV gives a general view of the position of the Heart, of the mode of arrangement of Arterial Blood-Vessels, of the distribution of the Capillary Blood- Vessels, and of the forms of the Blood-Globules ; No. V shows the arrangement and structure of the Venous Blood- Vessels, of the position, form and structure of the Limgs and Windpipe, and of the general course of the circu- lation of the blood ; No. VI represents the organs of Digestion and the Lymph- Vessels ; No. VII illustrates the position and arrangementof the Nervous System and the structure of the Skin ; No. VIII illustrates the Organs of Sense and the Organs of Voice. There are in all more than seventy figures given to illustrate the various sub-divisions of the subjects exhibited, making the most complete set of charts published on this branch for use in common schools. A set of these charts in the hands of a live teacher would be worth a great deal to any school and we advise those needing anything in this line to see and examine these before purchasing. We will only add that we have no agency nor have we any pecuniary interest in their sale. Andrews' Physiolog-ical Charts, 4 in set, life size §20 00 Cutter's Physiological Charts, 10 in set, size, 2x3 ft. full mounted 15 00 " " " 10 " '■ " H '■ 1200 " ■' " S " " " full " 1000 " " " S " " " ]^ " 800 Kellogg; iS: Bulkley's Physiological Charts, 20 in set 40 00 Dr. Trail's Physiological Charts, 6 in set, life size, (female) .... 20 00 Chart of Brain, 4 in set, twice life size 10 00 French Plate, for Medical Students only 3 50 In teaching Descriptive Science, the best illustration is the object ; but where a full and well- kept Cabinet cannot be had, the next best thing is a first-class Chart or Diagram. Wheeler's Natural History Charts Supply this want, and answer the purpose of a first-class cabinet. They are just what is needed in every school room. Their beautiful and life-like illustrations of the Animal Kingdom should be continually before the eyes of the pupils. Each chart is complete in itself, and can be piuxhased separately. The set contains six numbers, and con- sists of — I, Mammalia ; 2, Birds ; 3, Invertebrates ; 4, Fishes and Reptiles ; 5, Minerals, Rocks and Fossils ; 6, Plants. They are mounted on rollers, 4 feet by three. A text-book of one hundred pages, containing a full description of illustrations, fur- nished with each set. No other text book on Natural History need be used, although any text-book on the subject may be employed. When specially ordered, each Chart is put up so as to fold in sections, and in this case the text is on the margin, and can also be furnished in Ger- man, Spanish, French, Norwegian, Bohemian, or Hungarian. Price, per Set. - - - - - $36.00 Either Chart, Separately, - - - 7.00 Text-Book, 'when separately ordered, - • 1.00 Catalogue of School Merchandise. 93 Johnson's Philosophical Charts. The rapid diffusion of scientific knowledge, and the continually widening field of its application to the useful pursuits of life, have created an increased demand for new and improved means of teaching the various branches of Natural Philosophy. But no want is more generally felt, especially in Common Schools and Academies, than the necessity of Philosophical Diagrams, in the form of Wall Charts, to supply the absence of the expensive Philosophical Apparatus. To meet this want is the object of Dr. Johnson's Philosophi- cal series of Indestructible School Charts. The method of making these Charts is entirely new. There is neither paper, ink, printing-press, tape, rollers, nor varnish employed in their manufacture. They are printed by hand, in bright yellow lines, with imper- ishable oil-colors, on enameled jet-black cloth. They are smooth as glass, as soft and pliable as silk, and hang perfectly flat on the wall. They are as durable as a stone school-house ; they could be em- ployed as table-covers, scrubbed with soap and water for years, and then be employed as charts. The background is jet-black, and far superior to any ink-printing. Each Chart is surrounded with a highly colored border, giving it a remarkably neat and lively appearance. The mounting" consists of an oval stick inclosed in a hem at the top and bottom, thus avoiding paste, binding, nails, and clumsy rollers. The Series consists of ten Charts, each 33x54 inches, embrac- ing more than five hundred diagrams on the various branches of Natural Philosophy as taught in schools. Each diagram being care- fully drawn, and standing out in bold yellow lines on a jet-black sur- face, constituting the most complete, most durable, and cheapest substitute for Philosophical Apparatus ever published. 94 A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago. These Charts are to Natural Philosophy what blackboards are to mathematics, and what maps are to geography. Every drawing* is made simple as possible, without omitting any part necessary to give a clear illustration of the essential law or prin- ciple to be explained. Each diagram is numbered, and provided with designating letters sufficiently large and bold to be seen across the recitation-room. Chart I, illustrates Laws of Matter, Force, Motion, and Mechanics, with 44 diagrams. Chart II, illustrates Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, with 54 diagrams. Chart III, illustrates Hydraulics, with 39 diagrams. Chart IV, illustrates the Laws of heat and Construction of the Steam- Engine, with 43 diagrams. Chart V, illustrates Optics, with 53 diagrams. Chart VI, illustrates Optics, Laws of Vision, and the Construction of Optical Instruments, with 50 diagrams. Chart VII, illustrates Magnetism, with 30 diagrams; and Acoustics, with 33 diagrams. Chart VIII, illustrates Electricity, Galvanism, Electro-Magnetism, Mag- netic-Electricity, Thermo-Electricity, etc., with 66 diagrams. Chart IX, illustrates the Solar System and many of the General Laws of Astronomy, with 16 diagrams. Ch.\rt X, Astronomical, illustrating the Seasons, Tides, Eclipses, etc., with 23 diagrams. The Price is within the reach of all ; so that no school need have excuse for being without these excellent and elaborate Charts. Price of the entire set, with Key $25 00 Charts are sold singly, each 2 50 While the intelligent teacher will be able to make invaluable use of the Charts, with whatever text-book he may have in his school, or even without any text-book, yet, to render them more useful to the cause of education, they are accompanied with a Key (JohnSOn'S Natural Philosophy), which is an octavo volume of five hundred pages, containing reduced facsimiles and an explanation of all the Chart diagrams. Johnson's Natural Philosophy, Price, - - - $3.00 Catalogue of School Merchandise, 95 JOHNSON'S SOLAR SYSTEM CHART. This beautiful Chart is on blue ground with white Hues, exhib- iting most effectively, at one view, the solar system, embracing : the Sun; the Primary Planets and their orbits; the Secondary Planets, or Satellites, and their orbits ; Comets, and their orbits, and a section of the orbit of the Sun; together with a representation of the Zodiac and many fixed Stars. It is an eleg'ant and useful Chart for the school-room. Size, 38x42 inches. Price, $5.00. Johnson's Indestructible Alphabet Charts. The letters on these Charts are printed in bright yellow on a black ground, with a neat border, and are suitable models for the children to fix in their minds. The Charts are two feet wide and three feet long, and are made in the same durable manner as JohnSOn'S Philosophical Charts, described on page 93. They will remain bright and fresh for generations. No. I, Contains the Capital Letters, Arabic Figures, and Roman Numerals, $2 00 No. 2, Contains Small Letters, and Punctuation Points 2 00 Spencerian Charts of Writing. These Charts are so printed as to present the appearance of Superior Blackboard Writing. The letters are white on a hlack ground. Each Capital Letter appears by itself, with analysis and printed description. The letters are of very large size, the Capitals and loop letters being a foot in height, and the small letters in propor- tion, so that they may be distinctly seen across the largest school-room. They are mounted upon a roller in such a manner that one page is exhibited at a time. Forty-seven Charts, mounted on roller, sold separately or bound together. Size, 19x24 inches; price per set, $6.00. Spencerian Manual of Penmanship $1 75 Payson, Dunton & Scribner's Manual of Penmanship i 25 Payson, Dunton & Scribner's Writing Tablets and Small Key 4 50 Astronomical Planispheres $3 00 and $3 50 Schofield's Color Chart 2 50 McGuffy's New Primary Charts, 10 5 00 Redfield's Zoological Charts 12 00 " Zoology 2 50 Colton's Geographical Cards, nicely Colored 8 00 Township, County, and Railroad Map of any Western State, Pocket Ed . . . 30 Johnson's Illustrations of Astronomy, with Hand-Book 32 00 9^ A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago. American Drawing- Models. For Common Schools, Drawing Classes, and Schools of Art and Science. Designed by Walter Smith, Art Master; Professor of Art Education in the Citv of Boston Normal Art School, and State Director of Art Education for the State of Massachusetts. The increasing- demand for Apt Education, and its general adoption as a branch of common school instruction, has rendered it necessary that a supply of proper models with which to convey this instruction should be produced. Designs have been obtained from Mr. Walter Smith, Director of Art Education for the State of Massachu- setts, from which we are now prepared to furnish complete SetS Of models. These are made from the best materials in a thorough man- ner ; and by having extensively fitted up special machinery, the work is produced with accuracy at a much less price than would be possible otherwise. Each model being made to dimensions, these sets are equally suited to all kinds of Free-Hand, Instrumental, and Per- spective Drawing". Set No. 1 consists of the following pieces, selected from the most useful and beautiful geometric figures and curved forms : I. Sphere. 2. Cone. 3. Cylinder. 4. Cone, in Sections. 5. Cube 6. Oblong Block. 7. Triangular Prism. 8. Hexagonal Prism. 9. Rectan- gular Pyramid. 10. Hexagonal Pyramid. 11. Square Block. 12. Disk. 13. Flight of Four Steps. 14. Double Cone. 15. Cross. 16. Triangular Frame. 17. Square Frame. iS. Pentagonal Frame. 19. Hexagonal Frame. 20. Circular Frame. 21. Circular Ring. 22. Double Cross. 23. Skeleton Cube. 24. Oblong Frame. 25. Square Frame and Ring. 26. Hexagonal Disk. 27, 28, 29. Three Selected Vases. 30. Adjustable Model Stand. Price, complete, with box, _ _ . $20.00 Set No. 2. — A box containing ten Wooden Vases, duplicated from the Greek originals. Price, with box, - - $10.00 Set No. 3. — Four Large Models for lectures and instruction to classes: i. Cube, fifteen inches side. 2. Cone, with base twelve inches, altitude eighteen inches. 3. Cylinder, base twelve inches, altitude eighteen inches. 4. Hexagonal Prism, base twelve inches, Iqjigth twenty-four inches. Price, without box, $13.00 ; with box, $15.00. Extra Model Stands, each, - . _ $2.50 Catalogue of School Merchandise. 97 CD CD CQ CD CD P o CD o" CD O 3 o !> H o b (D H 0) b o A. H. Andretvs tB Co., Chicago. Webb's First Lessons IN LANGUAGE AND DRAWING. 1 A Key to Webb's School and Family Cards, and the Most Valuable Primary Reading' Book Ever Published. LESSONS Seeing. LESSONS Talking. LESSONS Heading. LESSONS Dra'^^ing. It is impossible, in the limits of an advertisement, to do justice to this inimitable little book. No teacher should be without it. It Combines the Word Method and Phonic System. Note the following points: 1st. The cultivation of the observing faculties is the first result sought to be obtained. 2. The correct use of Language (Oral at first, and in time writ- ten), in expressing the knowledge obtained by Observation. On these two points special stress is laid, and both have been made very plain and practical for the smallest children. 3. Familiar w^ords are taught as the first step in Reading. 4. The child is taught to print or write the vs^ords as he learns them. 5. The Lessons are certain to interest the children. 6. The stories are so prepared as to constitute good skeletons for Object Lessons. 7. The Illustrations are mostly skeleton pictures, intended to be copied hy the children. They are artistic, and yet so simple that small children will delight to copy them, thus cultivating the taste while amusing themselves and relieving the teacher. Twenty pages of the book are devoted to drawing. Price, 35c. Sypher's Art of Teaching*. A Manual of Suggestions for Teachers, Directors and Trustees, treating of how to Establish, Organize, Govern and Teach Schools of all Grades, and What to Teach. A Book of 327 pages, bound in Muslin, $1.50. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 99 Mounted Reference Maps. These maps are designed to meet the demand for a popular and cheap large sized map for reference, both for the United States and for each State separately. The New Indexed County and Railroad Map of the United States, prepared from original Government Surveys, — scale, 36 miles to the inch, — showing all Counties, Cities and Towns of importance. Railroads, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, etc. With each map is an index book, giving at a glance every place and point. Colored, varnished, and mounted on cloth, size 60x80 inches, $7.50. New Pictorial Reversible Map of the United States and World. On one side is a map of the United States and Territories, Canada and part of Mexico, giving at the top a panoramic view of the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and on the margin, portraits of the Presidents of the United States. On the back of this map are the Hemispheres; also the Mercator's pro- jection ; the difference of time at different cities. Flags of Nations, etc. Size, 40x60 inches. Price 3.00. New Sectional and Township Maps of the following states : — Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, Dakota and Indiana. They are carefully engraved from the Records of each County, and giving for several of the States the Census ot each County, Town and Village. These maps, on rollers, are mounted on cloth or paper ; size 34 x 42 inches. Cloth, each, $S.OO; Paper, each, $1.00. Pocket (Indexed) Railroad and Tow^nship Maps. These maps of States and Territories contain a printed Index, showing how to find every Town, Village and Post Office at a glance ; they also give the population of the same as per the last census. They are considered superior to any other indexed maps. They embrace the following States and Territories : — Alabama, Arkansas, Col- orado, Dakota, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Tennessee, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Ontario and Canada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Indian Territory, Utah, Virginia, W. Virginia, Washington Territory, Wisconsin. Price of each, 50 cents. The Puzzle Map for Children. Very instructive and amusing. It consists of a Map of the United States on one side, (of wood quarter inch thick,) and on the other side the Map of the World. These maps are dissected, or neatly cut into irregular blocks, and the puzzle is for the child to properly fit them together. The maps are packed in a handsome box, making a neat gift. Price, $1.25. A. a. Andrews <£• Co., Chicago. Object-TeacMng Forms and SoMs Are so essential in Primary schools, as well as higher grades, they require no commendation or explanation to teachers who are Avell qualified. The idea of Form, whether of the solid or the surface, should be made familiar to every child and go -with him through life. There is great ignorance, even among literary inen and women, as to the proper scientific terms to use with reference to common objects or forms, which is owing to lack of early training in this direction. How many of us can properly define, for instance, a Cube, a Sphere, or a Prism ? The eye can take in the forms of nature much more readily and comprehensively than can the ear, even by means of the minutest verbal descriptions. The teacher may talk about the Crystal, but if there be one at hand which the eye can see or the fingers grasp, how much more satisfactory to the pupil than mere words ! If the usefulness of these Object Forms be acknowledged, while it is objected that the teacher does not know how to use them, then we ask whose fault it is that an incompetent teacher is employed ? For, a teacher who does not know how to use Apparatus, is certainly not half qualified to teach. Cube Root Blocks— No. 25, and No. 26. No. 25. Double, for carrying illustrations to three or more places, boxed, No. 26. Single, "" " two places, " No. 27. Sixtj-four inch Cubes for same purpose, " The question of Square and Cube Root can be solved in no other way so easily as by illustrating with blocks of this kind. pi. ID •75 3.00 Catalogue of School Merchandise. Object-Teaching Forms and Solids. No. 20. Thirty-six Forms in a neat wooden box, $3-25 Triangle. Right-angled Eqilateral Triangle. Isosceles Triangle. Triangle. Parallelogram or Eectangle. Trapezium. Bhomb. Circle. Eing. Crescent. Spherical Triangle. Oval Tetrahedron. Sphere. Hemisphere. Spheroid. A. H. Andretvs <€• Co., Chicago. Conic Sections. No. 28. Dissected Cone, with Pins, showing the Circle, Ellipse, Parabola, and Hy- perbola ; colored sections $2-75 No. 29. Ditto. Smaller 2.25 Numeral Frames. The Numeral • Frame is not only a very popular but an almost indispensable aid in teaching chil- dren to count, and in giving them correct ideas of numbers. This frame is used in Primary, Intermediate, and Grammar Schools, and greatly assists in teaching to count, add, subtract, multiply, and divide, and is especially useful in illustrating- jfractions^ the squares and roots of numbers. No. 21. Nicely made and varnished having 144 colored balls, $1.50 No. 23. " " " " 100 " " 1,25 Nimaeral Frame. No. 22;^. No. 221^. Iron standard and colored counters, to be placed on Table or Desk when used $4.00 No. 22 A. Large, on frame about 2 feet by 43 inches, with 100 balls or buttons 2 inches in diameter, colored Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and White. These balls are strung on five wires tightened by screws, and may be seen across a large room, while they will be found useful at the same time, for teaching color. Price, mounted on a Tripod Stand $S.oo Catalogue of School Merchandise. 103 Geometrical Forms— Extra Large. Prepared for the Lecture or Class Room. Hexagonal Prism. Prism. Triangtilar Prism. Cylinder. Pyramid and Frustum. Cone and Frustum. No. 23. — In a neat wooden, hinged box, .... $ 4.00 All these forms and solids, when it is practicable, have names printed on their face, and are fully illustrated inside the cover of the box containing them. Besides those represented above, the set contains Oblique Cylinder, Cube, Hexa- gonal Pyramid, and Rhomb. I04 A. H, Andreivs «£• Co., Chicago. Geometrical Forms with Arithmetical Solids. Nice, in a neat hinged box. Price - _ . No. 24. $3.00 Cubes. Parallelopipeds. These Forms and Solids convey more definite ideas of square and soHd measure than could many pages of drawings or explanation. By their use all possibility of error in conception and definition is avoided, since they are tangible. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 105 The "Red Line Series" OF School and Township Records and Blanks Is commended to the attention of School and Township Officers as the best series ever pubHshed and offered for sale. These Records and Blanks are arranged in strict conformity with the latest revised laws of the State. They are simple and convenient The quality of material is the best, the mechanical execution is first-class in every respect ; they are attractive in appearance, and it is believed that they are neater, cheaper and better than any other series of Books and Blanks now published for the use of Schools and Town- ship Officers. In ordering Records and Blanks, ask for the "Red Line Series," and you will be satisfied, and better pleased than if you allow books and forms now obsolete to be supplied to you. List of Boolts and Blanks— "RED LINE SERIES." FOB THE USE OF School and Township Oflacers. TEACHER'S DAILY REGISTER, No. 1.— Is a quarto medium, bound in neatly printed manilla covers. It contains eight folio pages, and will record on each page the names, attendance and deportment of 23 pupils for a term of 16 weeks Price, 50c. TEACHER'S DAILY REGISTER, No. 2 —Quarto Medium, bound in stiff boards ; Contains twenty-five folio pages, and will record on each page the names, attendance, deportment and studies pursued of 23 pupils for a term of 16 weeks, Price, $i.co. TEACHER'S DAILY REGISTER, No. 3.— Quarto Medium, bound in half morocco, paper sides ; Contains thirty-two folio pages, and will record on each page the names, attendance and studies pursued of 23 pupils for»a term of 16 weeks. It also contains a Teacher's General Register, containing a list of names of parents and guardians, a summary of attendance, deportment and studies pursued, and a blank space for general memoranda Price, $1.25. TEACHER'S DAILY REGISTER, No. 4.— Quarto Medium, bound in half morocco, cloth sides, gilt stamp ; Contains in addition to all the forms of No. 3, a Visitor's Register, also a General Memorandum, which can be used for a Roll of Honor, or as a General Record — the most complete and comprehen- sive Register published.. Price, $1.75. io6 A. H. Andrews <£• Co., Chicago. TEACHER'S DAILY REGISTER, No. 5.— Demy, bound in half morocco, cloth sides, gilt stamp ; Contains twenty-four folio pages, and will record on each page the names, attendance and deportment of forty-two pupils for a term of 16 weeks with a column for general remarks by the teacher. Price, $2.00. TEACHER'S DAILY REGISTER, No. 6.— Demy, bound in half cloth, paper sides ; Contents same as Register No. 5 Price, $1.50. TEACHER'S DAILY REGISTER, No. 7.— Arranged especially for the use of Primary Schools. Cap, bound in half cloth, paper sides ; Contains twenty folio pages, and will record on each page the names, attendance and punctu- ality of thirty-six pupils for a term of 14 weeks Price, 90c. CLASS RECORD OF RECITATIONS.— Quarto Demy, bound in stiff boards, Contains twenty folio pages, and will record on each page the recitations of twenty-five pupils for a term of 16 w-eeks Price, 75c. CLASS RECORD OF RECITATIONS— Pocket Edition.— Bound in flexible cloth, gilt stamp ; Contains twenty folio pages Price, 40c. CLASS RECORD OF RECITATIONS— Pocket Edition.— Manilla covers twenty folio pages Price, 30c. MONTHLY REPORT TO PARENTS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND DE- PORTMENT.— Cards Per 100, $1.00. WEEKLY REPORT TO PARENTS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND DE- PORTMENT.— Cards Per 100, $1.00. Books and Blanks For each State separately, and conforming to the special laws thereof, furnished on application. Send for special circulars or lists of these, to avoid confusion. Samples of Domestic Woods— Natural Color Showing the grain on sides, ends and edges, with name of each kind of wood indelibly printed on each piece. The pieces are one-half inch thick, rectangular, each side being two inches long. The blocks can therefore be used to some extent in showing geometrical forms. Ash (White). — Fraximis Americana. Basswood (Linden). — Tilia Americana. Beech. — Fagus ferruginea. Birch (Black). — Betula lenta. Birch (White).— ^e^-w/fl alba. Butternut. — -Juglans cinerea. Cedar (White). — Cupressiis thyoides. Cedar (Red). — Juniperus Virginiana. Cherry. — Prunits cerasus. Chestnut. — Castanea vesca. Elm. — Ulmus Americana. Gum. — Nyssa midtijiora. Hemlock. — Abies canadensis. H ickor V. — Carya. Maple (Hard). — Acer saccharinum. Maple (Soft). — Acer rubrum. Oak (White). — ^iiercus alba. Oak (Red). — ^uercns rubra. Pine (White).— P/««5 Strobus. Pine (Yellow). — Finns mitis. Spruce (Black). — Abies nigra. Sycamore (Button Wood) Platanus Occidenialis. Walnut (Black) Juglans nigra. White Wood. — Liriodendron tiilififera. Price of these 24 samples of Woods, put up in box, $1.50 Catalogue of School Merchandise. 107 Willson & Calkins' School and Family Charts. Handsome Charts of Animals and Plants are very desirable in the process of education ; for such there is a growing demand. To meet the popular want, we have taken pains to make the following selections of Charts to represent the two departments of Zoology and Botany. From the excellent series of Willson & Calkins' Charts, we present the following six, all Zoological except Nos. 13 and 14. These Charts are in size about 24 by 33 inches. No. 13, is a Chart of Forms and Solids. No. 14, is a Chromatic Chart, giving a scientific account of Colors, their combinations, modifications, tones, tints, .and shades; their con- trasts and harmonies in Nature, dress, painting, etc., and the various effects produced by placing different colors in juxtaposition. No. 15, a Colored Zoological Chart, presents 20 GPOUpS of Animals, designed to illustrate some of the economical uses of the Animal Kingdom. No. 16, also Zoological, gives, first, a general view of the entire Animal Kingdom, and of the several Races of Mankind ; after which the Classification of the Mammalia (mostly quadrupeds) is presented at length in a series of more than 200 Colored figures of Animals. No. iS, concludes the first General Division of Animals — the Vertebrates — with Reptiles and Fishes: 170 Colored Figures. Willson & Calkins' Charts, Mounted. No. 12. Forms and Solids ) ^„ k-„„j ^, ^, 3^ inch : $i-50 112. " " " " " >^, ^, J^ " 1-85 121. " " " " " 1^, ^, I " 2.55 No. 1950 No. 1950, No. 1950 No. 1953 No. 1953 No. I9S3 ^o. 10S3. Coddington Lens. 1090. mediuni. Brass Case. Small. Diameter of Case, J^irich S3 00 " " Medium (size of cut). Diam. of Case, iji in.. . 3 50 " '• Large. Diameter of Case, i^ inches 225 Nickel Case, Small (size of cut). Diam. of Case, J4 inch... 2 25 " " Medium. Diameter of Case, 9.1 inch goo " ■' Large. " " " i inch 600 The Coddington is a solid lens, varying from ^ to 1'^ inches in thickness, with a blackened groove cut in it to serve as a diaphram. It is considered the best form of Magnifier in use. No. 1955. Botanist's Glass. Double Lens. Br.iss Body. Diameter of Cases, 11 -16 inch.... i 75 No. 1955. " " " ". " " Diam. of Case 13- 16 in 2 00 No. 1955' " " " " " " Diameter of Case, i in 2 50 The Botanists' Glasses are similar to No. 1950, but have longer handles Reading or Picture Glasses. Wood Handle, German-Silver Rim, Diameter of Glass froin 2 to 4^ inches. Form similar to No. 1950 above. Price from $1.75 to $8.00. These glasses are useful always, and everywhere. Catalogue of School Furniture. 113 Metal Case Magnifiers. So. 1045 — Small. NO. 1940. Single Lens Magnifiers; Ger. Silver Case; Small; diam. of lens i in. . .$1.50 " '• " " " " Medium " i 3-16 in. 1.75 " " " " " " Large " i 5-16 " 2.00 1945. " " " Bronzed. Small " i " i.oo " " " " " Medium " i 3-16 " 1.25 " " " " " Large " i 5-16 " 1.50 The Micrograph. See Cat. A beautiful little instrument for examining small objects, such as insects, minerals, etc. It has a slide "C," an adjustable tube "B," a mirror "D"; and with it are sent 100 photo- graphs in minature on glass. Very amusing and instructive. Price, $1.50. Compound Microscopes. Compound Microscopes to which class the following instruments belong, consist of two lenses or sets of lenses, called the Eye-piece and the Objective, placed at such a distance apart that the enlarged image cast by the objective comes in front of the eye-piece and is again mag- nified by it. In examining the delicate markings of the structure of plants or minute insects, the magnifying power is of little use unless accompanied by clear defining power. It has been our object, there- fore, in selecting the following line of Microscopes, to obtain those which we could recommend for doing as thorough and reliable work as any instrument that could be furnished for the price named. 114 A. II. Andreivs

50 75 I 00 I 25 Lead Pencils. Eagle Academic Pencils — 6 Grades : Extra Soft, Soft, Soft Medium, Medium, Hard, Extra Hard. Round, perdoz 40c Hexagon, per doz 50c Dixon's American Graphite — 5 Grades : Soft, Soft Medium, Medium, Hard, Very Hard. Round, per doz 5gc Hexagon, per doz 60c Faber's Polygrades — 5 Grades : 12 3 4 5 Soft, Soft Medium, Medium, Hard, Very Hard. Round, per doz 50c Hexagon, per doz 60c Other Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus, Such as Electrical Machines, Air Pumps, Batteries, etc., we can furnish to order, all of the best quality made. But we cannot keep a supply of these g^oods in stock for various reasons. Catalogue of School Furniture. 117 Set of Blackboard Instruments. 1 1 1 t 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 t 1 , . » -) ■ ' I ' ' ' ' I ' ' ■ ' ' ■ I ' ' I ■ I I I ' I ' I I ' I I I ' I ' I I ■ ' I t I I I I ' ' I ' I Im I This set is made of wood and contains a 36-inch Straight Edge, a 24-inch T Square, a 24-inch Triangle, and a 15^-inch Protractor. Price per set, $5. School Mathematical Instruments Of Brass and German Silver, in Patent Slide Wood Boxes. No. 383-1. 382-2. 382-3. 0383- 383-1- 383-3. 383-3- 384-1. 384-2. 384-3. 385-1- 38.S-2. 385-3- 385^-1- 385K-2. 3855^-3 BRASS. Pair Compasses, 4^ in., with Pencil-points, ^y^ » u u . . . 6% " a u . . " " 4^ " " Pen and Pencil-points, " ^% " " " " and Lengthening -bar, SK " " " 6% " " " " •' " " 4^ " " " Fixed Needle-points, Pen and Pencil-point, and Lengthening-bar, 6X " » " GERMAN SILVER. Pair Compasses, ^]^ in., with Pen and Pencil-points, and Lengthening-bar SVz " ey^ '• " " " " 4^ " " " Fixed Needle-points, Pen and Pencil- points and Lengthening-bar, .s'A " " " ey " u EACH. .60 ■75 •85 ■65 .80 ■95 1. 10 I. GO I-I5 1.30 1-75 1.90 2,25 2.05 2.35 2.60 ii8 A. J3. Andrews <£• Co., Chicago. Hamilton's Reversible Air-Pump, And Pneumatic Apparatus. We present this as the best apparatus in the mariiet for the price. The above apparatus meets the wants of teachers in Common and Higher Schools. With it can be performed all the experiments in Philosophy usually per- formed with apparatus costing from $50 to $200. It is durable, not liable to get out of order, so simple that a child can use it, and oftered at a price within the means of every teacher or board of education. The Hamilton Pump has combined in one piece, an Exhausting Purap, a Condensing Pump and a Stop-cock. It can be instantly changed from an exhauster to a condenser, or vice versa, by simply turning the key or stop-plug D, without detaching it from receiver, or requiring change of parts. The pump, when attached, always stands perpendicular to the top of the Receiver (see cut), thus preventing the breaking of receivers and tops so frequent with pumps attached at a right angle with the receiver. In construction it is simple and durable. The Pump is made of extra brass. The barrel of the pump i, is an ordinary cylinder in whicn the piston, marked 2, works. To the cylinder is fastened the base of the pump having in it the key D with which the changes are made. The key is the same as in a commoa stop-cock ; but having three air passages instead of one. It contains no valves or other parts to get out of order, and never having to be removed from the base, cannot become scratched and leak. A plate fitting in the top of the base covers the exhausting valve E, and contains the condensing valve F. The plate can be quickly removed and the valves easily repaired or replaced. In other pumps the valves are usually difficult to get at, and much time and skill is required to keep them in order. A hand-book giving full instructions for performing over 200 experiments in philosophy will accompany each set of apparatus. Price Iiist. — Hamilton's Reversible Air Pump B, warranted $11.00; Two Stop-cocks Q_U, $2.50 ; one connector L, 60 cts. ; one brass platej, %2 i,o ; one brass tube, 25 cts. ; one jet T, 50 cts. ; two single nut-caps H, So cts. ; one double nut-cap R 43 cts. ; one nut-cap with tube O, 60 cts.; twelve feet rubber tubing P, $1.50; band and thin rubber sheeting V Z, 70 cts.; two movable re- ceivers M, §1.00; one bell jar A, $1.50; Can wrench 3, 10 cts. ; book of experiments W, $1.00. Total S25, carefully packed in a box. Sent on receipt of price, or by Express, C. O. D. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 119 School Room Clocks. DROP OCTAGON CALENDAR.— (Spring.) These clocks have been selected from the best manufacture. It is well known that America leads the world in excellent low-priced clocks ! Those represented on this and two pages follow^ing are specially adapted to public School-rooixis, Churches, Halls and Offices. Purchasers will be able to make their selections from the brief descrip- tions given. Of course, the larger the dial, the farther the time can be seen, and the better adapted to large roooms. The Eigllt-Day clocks will often be selected because they require winding but once a week. The Calendar clocks indicate the day of the month. The prices given are lower than some of the manufacturers lists. Height, 24 inches. Dial, 12 inches. 8 Day Time, $5.50. 8 Day Strike, $6.50. Drop Octagon, R. C. Spring, same size, without calendar, 8 day time, $4.50. Strike, $5.50. Small Drop Octagon, R. C. Spring, same style as above cut, without calendar, height 17- inches. Dial 8 inches, 8 day time, $4.00. 8 day strike, $5.00. A. M. Andrews & Co., Chicago. Small Regulator — Spring. Walnut Veneer (Solid Walnut Circle). Heig^ht 21 inches. Dial, Sinchs. S Day Timei $5.00. S Day Strike, $6.00. (See cut.) Regulator, D. R. (visible pendulum). Height, 31 inches. Dial, 12 inches, 8 Day Time, $8. 8 Day Strike, $9. Regulator, Calendar (spring), visible pendulum, Ht. 32 in. Dial, 12 in., 8 Day Time, %i. 8 Day Strike, $9. Round Corner Calendar Lever. 1 Day Strike, 10 in. Dial, $4.20. 8 Day Time, 8 inch Dial, $4.00. Canton. (Nickel or Brass.) 6 and 8 in. Dial 1 Day or 8 Day Time, Time Alarm, or Strike. Time, 1 Day 6 inch, - - $3.00 Time, 8 Day 8 inch, • - $4.00 Catalogue of School Merchandise. The ESstell Programme Regulator. Length, 31 inches. 12 inch Dial. Price, $19 25 This Clock has a visible pendulum. The arrangement for setting to any Programme is in front, through the lower separate door. This Clock is a superior Eight-Day time-piece, put up in a walnut finished case. It is easily set to strike any desired programme of exercises in which the intervals consist of five minutes or multiples of five, thus : It can be set to strike at 9.00, 9.05, 9.30, 9.50, etc., or at other five minutes during the day. It gives a single, clear stroke, like a " call bell." When once arranged it needs no changing, except as the order of exercises is changed, and then the change is easily and quickly made. Ji, H. Andrews & Co., Chicago. Sharp Gothic, V. P. Sprite Calendar Alarm.— Nickel. Rosewood, Zebra, or Mahog-any. Dial, 4 inches, i Day Time, Calendar, Alarm. $2.50> Yale (Jem. — Nickel Sprite Alarm. — Nickel. Heigfht, 3 inches. Dial, i^ inches. r-. . • t^ r^. ., tv- rr, I Day Time, $1.50. Dial 4 in., i Day Time, Alarm. i Day Time, Qr. Strike, $2. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 123 The "Scribe." Ink Stand Calendar. For private School, or Office Desk use. Dial 4 inches. $4.00. Finished in black and gold, bronzed and gold, and verde and black The Clock is arranged to be removed for winding without disturbing the inks. This is a novel and beautiful design. 124 A. a. Andrews <© Co., CJiicago, Light Gymnastic Apparatus. Wooden Dumb Bells for Ladies' Schools. Polished Mapel. 90c $1 00 I 10 1 20 - - - I 50 2 00 Swing-ing" Ring's Of three pieces of hard wood glued together, per pair, $1 cxd Wands Of Black Walnut, per Dozen, - - - $4 00 y. pound each, per pair, Va (( (( I (( t,. 2 (( (( 3 (( (( 4 (.i. (( DR. F. G. JOHNSON'S THIRTY DOLLAR Home Health-Lift and Lift-Exercise. ^^varded. th.e CenterLnial M!edal. R W H H f> H H g v^ Cl ?^ t* § g J^ Complete Grymnasium. Commended by Thousands of the Highest Authority. For all Workers of the Brain — all Sedentary Men, Women and Children — all Chronic Invalids, and all Seekers of Health and Strength. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 125 More " Testimony " Concerning the New Folding Lid or Study Desk. Chicago, III., May, 1881. This may certify that we have used Andrews' Folding Lid or Triumph Study Desks in our Public School on 45th street, near St. Lawrence Avenue, for about two years, and have found them highly satisfactory. We know of no school desk for which we would exchange these. The adjustable hinge leaf affords a book-rest, and the closing of the lid over the book-box is a protection to the books, giving satisfaction to the pupil. The folding also reduces the space more than any desk in the market. The Study Desk is handsome, strong and very comfortable to sit in. One great advantage we have found is the adaptation of this desk for use in rooms where public meetings are to be held. We may state that our Board so much preferred the Folding Top Desks that we removed the Stationary Top Desks already in the building and in com- parative good order, in order to give place to the improved desks. CHAS. L. WIGHT, \j^i''^^^ors Dist. No. 7. A man of practical common sense volunteers his opinion of the new Folding Lid. Syracuse, Otoe Co., Neb., Oct. 17, 1878. A. H. Andrews «fe Co., Dear Sirs : I have delayed writing in order to give the desks the test of the school-room. The study Leaf is in use constantly. By stretching a cord from one buffer to the other the book is kept open. It is more convenient to lift the lid than the seat, to get out, and then the books are accessible without crouching. The curves of the seat and back are natural and easy, and the whole desk and seat is substantial and pleasing, artistic and elegant. The seat joint is noiseless. These desks have been examined by those familiar with the and the Folding Top, and are pronounced superior, not only for use in a room sometimes used as an assembly room, but for ordinary school purposes. I am well known in this county and State, and you are at liberty to use my statements if you desire. Yours respectful I v, U. T. YOS^, Dist .No. ig. From " India's Coral Strand." Bassein, Burmah, Asia, 1878. Gentlemen : Herewith my very best thanks for that lot of School Desks and seats. The gentleman redeemed his word fully. The castings and the wood work is much superior to what 1 got through the Boston agent three years ago. There were almost no breakages (only two sets of irons broken), and we now have set up and in use 52 double desks and seats, which are a credit to the manufacturers, a joy to our eyes, and a comfort to the backbones and legs of the pupils who may sit in them for 30 years to come, I hope. If any of the American friends could sit for half an hour in one of our old home-made desks and then change to one of these, and then consider for half a minute that in this ennervating climate the restlessness that is almost inseparable from childhood in a school- room, is intensiiied four-fold over the home climate, none of them would longer question the wisdom of buying these, at less than double the cost of those. I believe in economy of nerves and brains, muscles and bones, rather than in the present saving of a few dollars. These boys and girls, when their day comes for giving, will give back the extra cost with compound interest. Yours respectfully, C. H. CARPENTER. Geneva Lake, Wis., July 18, 1878. A. H. Andrews & Co., Gentlemen : I have examined your new Folding Leaf Desk with book-rest, carefully. It seems specially adapted to school rooms intended to be used for occa- sional assembly purposes. The Book-rest is a valuable feature. The workman- ship is,- like that of your other desks, equal to any in the market in durability and finish. None other has been so satisfactory to me in use. Yours truly, G. S. ALBEE. I fully concur with Prin. Albee's opinion of the Folding Desk. W. D. Parker, River Falls. A. H. Andrews .j» Co., Chicago. Books. Andrews' Slate Drawing Book, Revised, per doz $ i 50 S jpher's Art of Teaching School i ^o Teacher's Guide to Illustrations, explaining use of School Apparatus 1 00 Webb's First Lessons in Language and Drawing 25 Johnson's Key to Philosophical Charts, a Complete Book on Philosophy. , 3 00 Key to Camp's Maps i 00 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Illustrated 12 00 " National Pictorial Dictionary ^ 00 Globe Manual 35 Manual of the Mac Vicar and Andrews' Tellurian Globes, each 35 Manual of the Gross Globe 20 Andrews' Kindergarten Catalogue containing list of Books on the System, 10 The Blackboard in the Sunday School. By Frank Baird i 00 Through the Eye to the Heart. By Rev. W. F. Crafts 80 Primary Object Lessons. By N. A. Calkins i 50 Miscellaneous. Slate Washers , 25 Slate Erasers (Andrews' New) per doz 60 Webb's School and Family Cards, in Box, (with Picture Lessons) 8 00 Webb's Picture Lessons, separate i 25 Book Clamps, Holbrook's Patent 50 Andrews's Book-Rest i 00 Slate Pencils, per box, 100 in each , 25 Writing Papers. These Papers are neatly put up in wrappers, with the numbers and weights marked on each package. The Note papers are in quarter ream packages, and the Letter, Cap, Legal, Sermon and Ledger papers in half ream packages. Octavo Note, 5 pounds to the ream, - - Price per ream, $ i 35 Commercial Note, 4 " " - . u u j Sq 5 " " - " " I 35 " " 6 " " - - «' " I 62 " " 6 " " Long fold, " *' I 62 " " 7 " " - - " " I 90 Packet Note, 7 " " - u u j cp Letter Paper, 8 " " - - « «t 2 16 " 10 " " - - " " 2 70 " 14 " " - - " " 3 78 Foolscap, 8 " " - - " " 2 26 " 10 " " - - «« " 2 70 " 12 " " - u u 2 24 14 " « . . " » 3 78 " 16 " " - - i< << ^ 32 Legal Cap, 10 " " - - " •' 3 00 " 12 " '* - - « Co., Chicago. New R. R. and County Map of the TJ. S. and Canada. Mounted upon cloth, with rollers top and bottom, $15.00; or rollers at each end, " Panoramic Mounting," accommodating itself to any required space, $16.00. Compiled from the latest Government surveys, and drawn to an accurate scale; size 100 X 58 inches; scale 32 miles to one inch; borders of States and Counties beautifully tinted, colors being printed from plates secured by letters patent. This work has occupied two years in compilation and engraving, at a cost of near- ly $20,000, plates have been carefully corrected to date, presenting the finest work of art of its kind. This Map is deserving of special mention as being the first map of the United States made upon a geometrical projection since the war. Specimens of Minerals^ Crystals and Fragments of Minerals. 25 in box $ 80 5° " 130 loo " 260 100 not in box i 30 200 " 260 300 " 360 Minerals. 25 Student's Size, in box $ 2 20 50 " " " 400 100 " " " S 00 100 •' " not in box 650 200 " " " 1300 High School or Academy Size, for shelf, 2 1-2 by 3 1-2 inches. 100 Specimens $ 32 00 200 '• 6400 300 " 130 GO Shells, etc. for Students. College Size, 3 1-2 by 6 inches. 100 Specimens... J 6500 200 " iSo 00 Blow-Pipe Series to order. Seymour Collection. JO Specimens, in paste-board box J 6 25 SO " in black-walnut boxes.. . 750 50 " no box 450 25 Specific Grav, in box 2 25 50 Specimens of Ores and Minerals. . . 6 25 100 " " " ... 13 00 Other sample packag-es containing- Gold, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Copper, Earthy Minerals, Zeolite, etc., sent to order. Shells. 25 Genera, 25 species, in box $ 175 no box 6 50 SO 100 100 300 in box. S 00 32 00 Mats for Doors, Halls, Porches, Aisles, Schools, Churches, Halls and Offices. No. 2. Size, " 3 Best Quality Srush Mats, — Cocoa.. 27 X 17 inches Each, 30X 18 " . " No. I. " 3- " 4- " 5- " 6. 35 -^ 21 38 X 24 42 X 26 45x28 48 X 30 2.25 2.50 2.70 3-25 4.C0 4-50 5.00 5-5° Second Quality Brush Mats. Size, 24 X 14 inches Each, ij> 1.25 27 X 15 30 X 18 30 X 20 36 X 22 38x24 1.80 2.25 2-35 3.00 3-50 No. o. Size, Cane Mats. inches Each, $1.00 1.20 1.60 2.25 2-75 " 2. " 33x19 " " " 3. " 34x22 " " " 4. " 36x24 " " Special sizes can be furnished to order ; medium, Cocca, per square foot, 50 cents ; extra. Cocoa, per square foot, 65 cents. Letters, Numbers or Monograms can be inserted in scarlet (wool), per square foot, $1.00. Braided Chain Mats. Cane, per square foot $ .30 Cocoa, " .3 :; Catalogue of School Furniture. 129 Plans — AND — Specifications of School Houses, We have concluded to present on the following pages, designs of school buildings specially adapted to the wants of the country districts, and smaller villages. We do this for two reasons ; firit, to assist our patrons and all interested in the cause of common school education ; second, to render this publication of still more permanent value. We trust it will be found by many a school board, that we have thus helped them to a large saving in the outlay of time and money ; for it is no small matter, after the question of a site for the new school house has been decided — on the battle field it may be — to settle upon a //«« that shall be satisfactory in respect of economy, comfort, and attractiveness. The plans and specifications here given are taken from the pamphlet recently published by the State of Wisconsin, and edited by the Hon. W. C. Whitford, late Superintendent of Public Instruction. They may therefore be relied upon as containing all essential modern improvements and suggestions up to date. For further information and particulars, especially for larger and more elabo- rate buildings, we are happy to refer our friends to the same source. It will be noticed that much attention is given to the subject of ventilation — none too much, however. Fresh air is as important as food, ventilation as im- portant at least, as the matter of heating. Ignorant people will open their eyes when told that half the diseases of the race are owing to foul air! Privy vaults, also properly ventilated, should be provided for both sexes. For other hygienic conditions, such as proper lighting of school rooms, etc., we would refer the reader to the reports of the Wisconsin State Board of Health. As to the following plans, etc., we think there is not a superfluous word used, and that all will be found entirely correct and reliable ; and we are sure these pages will be well worth a careful study. Before coming to the main buildings, a word as to the construction of out- houses. The provision of privy vaults and proper arrangement of the same, will well-nigh determine whether a community is civilized or barbarous ! Room, cleanliness, ventilation and privacy are the four requisites to consider. Fine sand should be sprinkled on last coat of paint inside to prevent cutting and mark- ing the wood. Light and sunshine should be admitted. Urinals should be placed in the boys' department. The vaults should be made tight to prevent affecting the ground, and so as to be easily cleaned. From each vault a tightly made flue should extend above the roof with a hood on top to increase draught and keep out rain. Dry earth, or ashes sprinkled over contents of vaults acts as a disinfectant. I30 A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago. The first design for a one-room school building was prepared by Messrs. Edbrooke and Burnham, architects, Chicago. It is beautiful in style, complete in its symmetry, and convenient in its internal arrangements. Three years since, a house of this model was erected in a small village in the West for $950.00. The base of the building proper is 24^^ by 36 feet, and its height 13 feet between joists; and the base of the wood-house is 8^ by 11^ feet, and its height 10 feet. The floor surface of the wardrobes, each 5 by 8^ feet, is 85 square feet ; and of the school room, 23 by 29 feet, is 667 square feet. It furnishes ample space for forty-two pupils at double desks, and it can well accommodate thirty-six at single desks. For each of the former number of pupils, the school room provides nearly 16 square feet of floor, and fully 206 cubic feet of air; and for the latter number, 18^ square feet of floor, and 240.S cubic feet of air. The area of the windows in this room is equal to almost one-fourth of its floor surface. DESIGN^ I PERSPECTIVE VIEW. The main feature of this building consists in the superior facilities for warm- ing and ventilating the school room. The fresh air, after entering the air-chamber through the openings in the outside walls under the joists, passes another open- ing at least 20 bv 22 inches in size, into one of Smead's school room heaters, where it is Avarmed to about 120 degrees on an average. It then is driven into the room in the volume already mentioned, and distributed throughout in course of thirty minutes. It is afterwards withdrawn, as it descends to the floor, first, in part by draught of the heater; and second, through the registers, and under the floor, and then into the ventilating flue in the chimney. Three forces are always operating in cold weather to drive the foul air through these registers, viz : the expansive power given by the heater to the air as it enters the room; the con- densation of the air as it cools rapidly in contact with the windows, where it drops immediately into the registers beneath ; and the exhaustion created in the venti- lating flue by, the heat derived from the smoke escaping through another flue in Catalogue of School Merchandise. 131 the chimney. If desired, a cheaper device in the form of a cast-iron ventilating base can be placed in the wall next to the floor under each window of the room, in the place of the register, as shown on the floor plan. ^' GROUND PL/-\r' pQ □f fD E E E, Piers. Arrows indicate foul air taken down through the floor openings, F F F. B, Ventilating flue. A, Smoke flue. D, Fresh air chamber under heater. C C, Fresh air. A, Fuel room. B, Ventilating flue. C, Smoke flue D, Smoke pipe. E, Heater. F, Ventilating Registers in floor. G, Teacher's platform. H, Girls' Wardrobe. J, Entrance. K, Boys' Wardrobe. 132 A. H. Andrews ^ inches high, all as shown by the elevations. The mason contractor will set all cut stone and anchor the same properly to place, clean the same down, and leave it all in perfect order. Cut Stone-ivorh. — Furnish all the cut stone-work required by the plans and drawings. Prepare the same in the most thorough workman-like manner, and in accordance with the detailed drawings, elevations, plans, etc. All door-sills, 15^ A. H. Andretvs tS; Co., Chicago. area steps, area coping, and flagging, all -vvindow-sills, keys, springer blocks and bands, and the water-table to be of the best limestone, or other stone found in the vicinity, properly worked. The tops of all steps, door-sills, flagging, and coping will be finely bush-hammered, with margin draft. All other work to be smoothly rubbed, or finely bush-hammered and margined. All window-keys and springer blocks to be 4 inches thick, with the proper length and height for their places. All window-sills to be 5 by 8 inches, and the proper length. The main water-table to DESIGN 5 SECOND FLOOR PLAN. be 6 by 10 inches, and the band on tower to be 4 by 6 inches. An Qoor sills to be 7 inches thick, with the proper length and width for their places. All flagging to be 4 inches thick, and all coping to be 4 inches thick and 10 inches wide. Area steps to be 8 by 10 inches, with the proper length. Latk and Plasieriiig. — All walls that are furred, all wood partitions, and all ceilings in the entire first and second stories will be lathed with a good quality of partially seasoned pine lath, the joints well spread, and nailed with the heaviest Catalogue of School Furniture. 153 quality of lath nails ; the joints broken every fifth lath on walls, and every lath on ceiling. All vsralls and ceilings throughout these stories will be plastered with two good heavy coats of plastering, as follows, viz : the first coat to be of brown mortar, put on and finished to ^-inch grounds, and floated down straight, true, and even ; and the same to be of best fresh burnt quicklime, and clean coarse shai-p sand, and a sufficient quantity of good sound and long plastering hair, well mixed through the mortar. The finishing coat to be plaster of Paris and white sand, hard-finish, put on sufficiently heavy to cover thoroughly the brown mor- tar, and troweled down to a hard, smooth, and true surface, and finished in best manner. The hard finish must not be put on until the brown mortar is thor- oughly dry. The plasterer will protect all his work against frost and otherwise ; and be responsible for the same, until accepted by the building committee ; and he will do all mending and patching after the carpenter and other artisans, and deliver the same up in good condition when finished. The entire basement ceiling will be lathed and plastered with one good heavy coat of brown mortar, floated down smoothly, and finished closely against the walls around. Carpenter and yoiner Work. — The carpenter contractor will furnish all lum- ber and materials of every kind required for the proper completion of his branch of the work. He will properly work and fix the same to place in and about the building, in the most thorough and workman-like manner. Size of Joists and Timbers. — The first and second floor joists to be 2 by 1 3 inches and set 12 inches to centers. The ceiling joists to be as follows, viz. : over school rooms, 2 by 10 inches, set 16 inches to centers ; and over the corridors and recitation rooms, 2 by 8 inches, set 16 inches to centers. The deck joists to be 2 by 10 inches, set 20 inches to centers, well spiked down to the deck frame ; the rafters for this roof to be 2 by 8 inches, set 20 inches to centers, well spiked to deck frame, purlins, and wall-plates. The last plates all around the roofs to be one thickness of plank, and one thickness of an inch board, joists well capped, and well nailed together ; all well secured to the walls with ^-inch bolts run through 2 by 8- inch plank built in walls at lower part of cornice. All gable-rafters to be of 2 by 6 inches, set 20 inches to centers. Hip and valley-rafters to be of two thicknesses, of 2 by 12 inches, full length in one piece. Sheath all roofs with i by 6-inch dressed and matched fencing flooring, as nearly seasoned as can be pro- cured. All closely jointed and well nailed. Shifigles — The steep part of the roof and the tower roof to be of best quality of sawed pine shingles, laid 4 inches to the weather, and thoroughly nailed. Tin-tvork. — Cover all deck roofs with the best I. C. roofing tin ; lock and solder the joints in the best manner ; line all valleys and gutters with this tin, 14 inches wide and over, where required. Flash and cover all hips, flash around all chimneys, cover the top of all returns in cornices, flash around all decks, cover the caps of the main entrance, and do any and all other flashing or tin-work re- quired ; all with this tin, put on in best manner, finished complete and secure against leakage. Galvanized Iron-work. — Furnish and fix to place No. 26 galvanized iron finials, gable on side, and securely fix the same to place ; furnish and fix to place properly four 4-inch No. 26 galvanized iron conductor pipes from cornices to ground ; fur- 154 ^' H' -Andrews <£■ Co., Chicago. nish and fix to place, with strong and proper iron stays and on the main roof, cast- iron crestings and finials, as shown, and as selected by the building committee. Sticddi7tg, Furring, Etc. — All studding to be the size required on the plans, in one length, of the height of the stories, and placed 12 inches from centers. Plumb straight and true, doubled over all openings and at the angles and corners of the rooms, and doubled and trebled on the sides of all openings, to be trussed, braced, and bridged ; and all sized to equal widths, and made straight and true. Cross-fur on top of all floor joists in all school, directors', and recitation rooms, with 2 by 2-inch strips, placed 16 inches from centers and well spiked down, leaving space for a free circulation of air under the floors to the ventilating flue. Raise the floor joists in the corridors on a level with the top of this cross- furring. Fur all brick walls, on all stories, with 1 by 2^-inch strips, firmly nailed to the strips in walls, 16 inches to centers, to straighten and make a level wall on the inside where there are breaks in brick-work on the outside. Use 2 by 4-inch for furring, 16 inches to centers, properly secui-ed to place. Cut in strips of 1 by 2-inch stuff between all furring strips on all walls in both stories, on outside walls as follows, viz.: to be one strip 10 inches above top of the floor, and another strip close under each tier of the floor joistsand the ceiling joists, to prevent a circu- lation of the cold air back of the plastering, and also to prevent this cold air from mingling with the air exhausted from tlie rooms ; this to be done by special di- rections from the building committe or the party supplying the furnace. All other work to be connected with the ventilation also so referred. Do any and all other furring as required for the proper execution of the various branches of work. Grounds. — Put up grounds of J^ by 2 inch pine strips for all finish, bases, wainscoting, etc. Allow no casings, bases, wainscoting, or other finish to go on until all plastering is finished and dry. Sizes Joists and Bridging . — Size all floor and ceiling joists to uniform widths, and camber them ^-inch in 20 feet, and double them around all stair openings, chimneys, under partitions, etc. Do all framing for the stairway, hot-air and ventilating flues ; and hang such headers in iron stirrups as may be required. All floor, ceiling, deck, and platform joists to be bridged with 2 by 3-inch cross- bridging, well nailed with two ten-penny nails in each end of each piece ; 12 feet spans and under to have one row ; from 12 to 16 spans, 2 rows ; from 16 to 22 feet, 3 rows ; and from 22 feet spans and over, 4 rows. Floors. — The first and second floors throughout will be double thick. The first thickness laid down to be i by 6-inch dressed and matched fencing flooring^ seasoned and well fitted, and nailed to place and to be laid as the joists are laid. The top thickness in all corridors, wardrobes, and the stair landing, will be i by 2}^ -inch hard pine, with square edges, and nailed through the face with eight- penny fininshing nails, set in ^-inch, and all dressed oft' smooth and even on top. The top or last thickness of all other floors throughout the two stories to be 1 by 4-inch square-edged B. flooring, nailed and and smoothed oft' the same as the above ; and none of this top floor to be laid until the plastering is finished. Wainscoting. — Wainscot all school, directors', and recitation rooms the height of stool cap of windows ; all wardrobes, 7 feet high ; all corridors and stairway, 4 feet high, with i by 3-inch dressed matched and beaded pine ceiling, of a good quality, well seasoned and hand smoothed ; all with ^ round next to the floor, and neatly capped, molded for crayon shelf on top of the cap. Catalogue of School MerchaiuUse. 155 Finish. — All doors and windows in the first and second stories will have a two-member finish, formed of ^ by 5 |4^-inch O. G. casing and 3 >^-inch band mold, of a good quality of seasoned pine stuff. These will be an astragal mold extending on all sides of the school and recitation rooms, 5 feet above cap of wainscoting, forming space for blackboards on walls not containing windows. Platforms. — Build teachers' platforms in all rooms as shown, all to be port- able, and floored with 1 by 3-inch matched and dressed flooring on good strong frame-work. Doors. — Make all doors of the form, style, and dimensions as marked on the plans, of the best white pine, thoroughly kiln-dried. All to be O. G., excepting the outside and vestibule doors, which will have raised moldings and made of two thicknesses of i^-inch stuff. Windows. — All window frames to be of size as shown by plans and elevations. All to be made boxed for weights, with %-inch pine pulley stiles, and parting beads. Sash i ^-inches thick, with i^-inch meeting rails. All windows above the basement will have inside blinds in four folds, with slats and no panels. The blinds are not boxed. All made of thoroughly seasoned and clear white pine, and properly fitted and hung to place. Stairs. — Build the main stairs as per design, with ij^3-inch ash treads, ^-inch ash risers, strong timber supports and carriages, 8-inch solid turned black walnut newel, 4^-inch walnut rails, and aj^^-inch turned balusters of black walnut. The landing floored the same as the corridors. Basement stairs to be ceiled, upon sides in basement, as shown. All to be finished in a perfect and complete man- ner. Build step-ladder to roof as required, and build scuttle or scuttles where and as directed. Door-Frames. — Build all door-frames as per plans, with heavy raised moldings to correspond with doors. These doors to swing outwards. All inside door- jambs to be I ^-inches thick, with transoms as shown. « Privies. — Build privies in basement, where shown. The partitions to be doubled dressed and beaded stuff" and extend to ceiling. Construct the seats with a lid, the lid to have galvanized iron hinges, and place a board across the top of each seat in such a manner that lids of seats cannot remain in an upright position. The floor to be i by 6-inch C. flooring. Outside Steps. — Build outside steps, as shown, i^-inch ash or oak treads, ^ inch risers of the same material, with ash flooring on platforms, buttress rails, etc.; all as shown, with strong center aupports. All in a complete and finished manner. The rise to each step must not be over 7-inches, and the treads not less than 1 1 j^ -inches wide. Hard-ware Tritmnings. — Furnish all locks, butts, bolts, hinges, fastenings, trimmings, etc., of every kind and nature required for the proper completion of the entire building and works. All doors 7 feet and over in height will be hung with three good loose-joint and plain cast iron butts ; and all doors under 7 feet in height with two good loose-joint cast-iron butts. All outside doors will have heavy school house mortise-locks, suitable for outside doors, with brass works and brass fronts, three keys each, and real bronze knobs and trimmings. All inside doors will have a good quality of master-keyed locks, with brass works, brass fronts, and tucker bronze knobs and trimmings. All transoms will be hung at top 156 A. H. Andrews S Co., Chicago. with two good 2)4 by 2^ -inch wrought iron butts, and secured with tucker bronze transom Utters ; Woilensak's patented. All sash above basement to be hung with best five-strand Turkey sash cord, and cast-iron weights ; and locked wilh heavy tucker bronze sash locks. All inside blinds to be hung with 2 by 2-inch wrought butts, 3 by 4 inch pairs to the window, and fastened together with wrought flaps proper size ; all with tucker bronze shutter bars, etc.- complete. All wardrobes must have two rows of strong black japanned school house wardrobe hooks, secured to place with proper size screws. Said hooks must not be more than 16 inches apart in each row. Teachers' clothes presses will also have wardrobe hooks of a lighter pattern, and about four in each press. Put tucker bronze sash lifts and eyes on all sash above basement. Cornice. — Build all main cornices on all sides of the building and tower, as per elevations and sections, with brackets, moldings, etc., as shown, of a good quality of seasoned pine lumber. The soffit will be of i by 3-inch beaded ceiling, and the frieze will be of wide stuff, so as to have no joints in sight. To-wer. — Build and construct the tower as shown. All lumber to be thor- oughly seasoned. Construct the bell deck and cover the same with best I. C roofing tin, and make same perfectly water-tight. Construct all panel-work, etc. in a first-class manner, and plow all joints. Furnace and Furnace Work. — The contractor for this work will furnish and fix to place, in working order, the furnace, together with all tools and implements thereto belonging. He will also furnish and fix to place the smoke-pipe from the furnace, and extend the same to and connect with the vertical smoke-pipe in the ventilating shaft. The horizontal smoke-pipe from the furnace to be 14 inches in diameter, of No. 16 black iron. All joints to be riveted and well hammered together. The pipe must be made in sections, from 8 to 12 feet in length, with close fitting joints ; and there must be two or three soot openings in the lower side of the pipe, so it can be cleaned at will, — these openings to be made with sliding covers. The contractor will also furnish and fix to place the vertical pipe in the ventilating stack. This pipe to be made of No. 12 black iron, put together in sections and thoroughly riveted. It will start from a point 4 ft. 6 inches above basernent floor, and must extend up one foot above the top of the brick work, and properly stayed to the center of the shaft with strong iron stays. These stays to be made so that the pipe could be removed with ease in future, if desired. At the lower end of this upright pipe, there must be a soot opening, so that it can be opened or closed at will. The contractor will also furnish and fix to place, as the niason work is being built, all of the valve registers in each and every room above the basement, and the open scroll fronts with pulleys, and chains for opening and closing these valves. The size of these valve registers to be as ordered by the building committee. He will also furnish the floor registers in recitation and directors' rooms, size about 10 by 14 inches, or as ordered. He will furnish and fix to place in each school room about 12 feet of cast-iron perforated ventilating base, and also in recitation and directors' rooms. He will also furnish one floor register with border in the first story hall over the furnace ; also a double galvan- ized iron register box, filled around with bricks and mortar, together with all col- lars, thimbles, etc., required in all parts of this work. Furnish the same in every particular as directed, and in the best manner. Catalogue of School Merchandise. 157 Furnish wire-screens, of about ^-inch mesh and 3-32-inch wire, for windows, where cold air is taken into the furnace, and fasten the same outside of the sash. Painting and Glazing. — Paint all exterior wood and metal work that is usu- ally painted, with three good heavy coats of paint. Finish in stone-color all cornices, window-frames, front entrance, buttress of steps, conductor pipes, hips, gables, etc. Finish cresting and the outside of all sash in dark bronze green. The first coat on all metal work to be of metallic paint. All inside hard wood- work to be oiled with three heavy coats of raw linseed-oil. The out outside and vestibule doors and the frames to be grained in imitation of dark English oak, and neatly shaded and varnished with two coats of good varnish. Inside Work. — All inside blinds to be oiled with two good coats of raw lin- seed-oil and one coat of shellac. The stair rails, balusters, and newel to be oiled and filled in the usual way. All other inside work in the two stories to be grained in imitation of medium dark oak or two heavy coats of lead and oil paint, and neatly shaded and varnished with two good coats of varnish. All work to be well sand-papered and puttied on the priming, and all finished in the very bes* manner. All lead and oil used to be the best quality. All basement frames and doors, etc., and privies, to be painted two coats drab-colored paint. All glass throughout the entire building to be the best quality of single thick American glass. All set with care, properly sprigged and puttied, and left whole and sound on the completion of the entire works. Blackboards. — Furnish and form liquid slating blackboards, five feet high on the sides of the school and recitation rooms, not containing any windows. Put on the Andrew's liquid slating in three heavy coats of black or green ; and worked down to a true and perfect surface with emery paper after each of the first and second coats. Bill of Principal Materials. — 160 pieces, 2 by 12 inches, 24 feet long. 80 pieces, 2 by 12, 22 feet long. 65 pieces, 2 by 10, 24 feet long. 35 pieces, 2 by 8, 22 feet long. 25 pieces, 2 by 10, 20 feet long. 80 pieces, 2 by 8, 20 feet long. 10 pieces, 2 by 12, 20 feet long. 85 pieces, 2 by 8, 14 feet long. 125 pieces, 2 by 4, 14 feet long. 85 pieces, 2 by 6, 14 feet long. 6,500 feet, flooring for floors. 4,000 feet, fencing flooring for roof. 1,400 feet, 2-inch furring for walls. 3,500 feet beaded ceiling for wainscoting. 25,000 shingles. 500 feet, ^ by 2 inch strips for grounds. 1,800 yards of plastering. 25 cords of rubble-stone. 180,000 brick. Office Desks, Bank Counters, &c. More than 100 Styles of Office Desks No. 43 Desk Closed. Are made by this Firm. Great care is used in the selection of tlie lumber, -which is always thorough- ly kiln-dried. This has given the House its well- earned reputation for the past twenty years in this department. Our Bank Counters No. 43 Desk Open. adopted in nearly all the leading Banks recently erected from which long list of Commendations which will be sent to parties interested. This Firm has recently furnished the County Court House, of Chicago, the Custom House, and many other Govern- ment buildings. Library and Household Fitting's No. 6i Open. are manufactured by this Firm, all of selected hardwoods and in special and un published designs by our own Artists and Architects. No. 6i Closed. The Andrews Parlor Folding" Beds, (Burr Patent.) These remarkable beds are a great suc- cess, saving Room and Rents, especially in cities. They assume the form of Sec- retaries, Bureaus, Bookcases, etc. Are made up as shown in cut, and then in- stantly closed. When unfolded at night they are all ready for use. Being on casters they can be rolled from one room to another. They are elegant for the back parlor, stores or oflices. These beds are fully patented, and no bed can be made like these in any essential respect, without infringing. I'xrlc©, froxxx $£SS.OO XJjd. No. I Bed Closed. No. I Bed Open. Wood Mantels. These Mantels are largely taking the place of marble. They are made plain or elab- orate, and in Modern or Me- diaeval styles. A. H. Andrews & Co., Manufacturers , 196 & 197 Wabash Atc, CHICAGO. Andrews' Patent Parlor Folding Beds. 20 Styles. This, the most elegant, comfortable, and com- pact of all FOLDING BEDS, is now attract- ing much attention. The product of 15 years study and experience ! No. 1. Bed Open. This Bed occupies, folded, only 22 inches space. All the bed- ding with mattress and pillows folds up out of sight instantly, with no injury to the mattress. The bed is ready for use, as shown in cut, when let down. It is not moved out from the wall at all as required by some beds that fold. Is placed on casters and easily moved from one room to another. It can be utilized during the day, as the top will receive oi'naments, vases, etc., like a mantel. Some styles have book-cases, others mirrors, making a complete dressing case; others have drawers with mirror, like bureaus. Others like cut, have a writing desk attachment. These beds are adapted not only to private dwellings, but pecu- liarly so to boarding schools where only one room can be used. Any one interested should send for illustrated Catalogue direct to the manufacturers, A. H. Andrews & Co., 195 and 197 Wabash Ave., Chicag^o. WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED. Yhe following, from Webster, page 11G4, shows the value of its illustrative definitions. 1, flyingjib; 2, jib; 3, fore-top-mast'Stay sail; 4, fore-(30urse ; 5, foretop sail; 6, foretop-gallant sail; 7, fore-royal ; 8, fore sky-sail; 9, fore-roy- al studding sail ; lO, foretop-gallant studding- sail ; 11, foretop-mast studding-sail ; 13, main- course; 13, maintopsail; 14, maintop-gallant sail ; 15, main-royal ; 16, main sky-sail ; 17, main royal studding-sail ; 18, main top-gallanl studding-sail ; 19, maintop-mast studding sail ; 30, mizzen-eourse ; 21, mizzen-top sail; 33, mizzen-top-gallant sail; 33, mizzen-royal; 34, mizzen sky-sail ; 35, mizzen-spanker. The pictures in Webster under the 13 words, Beef, Boiler, Castle, Column, Eye, Horse, Moldings, Phrenology, Ravelin, Ships, (pages 1164 and 1219) Steam engine, Tim- bers, define 343 words and terms far better than they could be defined in words. 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