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...fund, and $50,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago. He: gave considerable time to improving the physical appearance of the city. Lastly, to perpetuate his name in worthy fashion, he gave $3,000,000 to build, an aquarium in Chicago, for which he sent a commission to study aquaria abroad-the invertebrate collection at Naples, biological research at Monaco, artificial salinity at Berlin, lighting in London. The Shedd Aquarium, now under construction, will contain 131 exhibition tanks with some of the rarest fish in the world...
...Golden Gate Park Aquarium (San Francisco), $200,000; the St. Louis Aquarium, $1,500,000; the New York Aquarium, antiquated but visited by millions annually (and now being re-stuccoed) after years of supremacy in the U. S. A commission of experts was sent last autumn to study aquaria abroad-the invertebrate collection at Naples, biological research at Monaco, artificial salinity in Berlin, lighting of tanks in London. Mr. Rosenwald's industrial museum gift paralleled the $2,500,000 bequest by the late Henry R. Towne, lock and hardware man, to New York for a Museum of Peaceful Arts...
...morphological laboratory in front of the windows; the end wall spaces are fitted up with instrument and reagent cases, and between the windows are hung diagrams, charts, etc. Adjoining this room is a library provided with the works necessary for the courses; and in the basement are numerous aquaria...
...procured, which will be fitted up with apparatus for deep sea dredging, and electric lights for gathering specimens at night and at different depths. There will also be smaller boats to be used as needed. A library will be connected with the laboratory and a stone pier will contain aquaria holding anything from microscopic forms to sharks. Expenses will be borne by the government. The plan will probably be working by the summer of 1885. A series of scientific lectures is projected for the lyceum of natural history next term...