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Show PUBLIC WILL SEE SCIENTIFIC WONDERS j WASHINGTON, Oct, 2. Have you I ever seen the sun's spots ' lire von B ever seen demonstrated Foucault'a E celebrated pendulum experiment t o i B prove the rotation of tho earth f Have I you ever watched the antics of min- j ute InfusoruUis swimming in water? j I with the completion of the new home ; I of the National Academy of Sciences i I at Washington, these things will be a f regular part of the Interesting ex-1 I HlBltS open to the public 4 It Is hoped to have the buildinir H completed by the fall of 1923. It will fl bo located near the recently dedlcat- B ed Lincoln memorial and will bo j three stories high. The first floor j I-wlll I-wlll be given over to public and mil- II ii in purposes where many eclenti-i I fiu facts will bo demonstrated. The I two upper floors will be devoted toll offices. n One week there may be displayed I the latest forms of radio telephony j .and the next perhaps a set of psycho- I logical tests or a new find of fossils I I or a series of synthetic compounds The building, designed to cost $5-!l 000,000, was the gift of the Carnegie 1 1 Corporation, provided the Academy of I Sciences secured a suitable Bite, The II ground was bought with a fund of i I $200,000 collected by donations I I throughout the country This tneth- I od Wivs followed In order that every 'I BectlOf of the nation might feel it 1 1 owned a shar The building will be 1 1 of marble In classic simplicity. Bj |