A MUSEUM OF SECURITY.
| • Among the quaint and furious sights in Amsterdam is the Amsterdam Museum of Security, yvhiali js. a pernianpnt exposition of appuratus' anc] dayjees for the prevention of accidents in' factories and workshops, so that manufacturers and all other employers pf labour may see, in actual operation, the safety device that will gimrd the < lifo and - limbs of their workers. ' a This museum owes its origin to an exposition held in Amsterdam in 1893, at the suggestion of the Association for the Development of Manual Training and Hand Work in Hqlland, It was iiu immense success, awakening the interest of tho entire country, and at its close the Amsterdam section proposed the foundation of ' the museum of security, and placed, there fifty of, tho exhibit^, which served as the beginning of the museum. It was opened to the public in 1893. The labour inspectors of Holland find that tho museum is of the greatest service to them, because it meets every Objection on the part of a superintendent that the safety device in question wi}l interfere with the proper Operation of bis '-machinery. If the manufacturer is not satisfied with tho photograph *of the appliance, he can scod'his superintendent or go 'himself ih the museum, where he can study every, detail of the operation. Ope room can.}aius X\\t> library, filled with book-.s pjf hygiene, sanitation, m,j dustry," and social economy. j Tho 'vqrious purts of all fjang^rplis Machines are safeguarded by means of the latest devjees. ' One veiy simple precaution is,- that of painting red the dangerous parts of the machinery. Hygienic de\ices are painted blue, AU .the oleotric conduits are provided with automatic shut-offs. Safeguarded models of gearing, bfclts, >v]ieels, elevators, windlasses, cranes, staircases, fire escapes, and shafts are displayed. ' .Thpre are similar museums of security in Berlin, Munich, and Milan, and plans hiiye been announced for such a museum to be established in New York*. — W. H. Tolman, in Four Track News.
A MUSEUM OF SECURITY.
Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 15
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