Information for Exhibitors
A brief Description of the Exposition, Extracts of important Rules and Regulations, and an Analysis of the Plan and Scope of the Exhibit Departments

INFORMATION tÜWj for EXHIBITORS --- — wf ~zzzz=zzzzz=zz= and metals into the finished products so closely associ- ated with daily life. The educational value of this Department will be secured by embodying the following ideas: (1) A sys- tematic arrangement showing engines, turbines and other prime movers in actual operation; (2) the means of transferring this energy of motion and converting it to various needs; (3) the exhibition of various wood and metal shaping machines to show their uses; (4) the products of these machines in various stages of ad- vancement toward completion; (5) the exhibition of machines and fittings in parts, or in open sections, to give a view of their inside construction. From the standpoint of the manufacturer of machin- ery, there can be no broader commercial advantage than to increase public interest in and knowledge of machinery. This cannot be better done than by showing its constituent parts, its motion and the methods and products of its operation. Electricity and. machine con- struction are so closely allied in the generation and use of electric energy that the Panama-Pacific International Exposition has deviated from previous Exposition prac- tice by placing electric apparatus in the Department of Machinery. Transportation Exhibits THE partial triumph that man has achieved over the limitations of time and space offers one of the best measures for his progress; a nation’s civili- zation may be judged very accurately by its facilities of