INSIDE CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 715, 24 October 1914, Page 3

INSIDE CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE.

; How many know of the exceedingly miscellaneous collection of articles which was placed in the cavity in the base of the obelisk on its erection? vThe following is a complete list:— Standard foot and pound. Bronze model of the obelisk, -Jin. scale to the foot. Copies of "Engineering'-' printed on vellum,- with plans of the mechanical contrivances employed in erecting and transporting the obelisk, together with its complete history. A fragment of the obelisk itself, chipped it in the process of levelling the base. , . Jars of Doulton ware. Complete set of British coinage, including an Empress of India rupee. Standard gauge of I,oooth part of an inch. i Baby's feeding-bottle and children's toys. Parchment copy of Dr. Birch's translation of the obelisk's hieroglyphics. Portrait of Queen Victoria. Bibles in French and English, the Hebrew Pentateuch, the Arabic Genesis, and a translation into 215 languages of the sixteenth verse of the third chapter of St. John's Gospel. A shilling razor. Bradshaw's Railway Guide. Case of cigars. Some pipes. Box of haii-pins and sundry articles of feminine adornment. A hydraulic jack, as used in raising the obelisk. Specimens of wire rope and submarine cables. Twenty-four maps of London. Copies of daily and illustrated newspapers. , A two-foot rule. ! A London directory. A Whitaker's Almanack. And last, photographs of twelve beautiful Englishwomen of the day.