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MISCELLANEOUS- MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE COLLECTIONS.                    111

existence of forms of life different in kind and species from those now living on the 
globe, and thus laid the foundation of the science of paleontology.

Invertebrate life is profusely represented by series, each giving many typical forms
among the protozoa (including the foramenifera and the sponges); the echinoderms, 
with several score of interesting echinoidea and fossil sea-stars; the mollusks of all 
families, including a very rich series of the ammonites with all the type-groups of 
Von Buch's classification. Finally there are nearly one hundred crustaceans, notably 
the important family of the trilobites, of older paleozoic age.

These series of fossil specimens- actual and casts- constitute together a complete
paleontological cabinet, graduated so as to include the lowest to the highest forms of 
fossil animal organisms, from the earliest dawn of life upon our planet down to the 
period immediately preceding our own. The collection is provided with all needful 
fixtures, and every specimen is accompanied with a handsome printed label giving 
the full scientific name, the locality, and the geological age of the fossil. It is further 
accompanied by a series of fifty-two paleontological pictures, representing forms of 
ancient animal life, which are of especial importance from a zoological or from a geological point of view. These pictures- seven the well-known "restorations" of 
Waterhouse Hawkins, twenty-two hand copies of the series made by the celebrated 
English zoologist, Edward Forbes, for the museum of the London Geological Society, 
and sixteen the Unger series of geological landscapes - are handsomely framed under 
glass. There are, finally, several large geological wall charts, by Hall, Winchell, etc.
"Academy Series" of Paleontology. - From this large cabinet, mentioned above, a 
careful selection has been made and arranged by itself, in a case 23 feet long with 
step-like shelves, to show what can be done by school and academies having but little 
money for collections.

The unique and rarer forms are represented by casts, and the common forms by 
original fossils. All have been so chosen as to cover the whole field of paleontology, 
and give an even representation of the forms characterizing each of the different  geological periods. This collection or cabinet contains 475 specimens (about one-third
casts and two-thirds originals) and is accompanied by a complete illustrated catalogue, 
almost full enough to answer for a text-book.

MINERALOGY.

In the glazed case next parallel to the east wall, situated on the right hand of 
the visitor entering the hall, is a large and very choice mineral cabinet. The specimens 
are handsome, clean, fresh, and beautifully crystallized, and are so chosen as 
to represent very evenly the whole field of systematic mineralogy. The specimens, 
which are mainly of large cabinet size, are each mounted upon a black-walnut block, 
bearing a handsome printed label, which gives, in scientific fullness, the name of the 
mineral, its chemical composition, and its crystalline form, while a number in its 
corner corresponds to the same number upon the back of the specimen (see Fig. 55). 
In this case are fine specimens of adularia, agate, allanite, amber, amethyst, 
antimonite, argentite, aventurine, axinite, barite, beryl, bournonite, brucite, calamine, 
calcite (many varieties), cancrinite, cassiterite, chalcedony, chrysoberyl, columbite, 
corundum, cuprite, cyanite, datolite, diopside, elaterite, emerald, epidote, erubescite, 
fahlerz, fluoirite, franklinite, garnet, geyserite, gold, hausmannite, heliotrope, 
hyalite, hydrotalcite, Iceland spar, itacolunite, jasper, jeffersite, jeffersonite, jet, 
labradorite, lapis lazuli, lepidolite, loadstone, malachite, meerschaum, menaccanite, 
mesotype, millerite, molybdenite, moonstone, natrolite, nephrite, obsidian, opal, orpiment, pectolite, percline, platinum, polyhalite, quartz (20 to 30 varieties), realgar, 
rubellite, rut

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MISCELLANEOUS- MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE COLLECTIONS. 111

existence of forms of life different in kind and species from those now living on the globe, and thus laid the foundation of the science of paleontology.

Invertebrate life is profusely represented by series, each giving many typical forms among the protozoa (including the foramenifera and the sponges); the echinoderms, with several score of interesting echinoidea and fossil sea-stars; the mollusks of all families, including a very rich series of the ammonites with all the type-groups of Von Buch's classification. Finally there are nearly one hundred crustaceans, notably the important family of the trilobites, of older paleozoic age.

These series of fossil specimens- actual and casts- constitute together a complete paleontological cabinet, graduated so as to include the lowest to the highest forms of fossil animal organisms, from the earliest dawn of life upon our planet down to the period immediately preceding our own. The collection is provided with all needful fixtures, and every specimen is accompanied with a handsome printed label giving the full scientific name, the locality, and the geological age of the fossil. It is further accompanied by a series of fifty-two paleontological pictures, representing forms of ancient animal life, which are of especial importance from a zoological or from a geological point of view. These pictures- seven the well-known "restorations" of Waterhouse Hawkins, twenty-two hand copies of the series made by the celebrated English zoologist, Edward Forbes, for the museum of the London Geological Society, and sixteen the Unger series of geological landscapes - are handsomely framed under glass. There are, finally, several large geological wall charts, by Hall, Winchell, etc. "Academy Series" of Paleontology. - From this large cabinet, mentioned above, a careful selection has been made and arranged by itself, in a case 23 feet long with step-like shelves, to show what can be done by school and academies having but little money for collections.

The unique and rarer forms are represented by casts, and the common forms by original fossils. All have been so chosen as to cover the whole field of paleontology, and give an even representation of the forms characterizing each of the different geological periods. This collection or cabinet contains 475 specimens (about one-third casts and two-thirds originals) and is accompanied by a complete illustrated catalogue, almost full enough to answer for a text-book.

                                         MINERALOGY.

In the glazed case next parallel to the east wall, situated on the right hand of the visitor entering the hall, is a large and very choice mineral cabinet. The specimens are handsome, clean, fresh, and beautifully crystallized, and are so chosen as to represent very evenly the whole field of systematic mineralogy. The specimens, which are mainly of large cabinet size, are each mounted upon a black-walnut block, bearing a handsome printed label, which gives, in scientific fullness, the name of the mineral, its chemical composition, and its crystalline form, while a number in its corner corresponds to the same number upon the back of the specimen (see Fig. 55). In this case are fine specimens of adularia, agate, allanite, amber, amethyst, antimonite, argentite, aventurine, axinite, barite, beryl, bournonite, brucite, calamine, calcite (many varieties), cancrinite, cassiterite, chalcedony, chrysoberyl, columbite, corundum, cuprite, cyanite, datolite, diopside, elaterite, emerald, epidote, erubescite, fahlerz, fluoirite, franklinite, garnet, geyserite, gold, hausmannite, heliotrope, hyalite, hydrotalcite, Iceland spar, itacolunite, jasper, jeffersite, jeffersonite, jet, labradorite, lapis lazuli, lepidolite, loadstone, malachite, meerschaum, menaccanite, mesotype, millerite, molybdenite, moonstone, natrolite, nephrite, obsidian, opal, orpiment, pectolite, percline, platinum, polyhalite, quartz (20 to 30 varieties), realgar, rubellite, rut