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OPINIONS OF SCIENTIFIC MEN.

The Cabinets have received many most favorable notices from 
eminent American Geologists and men of Science. A few of these 
are here subjoined. In vol. xxxiii. of the American Journal of 
Science, Prof. B. Silliman, Jr., writes as follows:

Having lately enjoyed an opportunity of inspecting the collection 
of fossils, rocks and minerals formed by Prof. Henry A. Ward, of 
Rochester, a short notice of it will be acceptable, as marking the 
steady progress making in the appreciation of scientific objects in 
the United States. This collection has been amassed by the personal 
exertions and zeal of Prof. Ward during six years passed by 
him in all parts of Europe, in Asia, Africa and America, he having 
travelled over 100,000 miles in his visits to localities and collections. 
It has been formed from the first on a plan designed to 
illustrate the departments of geology and mineralogy to students. 
This plan contemplated the representation of every genus of fossil 
organism hitherto described, as well as a complete lithological and 
mineralogical collection. Happily for science, Prof. Ward's plans
found a liberal patron in the noble liberality of the Hon. Levi A. 
Ward, a wealthy citizen of Rochester, who advanced the funds required
for the purpose to an extent of nearly $20,000. These collections 
are temporarily arranged in a large hall (80 by 150 feet and 
20 feet high) in Rochester, with several smaller rooms attached. 
The general effect is magnificent and imposing. On first entering 
the hall, the eye is arrested by the gigantic head of the Deinotherium 
(cast)and other huge forms of fossil life, by the long ranges
of polished marbles, Spetaria, Ammonites, &c., which, although 
not yet systematically arranged in detail, are conspicuous objects in 
the coup d' oeil. It i difficult from statistical statements to form

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                         OPINIONS OF SCIENTIFIC MEN.

The Cabinets have received many most favorable notices from eminent American Geologists and men of Science. A few of these are here subjoined. In vol. xxxiii. of the American Journal of Science, Prof. B. Silliman, Jr., writes as follows:

Having lately enjoyed an opportunity of inspecting the collection of fossils, rocks and minerals formed by Prof. Henry A. Ward, of Rochester, a short notice of it will be acceptable, as marking the steady progress making in the appreciation of scientific objects in the United States. This collection has been amassed by the personal exertions and zeal of Prof. Ward during six years passed by him in all parts of Europe, in Asia, Africa and America, he having travelled over 100,000 miles in his visits to localities and collections. It has been formed from the first on a plan designed to illustrate the departments of geology and mineralogy to students. This plan contemplated the representation of every genus of fossil organism hitherto described, as well as a complete lithological and mineralogical collection. Happily for science, Prof. Ward's plans found a liberal patron in the noble liberality of the Hon. Levi A. Ward, a wealthy citizen of Rochester, who advanced the funds required for the purpose to an extent of nearly $20,000. These collections are temporarily arranged in a large hall (80 by 150 feet and 20 feet high) in Rochester, with several smaller rooms attached. The general effect is magnificent and imposing. On first entering the hall, the eye is arrested by the gigantic head of the Deinotherium (cast)and other huge forms of fossil life, by the long ranges of polished marbles, Spetaria, Ammonites, &c., which, although not yet systematically arranged in detail, are conspicuous objects in the coup d' oeil. It i difficult from statistical statements to form