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capital, where the greatest amount of scientific force for lec- 
tures is formed, where the professors and students are aided 
in their studies by good libraries, collections, and various other 
institutions, and where also the more active vitality of science 
exercises a powerful influence on every individual, and spurs 
him on to the most energetic exertion ; whilst, on the other 
hand, the practical part of the necessary knowledge cannot 
be imparted in general lectures, but must be acquired by re- 
sidence and travelling in various mining and metallurgic dis- 
tricts of acknowledged high reputation. 
Moreover, there are arranged in the edifice, a chemical 
laboratory of four chambers, from which, as it is placed at 
the top of the house, a lifting apparatus connects it with the 
lower story ; also working-rooms for palontology, for the 
Mining Record Office, &c. The communication between the 
various parts of the building may be effected by an electric 
telegraph. 
In the principal room, in the middle of the edifice, the great 
collection of English minerals, rocks, petrifactions, and in- 
dustrial products derived from them will be laid out. It is 
at present placed ina building at Craig’s Court, Charing 
Cross, and a considerable part as yet unarranged. This col- 
lection, as far as regards the original natural products, is 
chiefly augmented by the diligence of the persons employed 
on the Survey, and of the collectors appointed for this pur- 
pose. It is only rarely that a few objects of particular in- 
terest are bought. By collecting the fossils for themselves, 
the Survey enjoy the particular advantage of obtaining a per- 
fectly accurate and satisfactory statement, not only of the 
locality but of the very stratum to which the specimens be- 
long. 
As regards the products of industry, and the suites by 
which the transition from the raw material to the former is 
represented, this Institution will be very favourably received 
by the patriotism of the English, who most liberally support 
every work commenced for the advantage of their fatherland. 
Valuable minerals, manufactured articles, and the above men- 
tioned suites, have been in great numbers presented by in- 
dividual owners of mines and manufactories. Yet, on the 
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