SCIENCE-ADVERTISEMENTS 



THE MINNEAPOLIS MEETING 



OF THE 



of Science and American Chemical Society 



December 37th to 31st, 19IO, 



will be largely attended by members from the East. Arrangements are being made 

 by a number of delegates to convene in New York, and travel in a body. Members 

 from Central and Southern Cities can join at convenient points en route, and from 

 Chicago will use special cars of the 



CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY 



arriving Minneapolis the forenoon of December 27th. 



For full information regarding rates, routes and sleeping car reservations, 

 address, 



W. W. HALL, General Agent, 

 381 Broadway New York City 



North American Index Fossils 



BY AMADEUS W. GRABAU, S.M., S.D. 



Professor of Paleontology in Columbia University and 



HERVEY WOODBURN SHIMER, A.M., Ph.D. 



Assistant Professor of Paleontology in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 



In 2 vols. Larg-e 8vo, cloth. xxil+762 pp. Illustrated. 



Price for the 2 vols., $12.75 net 



Contains summarized descriptions of the more characteristic and abundant fossils of the North 

 American strata, with keys for their comparison and identification and with illustrations of nearly all 

 of the species described. A total of 1268 genera and 3422 species described, illustrated by 5322 figures 

 in 1947 cuts. 



A textbook for the college student in detailed laboratory work, a guide for the mining engineer 

 in the identification of fossils in the field, and a book of ready reference for the general studeut. 



Attention should be called to the appendices embracing, 



1. A summary of North American stratigraphy, with local etratigraphio names and their cor- 

 relation. 



2. A tabulation of the species of each North American province in the different geologic eras. 



3. A bibliography of North American invertebrate paleontology likewise arranged according to 

 the provinces and eras with which they deal. 



4. Suggestions for collecting and preparing fossils. 



5. A glossary of paleontologic and stratigraphic terms. 

 There are complete generic and specific indices. 



Specimen pages and a descriptive circular will be sent postpaid on request. 



A. G. SEILER & CO., New York, 1909 and 1910 



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