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New York State Education Department 



Science Division, Sep. 26, iQOj 

 Hon. Andrew S. Draper 



Commissioner of Education 



Sir: I beg to communicate for publication as a bulletin of the 

 State Museum a treatise on Fire Tests of New York Building 

 Stones, prepared by W. E. McCourt, The usefulness of this trea- 

 tise to engineers, architects and boards of underwriters will, I 

 believe, be immediate. 



Very respectfully yours 



John M. Clarke 



Director and State Geologist 



Approved for publication, Sep. 26, iQOj 



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Commissioner of Education 



