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mental stones; products and byproducts of petroleum and 

 mineral paints. 



Zoology. 1500 specimens: molluscan shells, with a very few 

 representatives of the other subkingdoms. 



The museum also contains specimens illustrating tobacco 

 from the crude leaf to various manufactured products; the manu- 

 facture of cotton and linen fabrics; various iron and steel prod- 

 ucts; oils and varnishes; artificial stones and stonework; silks 

 and their dyestutfs; rubber in various stages of manufacture; 

 fertilizers; products from the Rumford chemical works; powders, 

 and other industrial products. There is also a series of 288 

 materia medica specimens. 



University of Virginia, Lewis Brooks museum, Charlottesville. 

 William M. Fontaine, professor of natural Jiistory and geology. 



The museum has no staff apart from the professor teaching 

 the subjects illustrated in it. Each professor has charge of his 

 own department. 



Paleontology. 8000 fossils illustrating the life of all formations, 

 particularly forms from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous; a 

 number of restorations, both life size and reduced, of large verte- 

 brates, either entire or in part; and a number of plaster casts 

 of famous fossils. 



Mineralogy. 4000 specimens: a large general collection; series 

 of specimens illustrating phenomena, color, structure and phys- 

 ical properties; a collection of models of meteorites; models of 

 gold nuggets; imitation gems and a set of crystal models. 



Historic geology and litliology. Lavas of Vesuvius ; typical rocks 

 from the Alps; a series of t3^pical rocks of the New York 

 formations, and from Auvergne, Paris Basin, Saxony and Vir- 

 ginia; an historic series from the different formations, and illus- 

 trative collections of igneous, metamorphic and fragmental 

 rocks and a set of relief maps. 



Economic geology. 4500 specimens: ores of Virginia; foreign 

 (chiefly Italian) and domestic marbles, and a collection of build- 

 ing stones. 



Zoology. 5000 specimens fully illustrating all the principal 

 animal groups: mounted speciineQs; skeletons; alcoholic prepara- 



