﻿ADDITIONS 
  TO 
  THE 
  MUSEUM. 
  15 
  

  

  IV. 
  To 
  the 
  Geological, 
  Minerdlogical 
  and 
  Palceontological 
  Depart* 
  

  

  merits. 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Foord, 
  of 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  large 
  Shark's 
  Tooth, 
  from 
  the 
  London 
  clay, 
  London, 
  England. 
  

  

  From 
  Senor 
  Asta 
  Brtjmaga, 
  late 
  Chilian 
  Minister 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   (Communicated 
  by 
  Hon, 
  Mrs. 
  J. 
  V, 
  L. 
  Prut^,) 
  

   Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Copper 
  Ore 
  from 
  Chili. 
  

  

  From 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  Allek, 
  of 
  Saratoga* 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  large 
  slab, 
  five 
  by 
  six 
  feet, 
  of 
  Potsdam 
  Sandstone, 
  with 
  one 
  

  

  side 
  showing 
  fine 
  ripple 
  marks. 
  

   A 
  large 
  mass 
  of 
  Conglomerate, 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Potsdam 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  in 
  Greenfield, 
  Saratoga 
  county, 
  N.. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  large 
  slab 
  of 
  Lower 
  Trenton 
  Limestone, 
  nearly 
  five 
  by 
  six 
  

   feet, 
  with 
  one 
  side 
  covered 
  with 
  hemispherical 
  masses 
  of 
  

   Stromatopora. 
  

   These 
  specimens 
  are 
  very 
  valuable 
  acquisitions 
  for 
  geological 
  

   study, 
  and, 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  out- 
  door 
  Museum, 
  are 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  area 
  upon 
  Lodge 
  street. 
  

  

  From 
  Alfred 
  Wild, 
  of 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  mass 
  of 
  Iron 
  Pyrites 
  in 
  shale 
  from 
  Cohoes 
  (the 
  pyrites 
  

   massive 
  and 
  in 
  minute 
  crystals). 
  

  

  From 
  Hon. 
  Ezra 
  Cornell, 
  of 
  Ithaca, 
  1ST. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  block 
  of 
  nearly 
  a 
  cubic 
  foot 
  of 
  Argillaceous 
  Sandstone, 
  dressed 
  

  

  on 
  three 
  sides 
  and 
  partly 
  on 
  two 
  others, 
  showing 
  the 
  style 
  of 
  

  

  blocks 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  Cornell 
  University; 
  one 
  

  

  face 
  covered 
  with 
  fossils* 
  

   A 
  block 
  of 
  9X9X11 
  inches 
  of 
  White 
  Medina 
  Sandstone 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  same 
  as 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  Cornell 
  University. 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  Potter^ 
  of 
  Fort 
  Ann. 
  

   Several 
  large 
  masses 
  of 
  Magnetic 
  Iron 
  Ore, 
  from 
  the 
  Port 
  Dunk 
  

   Mine, 
  near 
  Fort 
  Ann, 
  N, 
  Y. 
  

  

  From 
  Lewis 
  H. 
  Roe, 
  of 
  Westport, 
  Essex 
  County, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  large 
  mass 
  (300 
  pounds) 
  of 
  Magnetic 
  Iron 
  Ore, 
  from 
  mine 
  

   near 
  Comstock's 
  Landing, 
  Washington 
  County, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  From 
  B. 
  F. 
  Ottarson, 
  of 
  Granville, 
  Washington 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   (Through 
  W. 
  H. 
  Whittlesey, 
  of 
  Lakeville, 
  Ct.) 
  

   Several 
  good 
  specimens 
  of 
  Hematitie 
  Iron 
  Ore, 
  from 
  Salis- 
  

   bury, 
  Ct. 
  

  

  