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  . 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  months 
  later, 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Kemp 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  museum 
  

   a 
  collection 
  of 
  28 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  Essex 
  county, 
  New 
  

   York. 
  These 
  specimens 
  are 
  duplicates 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  col- 
  

   lection, 
  but 
  are 
  much 
  finer 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  geologist, 
  the 
  museum 
  

   received 
  a 
  specimen 
  labeled: 
  "Piece 
  of 
  wood 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  

   pre-glacial 
  growth 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  stratum 
  of 
  peat 
  about 
  6 
  inches 
  

   thick, 
  underlying 
  8 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  boulder 
  clay. 
  Found 
  in 
  making 
  

   excavations 
  for 
  the 
  intake 
  pipe 
  for 
  the 
  Watertown 
  city 
  water 
  works, 
  

   near 
  the 
  settling 
  basin, 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Hubart 
  Isham, 
  October 
  

   1896. 
  Presented 
  by 
  F. 
  A. 
  Hinds." 
  

  

  A 
  collection 
  of 
  21 
  bottles 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  potash 
  salts 
  from 
  

   Stassfurt, 
  Germany 
  and 
  the 
  products 
  manufactured 
  from 
  them, 
  

   was 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  museum 
  by 
  the 
  German 
  Kali 
  Works 
  of 
  93-99 
  

   Nassau 
  street, 
  JSTew 
  York. 
  The 
  series 
  included 
  the 
  following 
  

   material 
  

  

  Chlorkalium, 
  (Potassium 
  chloride 
  manufactured 
  from 
  Sylvite) 
  

   Car 
  n 
  alii 
  t 
  

  

  " 
  with 
  peat, 
  pulverized 
  

   '' 
  pulverized 
  

   Polyhaht 
  

  

  Kalidunger, 
  (Potash 
  fertilizer, 
  manufactured) 
  

   Kohlensaures 
  kali 
  magnesia, 
  (Potassium 
  magnesium 
  carbonate 
  

  

  manufactured 
  from 
  Sylvinit) 
  

   Schoenit 
  (Picromerite) 
  

   Kieserit 
  (Kieserite) 
  

   Berg-kieserit 
  (Carnallite 
  of 
  low 
  grade) 
  

   Steinsalz 
  (Halite 
  Rock 
  salt) 
  

   Steinsalz-jungeres 
  (Halite 
  from 
  upper 
  strata) 
  

   Hartsalz 
  (Halite, 
  Sylvite 
  and 
  Kieserite) 
  

   Sylvinit 
  ( 
  " 
  " 
  Kainite) 
  

  

  Sylvinit 
  ( 
  '' 
  ' 
  " 
  " 
  pulverized) 
  

  

  Sylvin 
  (Sylvite) 
  

   Kainit 
  (Kainite) 
  

  

  " 
  ( 
  " 
  pulverized) 
  

   " 
  ( 
  " 
  with 
  peat, 
  pulverized) 
  

   Schwefelsaures 
  kali 
  (Potassium 
  sulphate, 
  manufactured) 
  

  

  