A Descriptive Guide To The Museum Of Practical Geology

This Historic Book May Have Numerous Typos And Missing Text. Purchasers Can Download A Free Scanned Copy Of The Original Book (without Typos) From The Publisher. Not Indexed. Not Illustrated.1867 Excerpt: ... Synopsis Of The Collection On This Floor. Pottery And Porcelain. Pp. 48 To 61. Glass, Ancient And Modern, Pp. 61 To 70. Enamels. Pp. 70 To 72. Mosaics. Pp. 72, 73. British Metalliferous Minerals, Or Ores, Pp. 74 To 81, And Pp. 100 To 103. Foreign Ores. Pp. 81 To 90. Illustrations Op Mineral Lodes, Pp. 90 To 94. Colonial Minerals. Pp. 95 To 99. Non-metallic Minerals, Pp. 132 To 146. The Ceramic Series Will Be Found Arranged In The Embayments On The East And West Of The Stairs. The Descriptions Commence With The Raw Materials In The Gallery On The Right Hand Or B. Side, Then Proceed With Pedestal Cases 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, And Wall-cases On The Left Hand Or W. Side Of The Principal Floor; And Afterwards On The E. Side, Wall-cases Only. Foreign Pottery, &c. In The Gallery On The E. Side. Four Cases In The Embayment On The B. Side (nos. 52, 53, 54, 55); And One Of Modern Glass In The Principal Room (no. 47). Sheet And Crown Glass In The Gallery On The W. Side. Table-cases 1 And 56, On Each Side Of The Staircase From The Hall; And The Model Of Tomb Of Wil-liam De Vallence. No. 10. Table-case 46, Near The Head Of Melpomene. Specimens On Walls Of Stairs To Galleries. In Case 46 Will Also Be Found Babylonian Cylinder, &c. (p. 73). In Wall-cases 1 To 14 On W. Side, Embracing, Copper, 1 To 7 I Tin, 8, 9; Bismuth, Cobalt, Nickel, And Wolpram, 9; Zinc, 121 Manga-nese, Uranium, Titanium, Vanadium, And Chromium, 13; Antimony, Gold, Silver, And Arsenic, 14; And Wall-cases 43 To 56 On B. Side, Embracing Lead, 43 To 45; And Iron, 46 To 56. Wall-cases On W. Side From 15 To 23, Embracing Copper, 15 To 17; Iron, 18,19; Manganese, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Cranium, Tin, Cobalt, Nickel, And Antimony, 20; Zinc And Lead, 21; Silver, 22; Gold, Platinum, Mercury, And Arsenic, 23. Wall-cases...