New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-30
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fourth side or that between the two doors, s occupseo
with the collections Of the German and Italian stats
The tables On the floor filed with individual col
lsctions gathered beth at home and abroad Besides
the articles in the that portion OF the space IN
closed n railing and joining Forty second is allied
with samples whose size precladed their admission
within walls Such are the collections OF STATE, mar
be eca copper and of other metals not the least
iutere ting objects in the whole Exhibition Upon th.
wells above the lew charts ami geological
diagrams The room, is much too small for It's contents
In ore of the cases ca the floor is the collection II
minerals and fossils OF hrantz. of Bonn the greatest
professional collector OF minerals, snc nom whom ia
EUROPE almost all the good collections owned BY ndi-
viduals small institutions obtsned bis collection
is q very hne one, though not numerous. Among the
Choice specimens are the Zeoitc minerals, and those
containing Silica here is platinum procured from
the wsshiugs ofthe Urahsn sands Ii is generally
cated with gold aud diamonds and viii be found worthy
of collection in Australia and California when the thirst
for cold alone is abated Siberia ard Brazil at the pres
ert tine Yield almost all the patina OF commerce
Five tuns per wear annually produced by R1ssia,
Where il is much used coin, though nOts legal IN
der This metal is onnd now more sbundantly au
formerly vet still not sufficient to render appNcaoe
to domestic purposes This Is to De regretted as next
10 iron il Is probably the most useful It can be welded
like that metal and does not rust and cannot be melted
when in quantity Its chief now is for making re-
forts to disti suphurc acid ssmcst all other metals
ere corroded by it, There is still OF platinum IN me
Palace tCF this purpose WHICH Is thc liotAus.
vessel prob ably ever seen in this City Some stills OF
ills metal bring a price OF 5000 The metal platinum
is rarely found UnsllOyed, generally beng comoiaeu
with iridium Osmium and rh9dlum. rarer metals o",
still valuable they being very hard aud used instead OF
cold orpontrg gold pens In krantzs collection Is -
san pie of iiidum-o, MUM (natiye) Ii may seem
suIeriuous TO DIV ell much on platinum, but u san
deserves such notice It Is OF ABSOLUTE necessit! 70
the analytic che mist who now no longer WORKS WIFE
furnaces. large retOrts aud operating upon seyefh
rounds weight OF material. but in a small room with
delicate balance hard glass vessels spirit lamp India
rubber cork aud platinum performs his labor Wlthmore
accuracy than could ever have been done before and
LARGE Part Of this accuracy is due to his platinum YES
sells By the closet labor OF the chemist the processes
in the arts are simpLhed and thus small quantity OF
platinum has beena great promoter OF civilization
Krantz exhibits some hne fossil specimens, among
which are cut,le-fsh OligO) and ammonltes from the
English las The latter fossil is the shell OF a moilusc
resen blirg the nautilus or Portuguese man otwar,
now found floating on tie waters Of the Indian Ocean
Ills is rapaci0us aulu al as was lts fossil congehcr
Tie anmonite shell has many chambets-tne animal
as il ENLARGED, building new shell without throwing
of tie old one and when mature, living IN tue outer
most /, is remarkable that yet naturlllsts have
fully explained the OF the tube which runs along
side IL the several chambers When these shells are
cut engtwise and polished they are pretty ornaments
and both tie cut and whole she'll polished may De seen
in The Austrian collection in the body of the Palace
So lutte was il known 10 the last century that TINS los
sl was shell, that one dug up Ia England was
placed BY the poet Pope one OF his gates at Iwlck
euham and east OF 1t set over another, as wonder
full curiosity. Here are also very me specimens ot
trobtes Oiosil king crabs) from German suran sand
stone though not better marked nor more abundant
than Prot Hall has shown 10 EXIT IN the slufian rocks
about Rochester in eur own State. Among the second
ary rocks OF Bohemia is found one which is OF mixed
csy az limestone, being originally formed by the de
rosit Of yery hue cacareOus mud. From ITS porous
and absorbing nau il il found useful Tor thosraphy
aud herceIs called hogGPae stone, and stone oil the
Bohemian quality is not - be found elseNherc as at
pfefent known There - 0"d OF stone similar 10 H.
bat ipiciio7, in Ohio. in tits bohemian stone, as
worked at SOlenhOern, found some beautiful los
sl in p-e ssions and reuens. kfantz exhibits scOrp
ems anil asna or gad-Gy well ma'ked but the colec-
ten oi Carl Hail, Rim is rch IN hese SOlenhoern los
ss be- exhibits the soGrabGGs or beetle, the e0mdmd
or star-fsb tie bOnbdr or six insect crustacea,
(prawns) and dsh in beautiful preservation. How
wondeI u il it TO gaze on the remains OF species wheh
lave disappeared from our globe having exist
ed countless thousands Of ago, and which have
been thus dsenombed from their ocean graves 10 iur
pish us with additional light for the study OF pre-
adsmitic world These collections, with those mine
Iss exhibited by Eioe and that OF minerals aud ios-
Ills by Tenant OF GLASGOW for sale and 70 anna
eurs and institutions requiring them they ahOfd excel
lent opportunities
ceaneous An minerals, the most worthy ut note
being his specn ems OF gold, in dust and rock, green
and blue nalachite psilo mean (hydrated oxide OF
mangsnese) and ThompsOnte These two are beautiful
minerals Bairds Miscellaneous Collection includes
some good specimens OF native silver from Chill, IN
striuey thresds and anthracite and sembltumnOus
coal trom China Dr. Leonard, OF Lanslngburgh ex-
hibts collection of Silieeous gems jaspers, tourma-
lines maachite and rock crystal including rute, (tn
ore better specimen than this last is in the neigh
boring collection Of DR. h. Sllman, Jr who exhibits
very fine crystals of spatte boIe earh) topaz, hya.
cnth and garnets, heavy spar from Connecticut, and
sxnite from France The finest gem in the room is the
emerald exhibited by Tones, of Maden-ane, in a ease
including crystal limitations of the kOOh moor and the
Great Mogul diamonds Many of the visitors believed
when they saw these gterng deceits that they were
lookpg at the yeritabe gems whose name they bear.
Sir d. Brewster has made il appear that diamonds are
but fossil resins and that when Georgia pines are
carried down to the water logged and covered up
in the sand our day is making diamonds for future
age We can hardly wait for that, however, for an In
dustIous French has just found out that he can
make small diamonds by electrical currents. Dirty
and black they are to be sure, and only BIT for making
dust Of but either he or one else will make tho
pure diamond ere longand how small VIII be Its value
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