The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-07
Minerals, Shells, Birds, &c.

The Naturalists' Agency has been established az
800 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, for the pur-
pose of giving collectors of objects of Natural lii
tory an opportunity ofbuyng, selling or cNchan.
ing their duplicates or collections.
Specimens sent to any part of the world by mail.
An illustrated monthly bulletin offs pages sent free
received the highest award given to any one III
the Centennial Exposition of 1876, and the onl,
award an, medal given to any American for "Coi-
cctiOns of Minerals"
My Neurological Catalogue of 30 pages is dis.
tflbuicd nee to all customers to Others on receipt
OF 10 cents. II Is proinsely illustrated, and III,
printer ana cngraVcr charged me about SaVO.OO
before n copy was struck on. by means of the
table of species and accompanying tables most
species may he verified. The price list is an excel.
lent check list containing the names of all the
species and tile most common varieties, arranged
alphabetically and preceded by the species nuns.
ber The species number indicates the place 90
any mineral in the table of Species after it will be-
found the species name, composition, streak or
lustrc, cleavage or fracture, hardness, specific
gravity iusibility and cfystallizatiOn.
The large increase of my business has compelled
me 10 rent The store No 1927, and use it entirely for
Birds, Mammals, Shells Plants, Books, Fossil,
Mound Builders Relics and other objects of Natur
al History. | have secured the service of one OF
the best nNidemsts in the country, and can Ito
the best custom work.
over b tons, and nearly $4,000 worth of Min
erals on hand. $4,000 worth sold since the 18th
day of January, when the first box was put into
my establishment. November ID my cash sales
were over sl,jOO and cash receipts over 1920.
COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS
For Students. amateurs, Professors, Physicia,,s
and other Professional Men.
The collections of 100 illustrate all the principal
species and all the grand subdivisions in Dana
and other works on Mineraogy; every Crystalline
SYSTEM and all the principal Ores and every
known Element. The collections are labelled with
printed label that can only be removed by soak
ing. The labels of the $500 and higher priced col
lections give Dana's species number, the name,
locality and in most cases, the composition of the
Mineral. All collections accompanied by my illus
trated catalogue and table of species.
- 20 100
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS in box in box in box
Crystals and fragments, 80 $lO Sl50
Students size, larger l.5O 800 Geo
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS leo POO 800
Crystals and fragments, $l.OO 500 $500
students size, larger, 800 1900 300
Amateurs size, , - n y IL 1000 1000 50Oi
High school or Academy
size, l-2X3 IL in, Shelf
Specimens, $500 5000 10000
College size, - y 9 in.
shelf Specimens, 5000 l5000 10000
send for die bulletin, stating where you saw this
advertisement.
A. +. FOOTE. NJ. D.,
Prof OF Chemistry and MneruiOgy.
Fellow Of the American Association for the Al
yancement of Science; Life Member of the Phil
alelphia Academy of Natural Science and of the
American Museum of Natural History, Central
Park New York. ~