The story of Pittsburgh: Education

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623714

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241132

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Education

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 14

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Department of the museum

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Part of the botanical collections are exhibited in the gall- cry of plants on the second floor, in the southwestern corner of the museum. The Herbarium, in the mezzanine, contain 150,000 species of plants systematically arranged and ready for consultation by students. It is one of the largest herb- aria in North America. The mineralogical collections are exhibited on the first floor inthe Gallery of Geology and Mineralogy. The reserved collections are on the third floor. The minerals include the celebrated Jefferis Collection purchased by Mr. Carnegie. This collection contains many specimens orginally figured in Dana’s “Mineralogy.” One of the exhibits in this gallery is the group of stalactites and stalagmites obtained at Naginey, Pennsylvania. The paleontological collections are among the most ex- tensive, beautiful, and famous in the world. The mounted vertebrates are on the first floor. The invertebrates are on the second floor. The collections include the great Bayet Collection, con- taining 120,000 specimens, being the largest and best collec- tion representing the fossil fauna of Europe to be found in the New World. It has been said that “to study the mammals of the Miocene and the reptiles of the Jurassic one must visit Pittsburgh.” Among the striking objects are the skeletons of Camarasaurus in the matrix, found in the National Dinosaur Monument in Utah, of Apatosaurus louisae named in honor of Mrs. Carnegie, and of Diplodocus carnegiei, named in honor of Mr. Carnegie. Copies of the latter have been presented to the National Museums of England, France. Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Argentina. Portions of these collections are placed in the gallery of avian anatomy already alluded to, and in the gallery of ver- tebrate anatomy, the latter adjoining the gallery of mam- mals. There are thousands of specimens. The exhibits occupy almost the entire space on the third floor. Here is the largest collection of Costa Rican antiqui- ties in the world. Here are large collections representing various North American tribes from Alaska to Panama: collections illustrating the manners and customs of the ab- original people of the South Sea islands and of Africa.

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