Show 1 OUR M MUSEUM USE UM y d j j The U University Y museum museum is a well-lighted well room situated on the s second cond floor in in- inthe the southwest corner cornel of the building It is about 52 by 32 feet an and I a r. r contains some of the finest specimens to be found in the west On entering g the room and turning to our left the first case we see i ir is r entirely occupied by car carbon carbon on and its compounds Among the various arious specimens specimens F mens we have coal cmil from England as well as from Ohio and various other i parts of the United States including specimens from various portions of the west Peat the fuel so largely used in Ireland is also represented here The next cases we come to contain many mineralogical specimens of worth all allwell allwell allwell well labeled and classified according to their chemical composition under the following heads sulphates sulphides chlorides carbonates fluorides oxides oxides silica and silicates The he ores of gold silver and le lead d occupy the next four cases These samples come mostly from Park Paik City and other Utah Utan loc localities A good idea good idea l' l l C I r of of f different kinds kids of ore may be obtained by ca carefully examining g. g and st studying study study- dy f ing mg these specimens In the center cases opposite these on the side we have- have j specimens of the various products from the smelters smelters' the i at all the different stages of the extraction of the metal fr from m its ore The first is the crude oreas oreas ore ore- oreas as it is shipped to the smelter then come small boxes containing the crushed ore of different degrees of fineness then the bullion not only have we these specimens of ore and bullion but also the different fuels fluxes slag slag mattes 5 and All are carefully labeled so that it may be seen at a glance what i r they are and what stage of the smelting they represent The two cases on the left of the east aisle contain interesting specimens of various rock formations formations forma forma- i from different parts of the world among them we notice lava and Pele's 1 hair from the volcano Kilauea on the Hawaiian Islands obsidian or natural a s glass from Obsidian Cliffs in the Yellowstone National Park Park Park-in in this wonderland wonderland wonderland won won- derland of America there is a whole mountain of this natural glass sandstone sandstone sand and J stone showing ripple marks and partly-formed partly sandstone showing an intermediate stage of the formation of rock nodules and various other concretions here also illustrate modes of rock formation In the southeast southeast southeast south south- u east corner of the room is a magpies magpie's nest built in the oak brush containing f four lour speckled eggs At the south end of the room is a case cas of specimens of rock salt salt- and gypsum gypsum calcium calcium sulphate This latter is used for making plaster of Paris 3 and samples at the different stages of the man man-ii manufacture by the Nephi mills are shown Here is also a large case of hydro-carbon hydro etc asphalt gilsonite cannel coal etc Turning now from the south end and going back a few steps we cast j jour our eyes upon two cases of copper ores and excellent specimens of minerals Among them we notice a large piece of stibnite stibnite antimony antimony sulphide sulphide from from Japan this magnificent specimen is near nearly y six inches long from J New Jersey from Georgia hematite from Cumberland r England from Pennsylvania from Yuma Ari Arizona ona from Labrador and sulphate sulphate of aluminum aluminum from from x Peru P. P South i eru America Jj To the north of these cases and running east and west are nine cases containing containing con O magnificent specimens of minerals ill illustrating comparative mineralogy and especially the morphology the hardness and the many beautiful colors o of J minerals and clusters of crystals or crystalline aggregates etc Coming back now to the central cases at the south end of the museum museum tl we find two cases of the remains remains remains-or remains or or rather their casts casts of of extinct animals The north one of these contains models of the shells of the These 1 animals were microscopic but the shells here represented are very much en enlarged enlarged en- en v in order that these these animalcules may be studied These minute shells ells are the principal constituents of ch chalk lk and were taken from the Carboniferous s ous ous Cretaceous Eocene Miocene e and Pliocene series of rocks Many similar Many similar r shell remains form a large portion of the Egyptian pyramids 1 N Near ear by in ina a case are the lower bones of the leg of th the th toed three e 1 1 horse found in France it is a a supposed ancestor of our much prized modern modern dom domesticated I I j dr drs s servant L J o of the I J same am name but Put Er Professor fe Marsh q of Yale x- x l College 1 lias hass S fo found pd the remains ns bf f l toed five ye yet t e horses with th all t the gradations grad lOns fro from it to i iPe its toed one P e toed pr present sent representative t t ve the ca cast t o of ot t the the e too tooth h of of H the the e mastodon the mastodon tb n the to tooth th is seV seven Jl by y six six ix inches A and pd has la si six large prongs o on it it t th the foi of a c cast st the original claw was found Jound at Buenos Ay Ayres es South ut America and is ten inches l long ng Casts ass of the Engis skull fou found d in a cave ave in in Belgium elgi m near near Liege on the the banks ks of of the M Meuse use River f It was was fou found d in bone n bre breccia a associated d with bones of both both extinct and nd li living ing species of animals a and d the f famous mo s Neanderthal skull skull fo found nd in th the vall valley y of t th the Rhine Rhin this skull is very very hi thick k very very low lowthe In m the arch and very rr prominent min nt In in the brows These hes are th the the oldest oldest I remains of the h human man body yet found and the latter s skull ull was wa for forI a along a along long time thought by some to be the co connecting link between n man man and th the monkey but the best authorities s sa say say it itis is p perfectly human also casts of f a fossil croco crocodile found in n Fra France of the he bones of the or wing winged d r reptile p ile of the gi gigantic antic trilobite fp found found found- nd in Ohio tw twenty nty inc inches es long and thirteen thirteen thir thir- 3 t teen n inches wide the average trilobite bite found being g only about two inches long Trilobites began to exist in the earliest Primordial Primordial continued t through rough the whole era en and then became extinct forever th they y were exceedingly numerous numerous in the their r time nearly 1600 Silurian an species having been described They are interesting from the fact that although th they y were were almost the very verj very R fr first st animal life fe to o appear on n the earth earth yet they were provided with com compound eyes eyes y s. s Their near nearest st lv living g representative nta e is t the e king cra crab The he case now facing our back contains contains a number lumber of beautiful sp specimens d en enof of sponges and corals the de delicate cate Venus's flower basket composed of s such ch fine white siliceous threads so beautifully and intricately woven together as as s to b be bea a gem ornament among N Natures Nature's most ost exquisitely l finished masterpieces in beauty and delicacy cacy with the charms of Venus herself these and other sponges sponges from the Philippine Islands the deers deer's horn orn coral from the West Indies the sty laster from the Sandwich Islands the mushroom coral the star and the pipe organ-pipe corals are in in this glass show case The sub-kingdom sub starfishes starfishes sea urchins ns s sea a lilies et etc and lobsters lobsters lobsters lob lob- king crabs crabs' centipedes spiders and insects etc are also fairly well re represented represented re- re rei- rei p presented in the museum al specimens are not wanting for they are re represented by two cases of interesting shells three cases are occupied by y specimens of American and foreign woods while arch archaeological specimens take up another case The west side of the room has six large glass cases of zoological specimens specimens mens hiens mens consist consisting g mostly of animals mals preserved in alcohol Among them w we wet t note ote the flying-fish flying two Gila monsters speckled kled with black and white those venomous l reptiles f from om Arizona a devil fish or octopus salamanders snakes snake and snake eggs as well as existing brachiopods and many other animals A few steps further bring us to the human skeleton then turning to th the east st our eyes rest upon the largest and finest glass case in the room This Thi i is occupied entirely by existing d. d animals a and d for th the most part 3 are i stuffed t mammals In it appear appear t the the e large like life Roc Rocky y I Mountain sh sheep ep fro from fI J I m Montana I 10 tana a large larg porcupine two badgers s a large lynx and an n excellent 04 jM o. o 0 I J 1 F r specimen of of a. a a very laI large laige g white sv swan swan n killed fed in Millard rd county The Th The e i great grea I rest F y c 1 northern 1 loon is IS a also 1 so 1 here heie ere stuffed it is is noted for Jor its diving i is a a ver very y grace graceful u foj bird and arid can can swim SWIm more than eighty rods lods under the surface the thew j of the w water a t er 0 Op Off P. P th the shelf of this case we not notice ce the stuffed the upper fly flying irig squirrel q the V. V Virginia opossum an animal ammal used for food in In the south and closely allied to the ka kangaroo kangaroo kan kan- h of Australia that odd-looking odd orr ith s or pr duck-bill duck from Australia Aus Aus- us' us The last is an animal anim l that that- p partakes of the characters har of both mammal l and nd bird bir a and d appears appeals to be a connecting ng l link n bet Yee between the them it it has the the bodY body i covered with hair like a mammal h has s the he bill bili of a bird in has w webbed f feet et a and d lays eggs and hatches them as the birds do th the skeleton eton of a two toed sio sloth l from Central America Americ a stuffed weasel etc In this case also are some valuable bl ci museum sp specimens loaned to the museum by Professor Montgomery Am Among ng them them a are e eth th the large s snapping turtle irtle tr fro from ni z t j 3 Canada human shoulder arm and hand disse dissected ted and arid prepared d t to show th the muscles nerves and blood vessels v seJs the skeleton of a a howling monkey fro from South America Red River lampreys Egyptian I locusts locusts' and and Med an lancelets The lancelet is the lowest form of life and constitutes fh the he connecting link or what was formerly called the the missing link link bet between n the vertebrates and the invertebrates Its resemblance to the lamprey fish is very ery sti striking yet on the other hand it is i related elated to the worms and the mollusks t I. I O On the top of the case is the skeleton eton of a giant kangaroo from Australia seven seven feet six inches it measures from the tip of the tail to t the e top of th the head j I behind this this' is the skeleton of the fore for limb of f a a. horse hors s t l i Returning again again to t in-t to the h west e ts side p of r the room room we om come to th three three- cases cases cases' of of stuffed and a p prepared 4 bf birds ds- ds r also I here e w we we- h have iut turtle turtle i sh shells s and turtle turU eggs eggs eggs- j The n next three thic cases cases t to the to-the the 1 north Ith contain for the most part skeletons Among them hem are the skeletons of a cat of the the pilot black pilot snake from Le Roy New ew 1 i f York of the crow an and of t the great fox bat from the I Island of G Ceylon jt it it measures measures meas- meas meas- meas 2 t tures ures thirty-eight thirty inches from tip to tip of the outstretched wings and eleven k inches from the foot to ih the head This Is' Is is the largest bat known and abounds in ip the e East I Indies A curi curious s looking a animal covered with it sharp spi spines s li e lies lieson f fon on one of f these shelves hel Tes It is a gl globe be fish from the he Sandwich a Islands sJ In Inthe t the the same i same same case case ase is the vertebra of of a whale hale from the Pac Pacific o ocean ocean ean This his single single j joint f of f the backbone ck o els is fifteen ee f by twenty one n nY Y i inches s in siz size Crose Close beside x it itis itris r ri i is is a whales whale's h les le's tooth ht f four r inches c long from New ew Zealand e la On nt the e. e corner shelf corner r shelf f in the left h hand and cor corner corner ler is isra a g queer e r looking substance s 's somewhat r resembling gray raw rawhide hide In in texture t. t but tT it it i is irea really y the jaws of a shark sh k and contains o a five r. r rows b s 1 tw twenty eight nt eight teeth teet i in ina a row row on on each jaw therefore this fi fish possesses possesses two two h hundred hun hun- t i died dred and nd eighty t teeth e 11 so so o th that that t when h o one e should ul l be f torn away in use se It t would J d He lie replaced pl d by y a new new ew one one e f from o the h l inner n side e. e l In the same same case we we have two s specimens of Cf of One Y is IS I. I t twenty twenty- e Y-f Y 1 iJ eight nt inches nc long on and d. d is found jn L n trie the Jh Upper f NH Nile i in 1 Africa r 9 r The cut cirtis i is fron fromm fromma 1 a photograph r f C rl p of fi this th one r. fi in n the r 1 museum H e m 1 t The other f aW is n found o In g the whit i r N NIle le and is about bout nine Inches long They are extremely t ti ng m the l H ri me JI r. r l t J t 10 I I fH fact t. t t that they are ate one of only four living Jiving representatives es of oJ a once ve very y large order der of f fi fishes hes the whose remains remains- are aie re very abundant in ancient 1 rocks locks They ey belong to the the suborder or fringe finned Their Then scales are of a pe peculiar uliar kind the low lower r layer consisting of bone covered t by y an all upper layer of hard polished enamel and do not overlap The caudal or tail fin runs run up along the back nearly to the head and each c of f the ventral as well as the pectoral fins consist of a central lobe covel covered eq with scales and to the tle sides of which fin n rays lays ys are attached Of the six large laige families that composed the cc fringe finned suborder only three species of f. f the single genus remain nearly all having become extinct during the Pal era eia The case in the northwest corner corner of the room contains casts of gigantic fossil reptiles of the Mesozoic Er Era Some of the these e reptiles sometimes reached the enormous s size of fifty or sixty feet in length Among those shown here hereof hereof hereof here here- of course on a much reduced scale generally general Yone one inch on the model represents ts a foot or more are more are th the restored forms of the or winged rep reptile ie Ichthyosaurus or fish lizard Plesiosaurus La rr head of an Ichi Ich- Ich H J f i tl m r zm 1 fi i d' d W t n t M J. J li 0 t. t f 1 t L' L f. f iJ t. t tir 0 i i J M tt fY M 1 f r t f. f fl J f r I l J f iff ff M i fAt p I 1 y W H JL t nH yol S s L s t u wt w 1 i i 13 ti dd- dd I ii 1 i Kill VIEW o OF FROM RIVER NILE This creature often reached the length of for forty y feet it lived lived mostly in the water was a great diver could see in the dark was carnivorous and predatory to the highest degree Though no pe person son lived to see see them alive yet the geologist and the naturalist can can from their form and remains tell fell many of f their characters and habits with almost unerring ce certainty We also have |