Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's (14780789785)

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Title: Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's museum
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Pindar, George N Pearson, Mabel H Fischer, George Clyde, 1878-
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History New York Aquarium New York Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Children's Museum
Publisher: (New York) Pub. for the American museum of natural history by C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO



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t). On the right is a pot-hole from St. LawrenceCounty, New York, two feet across and four feet deep.The hole was formed by pebbles whirled in an eddy of astream beneath the melting ice of the glacier that oncecovered New York State. To the left is a large slab offossiliferous limestone from Kelleys Island, in Lake Erienear Sandusky, Ohio, whose surface has been smoothed,grooved and scratched by the stones and sand in the bot-tom of the immense ice sheet that covered this part of ourcountry during the glacial period. Geologists tell us that30,000 to 50,000 years ago this entire section was coveredby ice which was moving in a southerly direction. Entering the Museum the visitor finds at the left andright the Information Bureau and Visitors Room. Wheelchairs for children or adults may be obtained here withoutcharge. Postcards, photographs, guide leaflets and the pub-lications of the Museum are on sale, and here one mayalso arrange to meet friends. A Restaurant is located inthe basement.
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