University of Virginia Library

GIFTS TO THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY.

C. F. von Petersdorff, Esq., E. M., California Department, World's Columbian Exposition,
Chicago.—Large specimens of gold quartz from California.

Leander J. McCormick, Esq., Chicago.—A valuable collection of chemical products
manufactured by the United Alkali Company, of England.

Messrs. E. R. Squibb & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.—A large sample of crude wood spirit,
for use by students in practical organic chemistry.

E. G. Acheson, Esq., President Carborundum Company, Monongahela City, Pa.—
Good specimens of crude and prepared carborundum (silicon carbide).

Lieutenant N. E. Mason, United States Navy, Inspector of Ordnance.—Specimen
fragments from armour-plates and projectiles of nickel-steel, including one specimen with
"Harveyized" surface.