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Anyone who has visited the Boylston Chemical Labratory and seen the mineralogical collection upstairs, has doubtless been surprised at the size of the collection, and at the rare beauty of some of the specimens. But unless he were a connoisseur he would hardly realize that this was one of the...
When Professor Cooke was appointed Erving Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, he took charge of the small mineralogical collection which the college then possessed. As the interest in elective studies grew, it became evident that a larger collection of minerals would be admirable training for a man's powers of...
Among the rare specimens that Professor Cooke has obtained is a remarkable collection of meteorites. There is not another collection like it in America, and even the British Museum cannot produce such specimens as some of those to be seen in the Harvard Collection. Although the study of meteorites is...
In Professor Cooke's collection is a meteorite which is probably the oldest ever preserved. It was discovered by Professor Putnam of the Peabody Museum on the altar of one of the mounds in the Little Miami Valley. The discovery of this stone has confirmed many students in the belief...
Professor Cooke's duties as chief director of the chemical department of the University have compelled him to give up the immediate care of the mineralogical collection to his nephew, O. W. Huntington Ph. D., who is instructor in mineralogy and chemistry. Dr. Huntington has been making a careful study...