Bulletin of the New York State Museum, Issues 223-228University of the State of New York, 1921 |
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Page 10 - JAMES SULLIVAN MA, Ph.D. Assistant Commissioner for Elementary Education GEORGE M. WILEY MA, Pd.D., LL.D. Director of State Library JAMES I. WYER MLS, PdD. Director of Science and State Museum JOHN M. CLARKE Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D.
Page 10 - T. SEXTON LL.B. LL.D. Chancellor - Palmyra 1927 ALBERT VANDER VEER MDMA Ph.D. LL.D. Vice Chancellor Albany 1922 CHESTER S. LORD MA LL.D. ----- Brooklyn 1930 WILLIAM NOTTINGHAM MA Ph.D.
Page 6 - Syracuse 1924 ADELBERT MOOT LL.D. Buffalo 1925 CHARLES B. ALEXANDER MA LL.B. LL.D. Litt.D. Tuxedo 1928 WALTER GUEST KELLOGG BA LL.D. - - - Ogdensburg 1932 JAMES BYRNE BA LL.B. LL.D. New York 1929 HERBERT L. BRIDGMAN MA Brooklyn 1931 THOMAS J.
Page 25 - ... The lightcolored granitoid rocks included under the names Losee gneiss and Byram gneiss are present in large amounts. There can be little doubt that they were formed chiefly by the solidification of invading molten silicate solutions or igneous magmas. Evidence of crushing in the minerals of these gneisses is almost entirely wanting, and appearances strongly favor the belief that their gneissic foliation is an original structure produced by the movements accompanying the intrusion and solidification...
Page 6 - Assistant Commissioner for Elementary Education GEORGE M. WILEY MA, Pd.D., LL.D Director of State Library JAMES I. WYER MLS, Pd.D. Director .of Science and State Museum JOHN M. CLARKE D.Sc., LL.D. Chiefs and Directors of Divisions Administration, HIRAM C. CASE Archives and History, JAMES SULLIVAN MA, Ph.D. Attendance, JAMES D. SULLIVAN Examinations and Inspections, AVERY W. SKINNER BA Law, FRANK B.
Page 201 - ... feet of peat, is at present underlain by aibout 18 inches of black soil. I have no doubt that 60 years ago the deposit was 6 feet deep, but cattle have been pastured here, and their trampling has prevented the growth of the deposit and has caused the more rapid decomposition of the vegetable matter. It would be difficult to find a spot in the entire State that is more than 10 miles from a swamp; and, though not all swamps furnish peat, yet it is within the limits of probability that peat will...
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