Berlin and its environs; handbook for travellers . e First Chemical Insti-tute of the University, and (No. 4) the newT building of the HygienicInstitute and Museum (comp. p. 151). Outside the Xeue Tor the Luisen-Str. joins the long Invaliden-Strasse, which begins on the E. beyond the Stettin Station (p. 163)and ends on the W. in Alt-Moabit. At the point of junction(PI. R, 21) are three important scientific institutions, in buildingsby Tiede: viz. the Agricultural Academy, to the E.; the Museumof Natural History, in the middle; and the School of Mines, to theW. (p. 166); comp. the adjoining Pla
Berlin and its environs; handbook for travellers . e First Chemical Insti-tute of the University, and (No. 4) the newT building of the HygienicInstitute and Museum (comp. p. 151). Outside the Xeue Tor the Luisen-Str. joins the long Invaliden-Strasse, which begins on the E. beyond the Stettin Station (p. 163)and ends on the W. in Alt-Moabit. At the point of junction(PI. R, 21) are three important scientific institutions, in buildingsby Tiede: viz. the Agricultural Academy, to the E.; the Museumof Natural History, in the middle; and the School of Mines, to theW. (p. 166); comp. the adjoining Plan. Tramways (see p. 15-22) from the Neue Tor: Nos. 2,10, 11, 16, 51. Q,and (via the Chaussee-Str., to the E.) Nos. 25-29, 32, and 34. The Agricultural Academy (ca. 36 teachers and 400students), founded in 1810 by A. Thaer (p. 141) at Moglin nearWriezen. was removed to its present quarters in 1880. It containsthe Agricultural Museum (adm. see p. 36; official guide 50 pf.).In the vestibule are models by Eau, illustrating the history of Laboratories. Nat. Hist. Museum. BERLIN. Section 10. 1C>:> manual tools and of the plough. In the covered court straighton is the Machinery Department (objects changed from time totime), including a collection of models. On the gronndfloor also(in front and to the left) is the Zoological Department, with alarge collection of the skulls and skeletons of domestic animals(illustrated catalogue by Prof. Nehring, 1 <JC 60 pf.). — On the iirstfloor, on the X. side, is the Zootechnical Department, illustratingthe development of stock-farming and fisheries, with models offarm-cattle, etc. The W. wing contains the Mineralogical andGeological Department: specimens of nicks and soil; mineralfertilizers: geological map of Berlin (to the depth of 1250 ft.);representations of the salt industry in Stassfurt and of the saltpetreindustry in Chili. The Vegetable Department, in the S. wing,illustrates the history of gardening, agriculture, and forestry: al
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