General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . of meteor-ites, comprising the larger examples, among them Ahnighito, tons, the largest meteorite in any museum, brought from Green-land by Peary in 1897, and Willamette, weight 15 tons, the largestmeteorite found in Ihe United States, and the most curious. East Corridor Leaving the statue on the left, and going east, the visitor entersthe Fast Corridor. Here are the sledges that with Peary (1906) andAmundsen (1911) reached the North and South Poles, respectively,also photographs and objects illustra
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . of meteor-ites, comprising the larger examples, among them Ahnighito, tons, the largest meteorite in any museum, brought from Green-land by Peary in 1897, and Willamette, weight 15 tons, the largestmeteorite found in Ihe United States, and the most curious. East Corridor Leaving the statue on the left, and going east, the visitor entersthe Fast Corridor. Here are the sledges that with Peary (1906) andAmundsen (1911) reached the North and South Poles, respectively,also photographs and objects illustrative of theAmundsen-Ellsworth expeditions of 1925 and maps of the North and South Polar Regions show the routes ofvarious explorers and the airplane and airship flights in polar re-gions from 1925 to 1934. In a room at the north end of this corridor is the large Mainka seismograph for recording the occurrence of earthquakes. This was given to the New York Academy of Sciences by Emerson McMillin, and by the Academy deposited in the Museum. 18 Polar Exhibit Seismograph. -(- -l ~ 0 t- £ 3 § O dS f-C CO OB o z K OC ffS £ O 3<D00 = 20 NORTH AMERICAN TREES The Elevators start at intervals from the Easl Corridor, at the entrance to the hall of Trees of North America. The visitor may either take an elevator to the fourth Moor and visit theElevators halls as he descends, or choose his hall from the GeneralGuide or from the Director// opposite the elevators. Southeast WingJESUP COLLECTION OF TREES OF NORTH AMERICA To the east of the elevators is the Hall of Trees of North America,containing a nearly complete collection of the native trees north ofMexico, presented by Morris K. Jesup. On the right is a bronze tablet,by J. E. Fraser, the gift of J. J. Clancy, depicting Mr. Jesup as he walked in his favorite wood at Lenox, Massachusetts, and in front a bustof Charles Sprague Sargent under whose direction the collection wasbrought together. At the farther end is a bust of John
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