General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . o de Tovor, anothermember of the famous exploring expedi-tion. The first sure traverse of the Can-yon was made in small boats in the sum-mer of 1869. by Major J. W. Powell witheight brave companions. The head of the Bright Angel Trailis 6866 feet above mean sea level whilethe river in front of this spot is about2400 feet above the sea, making the can-von about 4460 feet deep below an ob-server standing in front of the hotel. Theopposite brink of the canyon, however, iseight thousand feet above sea level so thatth
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . o de Tovor, anothermember of the famous exploring expedi-tion. The first sure traverse of the Can-yon was made in small boats in the sum-mer of 1869. by Major J. W. Powell witheight brave companions. The head of the Bright Angel Trailis 6866 feet above mean sea level whilethe river in front of this spot is about2400 feet above the sea, making the can-von about 4460 feet deep below an ob-server standing in front of the hotel. Theopposite brink of the canyon, however, iseight thousand feet above sea level so thatthe total depth is more than one mile. [27] BLUE TOPAZ FROMJAPAN. Egg-shaped, brilliantcut, with 440 facets andweighing 1,463 of M. L. Morgenthau. ENGRAVED EMERALD ORNAMENT. Thisengraved emerald weighing carats was orig-inally from Muso, Colombia. Sir Purden Clarkeplaced this gem, probably of Delhi cutting andused as a head ornament by some Hindu prince,in the period of the Mogul domination of India(1526-1739). Gift of Elisabeth Cockcroft Schettlei.
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