Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1898-1899 [PAGE 33]

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LABORATORIES

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The physical laboratory is in Engineering Hall. It is provided with piers, a constant temperature room, and other conveniences for measurement work. The psychological laboratory, in Natural History Hall, is well provided with apparatus of many different kinds for use in experimental study, research, and instruction. ENGINEERING LABORATORIES The cement laboratory of the department of civil engineering occupies rooms in Engineering Hall, and is provided with slate tables, testing machines, molding machines, sieves, etc., and sample barrels of hydraulic cement, varieties of sand, and other necessary materials. The electrical engineering laboratory occupies space on three floors of the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Laboratory. The mechanical engineering laboratory occupies the rear wing of the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Laboratory. The laboratory of applied mechanics is located in the Wood Shops and Testing Laboratory. SPECIAL LABORATORIES FOR RESEARCH The laboratory of the Agricultural Experiment Station occupies a part of the basement of Natural History Hall. The laboratory rooms of the State Laboratory of Natural History are in Natural History Hall. A Biological Experiment Station has been established by the University on the Illinois River at Havana, Illinois, and equipped for field and experimental work in aquatic biology. It has its separate staff, but is open to students of the University at all times, on application, and to special students not otherwise connected with the University during the summer months. A laboratory for sanitary water analysis has been equipped with all necessary appliances, and chemical investigation of the water supplies of the state is carried on.