Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1899-1900 [PAGE 99]

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PHYSICS

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The lecture room is in the form of an amphitheater, and is furnished with opera chairs provided with tablet arms. Piers at the lecture desk and in the center of the room make demonstrations^ with the more delicate apparatus possible. A permanent screen and rolling blinds operated by a motor facilitate illustration by lantern. The cabinet rooms adjoining the lecture room are supplied with apparatus suitable for illustration and demonstration, and are provided with conveniences for preparing apparatus for lectures. The general laboratory is a room sixty feet square and is well lighted and ventilated. It is supplied with tables, shelves, and sinks, arranged for general experimental work. The cabinet room adjoining this laboratory contains the apparatus designed for elementary experimental work. The small laboratories, six in number, are on the first floor, and are abundantly provided with masonry piers, wall shelves, sinks, dark curtains, etc. They contain a line of high-grade apparatus for advanced experimental work and research. The electrical measurement apparatus is especially complete, and there is an excellent line of apparatus from the best makers for the fundamental measurements in mechanics, heat, and light. The constant-temperature room is on the first floor. It is isolated from the surrounding space by double masonry walls and double doors. It is arranged for such experiments as require a low, uniform temperature. The department has a mechanician and well equipped workshop. This gives facilities for making apparatus from original designs for the general work of the department, and also for special investigations and research. In addition to the preceding, there are a number of private studies and laboratories for the use of advanced students and instructors.