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1949]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Department Physical Plant Physics Vendor J. I. Holcomb Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Bell & Howell Co., Chicago

393

Cost f.o.b. Indianapolis

6 300 00 1 285 00

Item 3,600 gallons DDT formula C spray One pilot pin mechanism with a special glass insert (this is a device used on a 35 mm. precision motion picture camera to insure exact positioning of film for each exposure)

B. Purchases Recommended The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid.

Item 3,000 tons screenings coal to be delivered and placed in storage during May, 1949 Department Physical Plant Vendor Republic Coal and Coke Co., Danville Cost

j$I2 OOO OO

plus

2,862

freight, total Purchasing Division Bureau of Economic and Business Research Print Shop Collegiate Cap & Gown Company, Champaign Williamson Printing Co., Springfield American Type Founders Sales Corp., Chicago National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago

15.612 6 370 00

Rental of caps and gowns for June 12, 1949, Commencement (approximately 2,800 bachelor's, 500 master's, and 100 doctor's) 1,200 copies "Wartime Industrial Statistics" One proof press to make transparent proof for offset printing; one transparency dusting-cleaning-viewing cabinet 60 textbook packages (used in connection with Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Short Course, held in Galesburg, February 16 to March 15, 1949) One detector, mass spectrometer leak, portable One special Weissenberg camera made in accordance with the specifications of Dr. G. L. Clark Two feed tanks, 2*0* diameter x 3'6* straight side, constructed of No. r2 gauge with steel angle legs and with openings as shown; three receivers, i'6* d i a m e t e r x 3'cr* straight side, constructed of No. 12 gauge, with steel angle legs and with openings as shown; weight each 125 lbs. One microforge, complete with optical unit and accessories; two micromanipulators, pneumatic type, complete with operating accessories 5,600 pairs of binding posts to be made from standard black phenolic material; 20,000 each banana jack (brass nickel plated) suitable for mounting in binding post plates 50 ft. 0.032* platinum 20% rhodium furnace wire; 25 ft. 0.020* platinum C.P. thermocouple wire; 25 ft. 0.020* platinum 10% rhodium C.P. thermocouple wire; one sheet platinum 20% rhodium crucible grade material 6" x 2* x 0.0126*; 50 ft. 0.050" platinum 20% rhodium furnace wire Dehydrating and freezing apparatus for BCG vaccine, complete with c a b i n e t , motors, refrigeration equipment, and all necessary accessories

f.o.b. Springfield

2 027 00 1 963 00

University Extension Division

I 182 00

Physics Chemistry Chemistry

Distillation Products Co., Rochester, N.Y. Hayes Scientific Appliances. Urbana Leader Iron Works, Inc., Decatur

4 450 00

f.o.b. Rochester

1 500 0 0 1 604 0 0

f.o.b. Decatur

Botany

A. S. Aloe & Co., St. Louis, Mo.

2 905 00

f.o.b. Urbana

Electrical Engineering

James Millen Manufacturing Co., Maiden, Mass.

2 623 60

f.o.b. Urbana

Ceramic Engineering

American Platinum CoNewark, N J .

1 8or 36 f.o.b. Newark

istitution for Tuberculosis Research

Precision Scientific Co., Chicago

6 500 00

f.o.b. delivered