Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - New Chemistry Building [PAGE 49]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

are eight well-equipped smaller laboratories, which are used for research and private laboratories.

THE DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OCCUpieS the

second floor at the south end of the building. Two large laboratories accommodating 280 students are used for the undergraduate course. In the new laboratory each student's desk is supplied with gas, water, waste, suction and live steam. The latter is available either as a jet for steam distillation or in a cone for distilling inflammable materials. In this way the amount of gas consumed is greatly decreased and greater safety is assured. Special attention is given in this laboratory to the electrical equipment for synthetic work and an unusually large amount of hood space is provided. On the 'side shelves connection may be made with the high vacuum pump; blast lamps are conveniently placed at the sides; and near the entrance to the laboratory is located a fire shower for use in emergencies. In addition to the large laboratories there are several smaller rooms equipped for special lines of work. One room, the atmosphere of which is kept pure, is reserved for accurate physical measurements, such as determinations of conductivity and molecular weight. Accurate instruments, hung from a special solid wall, are in use. A dark room is provided for the study of reactions in the absence of light and two dark rooms are equipped for work with the refractometer, polariscope and spectroscope. A special feature is a collection of organic preparations from various lines of investigation in the laboratory. This collection is kept in a separate room, and is indexed for ready reference. The research and private laboratories have adequate equipment for the problems under investigation. The division is rapidly accumulating permanent equipment for the manufacture of the chemicals needed in the usual organic courses.

T H E DIVISION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY OCCUpieS

the greater part of the fourth floor. The main laboratory has desks for 108 students, the equipment being similar to that in the organic laboratory There is an advanced laboratory for 16 students and two smaller private research laboratories. An instrument room is equipped with high-speed electric centrifuges, thermostats, apparatus for accurate titration, etc. The following special rooms are also equipped for their particular needs: a metabolism room, (46;