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room is provided for photometric and optical testing. The suite of rooms in the older portion of the building devoted to state chemical work is of especial interest. Here the chemical work for the Engineering Experiment Station, ' the State Geological Survey and for various university departments is done, and here is carried out the chemical work connected with fuel inspection for the university and for the State Board of Administration. All coal used in the various state institutions is purchased upon the basis of analyses and calorimetric determinations made by this laboratory. Several rooms devoted to offices and research laboratories complete the space allotted to this division.

THE DIVISION OF SANITARY CHEMISTRY AND T H E STATE WATER SURVEY occupy the ground floor at the

north end of the building. Offices are provided for the director, the chief engineer, the assistant engineers and draftsmen. In the drafting room is a special library of sanitary chemistry. Separate laboratories are provided for sanitary chemical analysis, bacteriological examination, and mineral analysis. These laboratories are separated from each other by glass partitions, making a particularly light and attractive environment. There are two incubator rooms, one kept at 2o° and the other at 37. 5 0 , heating and regulation being accomplished by accurate electrical devices. In the wash room there are large sinks and drain boards; the permutit water-softening apparatus; a hot air sterilizer with an insulated oven; and a roomy new-model autoclave which is operated by high pressure steam. There is also provided a laboratory for research on special problems; a private laboratory for the director; a conference room; a special fireproof vault and a well-located shipping room. The student laboratories for instruction in water analysis contain 48 desks as well as rooms for ammonia distillations, technical experiments, incubators and balance cases.

THE GENERAL SERVICE EQUIPMENT STOREROOMS are placed conveniently about the building, one on the second floor, two on the third floor, and one on the fourth floor. The main stock room is in the basement, under the lecture room. (51)