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Caption: Dedication - New Chemistry Building
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COUPKKSSKD AIR is also supplied from the machine room in which is placed an air compressor capable of supplying a press\ire up to So lbs, per square inch. is located on the second floor at the east front in a room which is commodious, attractive, fireproof and easily accessible from all parts of the building. The library contains 3500 books selected to cover all branches of pure and applied chemistry and 6500 bound volumes of chemical periodicals. An important part of the library equipment is the Palmer Memorial Libraryy which consists of the private collection of chemical works of the late Professor Arthur W. Palmer. In addition to the bound volumes the library receives 105 current periodicals. At present the book stacks contain 1500 linear feet of shelving; the plans provide for doubling this amount. Further expansion of both the library and reading room is possible by the use of an adjoining seminar room. The card catalogue lists under both author and subject all literature of interest to chemists which is to be found upon the university campus. The library is open daily (except Sunday) from 7.45 A.M. to 10.00 P.M. THE LIBRARY THE i.KOTVRK ROOM is an amphitheatre of hexagonal shape situated in the court at the center of the building. It was erected in 1902* but was remodelled in 1914, making it fireproof. The seats, of which there are 390, are elevated upon tiers of concrete benches. affording a good view of the lecture table from all parts of the room. It may be* entered from the first floor directly opposite the main entrance or from the connecting corridor and from the second-floor corridor. The lighting is mainly by skylight, provision being made for darkening the room for the use of the lantern. Three other smaller lecture rooms seating xoot 75 and 60, respectively, are in use for smaller classes. Bach lecture room has a preparation room and is supplied with the equipment needed for lecture demonstration. The lecture room used jointly by physical and applied chemistry has a lecture table with movable end sections, permitting experiments to be set up in the preparation room or displays to be arranged in the museum. In addition to these four rooms there are eight recitation rooms and three seminar rooms. THE MU8XUM contains an extensive collection of (33)
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