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Each research laboratory is provided with water, gas and electric current. Compressed air and time circuits are also available in several rooms on each floor. Heavy wall benches are placed in all rooms, and a generous supply of piers is found on the first floor rooms. The time circuit is furnished by a standard Riefler astronomical clock in the constant temperature room. Chemical rooms are found on each floor, and are to be equipped with hood, chemicals and facilities for glass blowing. Dark rooms are conveniently placed for photographic work. A balance room on the second floor is equipped with a selected set of balances. Liquid air is made from a plant in the annex. High temperatures are secured by special furnaces. The department is equipped with power vacuum pumps of several kinds. Provision has been made to care for the demands of as wide a range of research work as can be anticipated. A storage battery of 80 cells of 320 ampere-hours capacity has been received and will be installed in addition to an older battery of 40 cells. A large choice of currents will be secured by the installation of these storage batteries, together with a motor generator set, and the usual lighting circuits. The main switchboard is 12.5 x 6 feet in size. It is for the experimental circuits, and is entirely separate from the lighting and power circuits. It is designed so that any current is available in any laboratory or research room in the building. Every laboratory is connected with this switchboard by at least two independent circuits of ample carrying capacity. The department is fortunate in its equipment. Generous appropriations for a number of years have been

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