Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Ceramic Engineering Dedication [PAGE 21]

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CERAMIC ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS The department library (202) is provided with a well selected set of books dealing with ceramics and its allied sciences, as well as complete sets of the ceramic journals. The museum (205) has a small but growing collection of ceramic wares and samples of raw materials. The lecture room (218) has seating capacity for ninety students, and is equipped with the necessary lecture table and lantern facilities. Wall cases for the storage of mineral and clay samples and specimens required for class demonstration, will be provided in this room. The drafting room (212) provides space for the accommodation of 16 students, as well as filing cases for the storage of plans and blueprints of the various types of industrial plants. The chemical, physical and research laboratories on the second floor (207, 210, 215, 216, 217) are equipped with the usual laboratory desks and other equipment necessary in such laboratories. The high temperature laboratory (215) is intended for research work with electric furnaces. A 5-kilowatt motor generator set and a 10-kilowatt transformer are provided in this room. The department also possesses a variety of measuring instruments, such as indicating and recording pyrometers and optical pyrometers for the measurement of high temperatures, amperemeters, voltmeters, various types of electric furnaces and petrographic microscopes for general research work. The buildings and equipment of the Ceramic Engi7tt¥ttfV-OW