. Fig. 5. Plan of the Chemical Laboratory in the 'Discovery'. for salinity were also made on board. On the chart table a chart-tracing table was fitted, constructed to a design kindly given us by J. R. Lumby. This apparatus consists of a heavy sheet of plate glass, mounted in a wooden frame and lighted from below by an electric lamp which can be moved anywhere in a horizontal plane. With it tracings can be made on thick paper, clips suitably mounted on the sides of the frame serving to keep the sheets adjusted while the work is in progress. A chemical balance is screwed to
. Fig. 5. Plan of the Chemical Laboratory in the 'Discovery'. for salinity were also made on board. On the chart table a chart-tracing table was fitted, constructed to a design kindly given us by J. R. Lumby. This apparatus consists of a heavy sheet of plate glass, mounted in a wooden frame and lighted from below by an electric lamp which can be moved anywhere in a horizontal plane. With it tracings can be made on thick paper, clips suitably mounted on the sides of the frame serving to keep the sheets adjusted while the work is in progress. A chemical balance is screwed to the bulkhead, but could, of course, be used only when the ship was in
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