. The veterinary bacteriological laboratories. Issued in commemoration of the opening of the new laboratories at Onderstepoort, Pretoria, October, 1908. Pretoria. Veterinary research laboratories; Veterinary medicine. 17 laboratories, and fittings for incandescent and ordinary gas lamps are provided through the building, so that it can be used also as an auxihary to the electric light in the event of hght being required at any time when the electric plant may not be running. An ample supply of water for all purposes in the stables and laboratories is drawn from a borehole situated about 200 ya
. The veterinary bacteriological laboratories. Issued in commemoration of the opening of the new laboratories at Onderstepoort, Pretoria, October, 1908. Pretoria. Veterinary research laboratories; Veterinary medicine. 17 laboratories, and fittings for incandescent and ordinary gas lamps are provided through the building, so that it can be used also as an auxihary to the electric light in the event of hght being required at any time when the electric plant may not be running. An ample supply of water for all purposes in the stables and laboratories is drawn from a borehole situated about 200 yards to the east of the main building. A Rees Roturbo high efficiency pump is installed in the pump house. This is driven by a 5 horse-power vertical motor direct coupled to the pump spindle, and is capable of delivering about 3,000 gallons per hour when running at a speed of 2,500 revolutions per muiute. The water pumped from the borehole is delivered to a tank situated near the gasometer, this tank being raised to a height of 40 ft. above ground level in order to produce sufficient pressure for the water to reach the taps in the upstairs rooms of the laboratory. The tank has a capacity of 30,000 gallons which suffices for a two days' supply. A system of mains distributes the water to the various laboratories, stables, and the dwelling-houses where the staff reside. The whole of the above-mentioned plant is under the charge of an electrician resident on the spot, an assistant being employed to run the engine for lighting purposes at night. In every way most complete both in buildings and all accessories and fitted up with the best and most modern equipment, the new Laboratories have a wide field of work before them in research into the many and hitherto little studied tropical and sub-tropical diseases of live stock of South The Old Laboratories at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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