Laboratories, their planning and fittings . f the type usual for advanced general work, those in the front room ad-join the windows and are 12 ft. 10 ins. long, 6 ft. wide and 35 ins. high, withdrawers and cupboards, two drip sinks near the wall, and one at the free end,and have gangways 6 ft. 3 ins. wide between them. Two students work at abench, one on each side. The special benches for large apparatus are placedalong the centre wall between the two laboratories, and are described andfigured on page 63. Well set back from the road and aided by prismaticglass, this floor is excellently lighte
Laboratories, their planning and fittings . f the type usual for advanced general work, those in the front room ad-join the windows and are 12 ft. 10 ins. long, 6 ft. wide and 35 ins. high, withdrawers and cupboards, two drip sinks near the wall, and one at the free end,and have gangways 6 ft. 3 ins. wide between them. Two students work at abench, one on each side. The special benches for large apparatus are placedalong the centre wall between the two laboratories, and are described andfigured on page 63. Well set back from the road and aided by prismaticglass, this floor is excellently lighted. Ground Floor.—The main lecture theatre, 52 ft. by 45 ft., which runsthrough two floors, accommodates 240 students on raised seating. Thelecture table, 23 ft. 8 ins. long, has a teak top with a flush tiled area about40 ins. by 30 ins. at each end for combustions, and is filled in below at eachend only with three drawers and one cupboard about 6 ft. long. Tenwater, and the same number of gas cocks (all on the lecturers side) are pro- /-. [F. M. Simpson, , Architect.[To face page i66.
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