Indiana university, 1820-1904; historical sketch, development of the course of instruction, bibliography . DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS-A Brasheae Mounting for a Rowland GratingConstructed in the Department. matic blinds, screens and Idackboards, all under the immediate controlof the lecturer. The lecture table is built in three sections, and the plumb-ing and wiring are arranged so that one, two, or three sections may beused at a time. At the table the lecturer has battery and dynamo currents(alternating and direct), rheostats, illuminated dial voltmeters and amme- (9) 113 Indiana University ters, e
Indiana university, 1820-1904; historical sketch, development of the course of instruction, bibliography . DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS-A Brasheae Mounting for a Rowland GratingConstructed in the Department. matic blinds, screens and Idackboards, all under the immediate controlof the lecturer. The lecture table is built in three sections, and the plumb-ing and wiring are arranged so that one, two, or three sections may beused at a time. At the table the lecturer has battery and dynamo currents(alternating and direct), rheostats, illuminated dial voltmeters and amme- (9) 113 Indiana University ters, electric motors, calcium and electric lanterns, low and high resistanceprojecting galvanometers, water, steam, gas, oxygen, acetylene, compressedair, exhaust cocks, and permanent connections to a standard clock. All thelaboratories are supplied with water, gas and electricity. The floors areof concrete. There are fifteen large masonry piers and more than threehundred lineal feet of six-inch stone wall shelves. All the developing rooms. DEPARTMENT UF PHYSICS-Apparatis for the Study of N-Kays have both gas and electric ruby lights, tile shelves, and lockers. Ten roomsare provided with blinds for making them light tight. There are twoshop-rooms, equipped with forges, wood and metal-working lathes, screw-cutting lathes, power-saws, a trimmer, sliaper, grinder, miller, and otherwood- and metal-working tools. In the powerhouse of the University are 114 Departments of Liberal Arts two engines, one of twenty and one of forty horse-power, and an alternatorand direct current generator of thirty kilowatts capacity. A one-hnndred-twenty-five horse-power engine and an eighty kilowatt generator are beingadded to the equipment. The work of the Department of Chemistry is arranged to meet the needs 13. Departmentof students preparing to become professional chemists, chemical electro-chem- ° ^™^ ^^ical mining or sanitary engineers, and physicians; as well as of students inother Departments of
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