Journal . ese tableswhich are novel and may be briefly described. ing bench—rest loosely in holes cut in the table, andare therefore easily removed. Communication be-tween each sink and the open waste pipe or gutter iseffected by means of a short piece of stiff rubberhose or piping g, which passes at its upper ex-tremity over_ the neck of the sink, while its lowerextremity is inserted into the collar piece /<, restingon the platform, and having its lower end hangingfreely in the course of the gutter below. Thesecollar pieces, the open gutters i, i, and the wastepipes to which these latter l
Journal . ese tableswhich are novel and may be briefly described. ing bench—rest loosely in holes cut in the table, andare therefore easily removed. Communication be-tween each sink and the open waste pipe or gutter iseffected by means of a short piece of stiff rubberhose or piping g, which passes at its upper ex-tremity over_ the neck of the sink, while its lowerextremity is inserted into the collar piece /<, restingon the platform, and having its lower end hangingfreely in the course of the gutter below. Thesecollar pieces, the open gutters i, i, and the wastepipes to which these latter lead, are made of a com-position of alternate layers of coarse brown paperand asphalte. Some of these pipes were broughtfrom Germany, but Messrs. Barton k Sons, Edin-burgh, have succeeded, without much difficulty, inmanufacturing them. Pipes made of this materialcombine the advantages accruing from the use oflead or stoneware pipes, as they may be bent andjointed with the greatest facility, and resist the. The tables do not rest directly on the floor of thelaboratory, but on a raised platform, which extendsnearly the entire length of the room. The water,earn, and waste pipes run along the concretefloor beneath this platform. All these pipes can belaid bare at a moments notice. The steam waterand waste pipes are led along each end of the tables,in,a the two former pass up through the platform intothe compartments /,/,/, which are rather projectionsfrom, than parts of, the tables themselves. Thesepipes are thus entirely shutoff from the cupboards anddrawers, etc., of the tables, and can be removed bodilywithout interfering with the tables in the slightestdegree, and without opening a single drawer or cup-board. The porcelain sinks, of which there are fouron each table—that is, one at the end of each work action of acids, alkalis, and mercury. Their one dis-advantage lies in their liability to soften whenexposed for any length of time to the action of steamor hot water. Hot wat
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