LACQUERING 499 



lacquer Avitliout getting' a very bad looking patch where 

 the two coats came together. This is avoided by coating 

 the whole article quickly and completely at the first appli- 

 cation. 



From this brief discussion the value of shop facilities, 

 especially to laboratories whose equipment is small, may 

 be readily appreciated. A further very important reason 

 for the existence of a shop in each laboratory is the stimulus 

 which it will serve to offer to the members of the staff to 

 carry out new experiments, and to investigate new problems 

 which new apparatus and new facilities made available by 

 the shop will create. 



