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The second floor (figure 3) is given over to administrative 

 staff offices, the library, a file room and a conference room. The 

 staff offices measure approximately 10 by 20 feet. 



The third floor (figure 4) and the roof (figure 5) constitute 

 the effective working section of the building. Conduits and 

 hatches are provided to facilitate proper arrangements between 

 the equipment on the roof and recording instruments in the 

 rooms below. A penthouse for housing recording instruments 

 and for mounting the usual meteorological station instruments 

 is situated at the east end of the roof. A hand operated alumi- 

 num dome toward the west end encloses a mounting to serve 



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an eight or ten inch telescope or other equipment. This entire 

 arrangement provides very effectively for the study of phe- 

 nomena in the sky. 



The Library 



Particular attention was given by those who planned the 

 building to provide space for a technical library. Provision was 

 also made for the services of a librarian. One of the main rooms 

 on the second floor will become the library and reading room. 

 Subscriptions have been entered for about 125 current journals 

 in Geophysics. Collections of pertinent data from appropriate 

 observatories are being assembled. As funds are made available 

 classical, as well as modern, books will be added to those already 



