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black walnut, with fronts carved to the shape of old stalls to each. The settees to 

 have neat cap moulds and backs, and to be finished and carved in the best manner. 



All the above black walnut will be oiled with the best raw linseed oil, three coats, 

 well rubbed in. 



Platforms and stage. — At one end of the great lecture-room a platform will be 

 raised from 4 to 8 feet from the floor, for the length of one of the bays, to form a 

 stage, and will have in front of it, and at the same level, an octagonal projection 

 for the lecturer. The front of the platform will be wainscoated with narrow black 

 walnut, l\ inch plank, tongued and grooved, and not more than four inches in width. 

 The plank will be set on end, and will be neatly capped. On the projection a hand- 

 some carved table of black walnut will be provided, and a seat for the lecturer. 

 Over the stage a canopy will be formed of joists, well framed, hanging down five feet 

 from the ceiling, to conceal the rollers on which the illustrations are to be placed, 

 and on each side of the stage a partition of joists (8 by 4 inches) will be carried out 

 from the walls as far as the line of the front of the gallery, and terminating at the 

 last pillar of the gallery. Thirty rollers of wood, six inches (6 inches) in diameter, 

 and twenty-five feet (25 feet) long, will be hung behind the canopy. The rollers 

 will have iron axles at their ends, working in iron eyes ; and each roller will have a 

 twelve inch sheave at one end for an endless cord to pass over, to work them. The 

 ends of these rollers will also be concealed by a canopy of 3 by 4 inch joists hanging 

 down five feet (5 feet) from the ceiling, and well framed. 



Chemical lecture-room furniture. — A platform two feet (2 feet) high will be made, 

 of strong joists and plank, raised from the front of the professor's front desk (A) to 

 the rear of the room. On this the desk (A) will be placed, which will be of the 

 dimensions shown on the plans, and will have drawers on all sides. The other desk 

 (B) will be made in the same manner and similarly furnished. 



Behind the front lecturer's desk a partition will be carried across, having sliding 

 doors, handsomely panelled, three inches in thickness, with proper fixtures, per plans. 

 In the side of this partition, facing the lecture-room, there will be closets, with 

 shelves, three feet in depth, and having sash doors, filled with good American glass. 



The laboratory behind the lecture-room will be divided into two stories, connected 

 by two flights of handsome staircases. 



The first story will be divided into three apartments ; the centre one of which will 

 contain the working table (B) hereinbefore described, and will be shelved all around, 

 except where occupied by doors and windows, to a height of eight feet. These 

 shelves will be enclosed above a line three feet high, by paneled doors hung in boxes 

 with weights, cords, and pulleys, like sash, and below that line the closets will be 

 projected to form a table fifteen inches wide, below which there will be a range of 

 drawers about 6 inches deep, and below the drawers a range of closets with panelled 

 doors. On the room to the right hand there will be two tables (A) two feet wide and 

 eight feet long, made of three thicknesses of narrow 1£ inch white pine plank, not 

 more than three inches in width, planed on both sides, tongued and grooved, and put 

 together diagonally with glue and screws, and having strong legs. The remaining 

 part of the walls will be shelved oft* as in the preceding apartment. 



On the room to the left there will be a working table (G) three feet wide and seven 

 feet long, made similarly to those above described. The partition wall next centre 

 will be shelved off" as in the other apartments. Backs of shelves, with holes bored in 

 them, will be placed on each side of the sink (F.) In the second story of the labora- 

 tory, which will also be divided into three apartments, the centre one will contain in 

 the centre a series of shelves, resting like steps from the partition wall to the rear, to 

 a height of seven feet. The walls will be shelved with shelves one foot in width, 

 enclosed in sash doors hung with weights, cords and pulleys, like window sash, and, 

 with the two remaining rooms, will be lighted with skylights of best double thickness 

 American glass in the roof, and interior skylights in the ceiling, with fancy sash, 

 filled with best English crown glass, (A.) 



In the east connecting range, which will be also divided internally into two (2) 

 stories above the basement, the first story will contain a students' working laboratory, 

 in the centre of which will be two strong tables in the form of the letter T, the tops 

 of which will be of soapstone flags. These tables will be furnished with drawers, 

 shelves and closets. 



All around the sides of the rooms, not otherwise occupied, there will be tables two 

 feet nine inches wide with wooden tops, and drawers and closets; below and above 

 these tables shelved closets, with sash doors hung with weights, cords and pulleys, 

 will be carried to a height of eight feet from the floor. Stairs three feet wide, and 

 well finished, will connect this laboratory with the second story. Tho second story 



