102 DESCRIPTION OF THE LABORATOEY AT PLYMOUTH. 



large sink {a), with, tables upon which the sorting of material 

 and the dissection of large animals can be carried on {b, h, c) 

 ■ — one of these tables (c) is supplied with a slate top — and 

 with sufficient shelves {d). A supply of fresb and salt 

 water, and a coil for heating water, is placed over the sink. 



The room is lighted with a pendant in the centre, having 

 two burners, and with brackets on the walls. 



Main Laboratory , — Along each side of the main labora- 

 tory are seven compartments (m) — each 10 ft. long and 8 ft. 

 wide — formed of wooden partitions on either side, 7 ft. high, 

 and by a curtain suspended on a rod behind. Each of these 

 compartments is fitted along the window with a bench (o) 

 9 ft. long, 4ft. 3 in. wide, and 2 ft. 6 in. high, and an earth- 

 enware sink {n) 1 ft. square and 8 inches deep. On the one 

 side is placed a chest of drawers and cupboards (r), 4 ft. 

 6 in. long, 3 ft. high, and 1 ft. 8 in. deep, and the whole of 

 the other side is occupied with a set of shelves [p) con- 

 veniently arranged to hold small and large bottles. The 

 sink is supplied with fresh water; gas nozzles are conve- 

 niently placed on the beuch, and a gas bracket on the 

 central pier of the window-frame. Between these compart- 

 ments on either side of the laboratory is a space 14 ft. wide. 

 The eastern portion of this space is occupied with the series 

 of twelve small tanks {k) already mentioned in the descrip- 

 tion of the aquarium fittings. They occupy a space 4 ft. 6 in. 

 wide and about 30 ft. long. In a line with these tanks is 

 a slate-topped table {j), 14 ft. long and 5 ft. 8 in. wide, 

 along the centre of which is a partition 2 ft. high supporting 

 a shelf. Water aud gas taps are placed at intervals along 

 the table. A large sink, 5 ft. long and 2 ft. wide is placed 

 at one end of this table, and another sink, supplied with 

 drying board, hot- water coil, &c., is fixed along the western 

 wall of the room [l, I). A cupboard 3 ft. high is placed 

 beside this latter sink and shelves above the cupboard. 



Besides the gas brackets in each compartment, and one 

 above the sink just mentioned, the room is lighted by three 

 double-burner pendants hanging at intervals down the 

 centre of the room. 



The Chemical Laboratory. — A bench runs along the 



