DESCRIPTION OF THE LABORATORY AT PLYMOUTH. 103 



windows 3 ft. 3 in. above tlie floor and 3 ft. wide (Plate 

 II, e). Four stoneware basins are let into the bench at 

 intervals, and fresh water conducted to each. Shelves are 

 placed against the window-piers above the bench, and 

 cupboards and drawers along its whole length beneath. 



A slate-topped table, 8 ft. long, 3 ft. wide, and 3 ft. 6 in. 

 high, is placed in the middle of the room {d), and contains 

 four rows of drawers of different sizes, each row consisting 

 of five drawers. A sink, 6 ft. long, with drying-board, 

 table, and shelves, occupies the east wall of the room (c) ; 

 shelves are placed along the north wall (h), and a stink-cup- 

 board {g) and blow-pipe table (/) alone the west wall. 



The room is lighted by a central pendant and by brackets 

 on the window-piers, and gas nozzles for india-rubber 

 tubing occur at intervals along the main bench, on the 

 pendant above the central table, in the stink cupboard, &c. 



The Physiological Laboratory . — There are two sinks in 

 this room, each 3 ft. by 1 ft. 6 in. ; one of these is of glazed 

 earthenware, and is supplied with salt as well as with fresh 

 water, the other is of wood lined with lead {a, a) . A large 

 cupboard, 8 ft. 8 in. long, 6 ft. high, and 15 in. deep, with 

 air-tight glass doors, is fitted against the south wall (6) and 

 shelves on the east wall. Two substantial tables, 6 ft. by 

 3 ft. and 3 ft. high, and one table, 6 ft. by 4 ft. and 3 ft. 

 3 in. high, are also supplied ; these tables are not fixtures, 

 but can be moved about as desired. 



The gas supply is similar to the chemical room. 



The Library. — The library, on the second floor of the 

 west block, is fitted with shelves along the east, west, and 

 north walls ^ Plate IV, a), and supplied with writing-tables 

 and chairs. 



Laboratories LI and III. — Gas and salt-water and fresh- 

 water pipes are carried into these rooms, but the fittings 

 have been deferred for the present (Plate 1). 



Heating. — The greater part of the building is heated by 

 means of air, which is passed over pipes through which hot 

 water circulates at a low pressure. A boiler is fixed in the 

 cellars and pipes are carried from it into the Receiving 

 Room, along the north and south walls of the laboratory, 



