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JL 



100 YEARS EXPLORING LIFE, 1888-1988 



The use of radioactive tracers. 

 In 1955 this was so newsworthy 

 that even Life magazine took 

 an interest. Photograph by 

 Fritz Groro, Life Magazine. 



Evidently, oily rags in the Fish Commission's machine shop had started 

 burning; then there was nothing anyone could do until the brand new fire 

 truck arrived. The water pressure was low, and even when tlie truck ciime, 

 they kept it at a distance because it was so new and nobody wanted it to 

 burn. ^Fires have become considerably less of a peril in today's brick and 

 concrete buildings. Attention has been paid to protecting laboratory space 

 in particulai". 



