Appendix to Secticn: B.— Ghemistry. 
THE METALLURGICAL LABORATORIES OF THE 
SCHOOL OF MINES, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF 
SYDNEY. 
By A. Liverstncz, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry, 
University of Sydney. 
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Aw account of the then proposed Chemical Laboratories for 
the University of Sydney was given at the first meeting 
of this Association, Sydney, September, 1888. The labora- 
tories were duly built in 1889, but since that date it has 
been necessary to add largely to them, to accommodate the 
greatly increased number of students in metallurgy and 
assaying. 
The accompanying plans and illustrations show the 
general arrangements and some of the fittings of the Chemi- 
cal and Metallurgical Laboratories; an account, with illus 
trations, of the former will be found in the Report of this 
Association, Sydney, Session 1888, so that it is not necessary 
to go over the details of the chemical laboratories again ; 
their positions, however, are shown in the plans (Plate 1), 
and photographic views of parts of them are reproduced in 
Plates 3 and 4, so as to give an idea of the general arrange 
ments for teaching practical chemistry. 
Most of the principal rooms are on the ground floor, the 
stores, workshops, &e., being in the basement, including 
lavatory accommodation. In addition to the ordinary wash- 
basins, there are three shower-baths for the use of the stu- 
dents—a very necessary provision in view of the dusty 
nature of some of their work; lockers are provided for their 
clothes, and recesses in which they can change to and from 
their working dungaree suits. 
The chemical and metallurgical buildings cover an area of 
about 130 by 170 feet, and have been erected under the 
superintendence of the Government Architects’ Department, 
New South Wales, from the writer’s plans and designs. 
The whole of the benches and furnaces are fully occupied, 
and, in spite of the additions, more accommodation on the 
chemical side is urgently required. During the past year 
there were over 200 students working in the laboratories, 
2.€., apart from others attending lectures only. 
