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purposes and practical work, gas, water, and the electric light 

 being laid on. In the practical class the engineering students 

 are divided into several sections ; one set of students use the 



Fig. 2 — The general laboratory and classroom in the Physiological Department 



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petrological microscope, another set ntake blowpipe and chemical 

 examinations of minerals, a third draw sections from geological 

 maps, while a fourth set examine and draw fossils ; the work 

 I of each class follows a regular 

 schedule. The geological re- 

 search laboratory is used by the 

 professor and the more advanced 

 students who wish to do ori- 

 ginal research. The room is 

 fitted up similarly to the large 

 laboratory, and contains a por- 

 tion of the teaching collection- 

 and the nucleus of a literary of 

 geological works and reports. 



The botanical laboratories con- 

 sist of two rooms — the general 

 laboratory for elementary work,. ' 

 and the research laboratory for 

 advanced work and private re- 

 search. The general laboratory 

 provides table accommodation 

 for twenty-four students, and is 

 equipped with all the neces- 

 sary appliances for the practical 

 study of plants, either fresh or 

 dry. The botanical research 

 laboratory provides accommoda- 

 tion for twelve students. In this 

 laboratory provision is made for 

 the practical study of the chief 

 physiological processes of plants, 

 and for chemical investigations. 

 The materia medica and phar- 

 macological collection of speci- 

 mens used in teaching is con- 

 tained in the upper part of the 

 corridor, and is open to stu- 

 dents for purposes of study ; the 

 lectures are given in another 

 part of the building. 



