APPENDIX I 



LABORATORY EQUIPMENT 



The laboratory. — It is very desirable that a definite room or 

 rooms be set apart for work in biology, since at least a minimum 

 equipment is essential, and this cannot be transferred from room 

 to room without considerable loss of efficiency. While it is desirable 

 to have tables or at least flat-topped desks of good size, satisfactory 



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Fig. 87. — Plans for a laboratory table. 



laboratory work can be done in an ordinary class room if it is well 

 lighted. The laboratory should be supplied with a demonstration 

 table and gas connection if possible, with sink and running water, 

 and a broad shelf should be placed in front of the windows for sup- 

 porting growing plants and aquaria, and for use in demonstrations 

 with the compound microscope. Ample closet room should be pro- 

 vided in which to store apparatus and supplies, so that they may be 

 kept free from dust. 



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