A Combined Locker and Laboratory Table 



Spedficaiions. Both sides of the table are to be exactly alike. 

 Each table will then have four doors, four drawers each five 

 inches deep in the clear, and eight drawers each three inches deep 

 in the clear. 



Exterior of tables and fronts of drawers are to be of selected 

 red oak ; drawer guides or slides of oak maple or cherry, and 

 balance of interior work of poplar. 



Each door shall be hung with one pair good brass fast pin 

 butts, and shall be fitted with an " Anti-dial" combination lock. 

 Each table shall be fitted with eight 'standard" No. 7, all steel 

 castors. 



Except the top, all exposed work, including drawer fronts, 

 shall be filled with silica paste filler, and shall then be finished 

 with one coat of white shellac and one coat of Johnson's, or equal- 

 ly good wax. Inside and drawers, except fronts, shall have one 

 coat of orange shellac. 



The table in question was designed for laboratory work in 

 Physiology and Materia Medica. The height and also the area 

 of the table top is somewhat greater than ordinary for the reason 

 that in experimental physiology it is necessary at times to have 

 considerable apparatus upon the table, and the height is desirable 

 because in some experiments the student can do his work better 

 standing than sitting. The foot rest attached to the tables, in 

 connection with a stool a trifle higher than usual (24 inches), en- 

 ables the table to be perfectly serviceable and entirely satisfactory 

 for all forms of work at which it is desirable that the student 

 should sit. 



The chief advantage of the table, however, is believed to rest 

 upon the fact that a considerable economy of space and conven- 

 ience to the worker is subserved. The floor space covered by the 

 table, in many instances, is not utilized at all, except for the 

 work done upon the top of the table. Lockers, when necessary, 

 have been built along the walls of the laboratory or in the hall- 

 way, or in an adjoining room, thus taking up space which might 

 be profitably utilized by wall cases containing specimens, models, 

 or general apparatus bearing upon the laboratory course. Students 

 often pass to and fro from table to locker, causing more or less 

 jar and vibration, especially annoying if microscopical work is 



