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2 feet G inches square and G iiiclies higlq are seen, oiie abov^e the otlier, resting 
n])on cleats. Tlie drawers are tilled witli empty glass jai'S and bottles preparatory 
to a cruise; when re(piired for use a drawer is withdrawn and is carried to the 
operating room, wliere it remains until tlie bottles are fdled, when it is returned to its 
appropriate place in the case. Following this system the losses by breakage, even in 
I he worst weather, are reduced to the ndninuim. 
Copper tanks for alcoholic specimens are of three standard sizes — 4, S, and IG 
gallons; special tanks are of any size or sha]>e desired. They are carefully made of 
heavy material, thoroughly tinned inside, and closed with circular covers as large as 
the dimensions of the tanks will allow; they are without hinges, being secured by 
four thumbscrew's, w'Oi'king through small projections placed at equal distances 
around the circumference of the covers. The joints are made on rubber gaskets. The 
tanks are furnished to the ship in wooden transporting cases having strong iron 
handles and hinges, the covers being secured by padlocks. The cases contain four 
4-gallon, two S-gallon, or one IG-gallon tank each, and, the tanks fitting snugly, it is only 
necessary to lock the cases to prepare them for shipment. 
The laboratory storeroom is under the lower laboratory and can be entered oidy 
from the latter. Specimen cases of the laboratory are duplicated in the storeroom, 
w’hich has also couveiuently arranged lockers and bins for the safe carriageof alcohol 
in barrels or taidcs and the storage of specimens of all descriptions, including the 
supplies and varied ai)paratus belonging to the scientific department. It is lighted by 
electricity, ventilated artificially, and, in case of fire, can be instantly closed from 
above and tilled w'ith steam. The storeroom receives little or no heat from the lirerooni, 
as large coal bunkers lie betwmen. 
LABORATORY OUTFIT. 
A complete schedule is considered unnecessary, but the following partial list of 
articles included in the scientific ontlit Avill enable the reader to form a general idea 
of the ap|iliauces used in the laboratories of the Alb((tro.ss: 
Acids, picric, eliromic, etc. 
Alcohol, barrels and tanks. 
Alum. 
Antimony. 
Anvil. 
Arsenic. 
Axes. 
Hags, rubber. 
Blast, sand. 
Boxes, nests, assorted. 
Boxes, small, assorted paper. 
Bottles, glass, assorted. 
Buckets. 
Camera lucida. 
Camera, pbotograpbic, with ac- 
cessories. 
Chisels, colli. 
Chisels, morti.siiig'. 
Clay for making casts. 
Cloth, bolting, silk. 
Cloth, cotton, cheese. 
Cutters, wire. 
Dippers, galvanized iron. 
Dippers, galvanized iron, fine 
wire-cloth bottom. 
Dishes, as.sorted, glass and earth- 
enware. 
Drills, twist, assorted. 
Envelopes, letter and note. 
Partial list of lahoralnrij outfit. 
Filter. 
Forceps. 
Gun, whale. 
Hammers, blacksmith. 
Hammers, riveting. 
Hatchets. 
Harpoons. 
Hydrometer, glass, for .alcohol. 
.Jars, glass, with corks, eight 
sizes. 
.Jars, fruit, glass, pint, quart, 2- 
quart. 
.Jars, liutter, glass, 2-]iouml, 4- 
pound. 
Knives, cartilage. 
Knives, dissecting. 
Knives, oyster. 
Lamp.s, electric, hand, and sub- 
marine. 
Lance, bomb. 
.Microscope, with ixcces.sories. 
Nets, surface, silk holting-cloth. 
Nets, tub strainer, linen scrim. 
Paper, English white tissue 
Paper, mauila. 
Pajier, letter and note. 
Paper, stra w. 
Pails, wooden. 
Pans, large, galvanized iron. 
Pans, marldeized, assorted. 
Pistols, collecting. 
Plaster, for models and casts. 
Pota.sh. 
Presser, cork. 
Rings, brass, surface net. 
Kings, galvanized iron, surface 
net. 
Rule, common 2-foot. 
Rule, millimeter. 
Rifle, .32 calilier. 
Shotguns, 12 bore. 
Shotguns, 10 bore. 
■Scissors. 
Sieves, assorted. 
.Shears. 
.Shovels, common. 
.Spades, common. 
Spades, trenching. 
Still, copjier. 
Syringes, hypodermic. 
Tanks, cojiper, alcoholic speci- 
men. 
Tools, carpenter’s chest. 
Tubs, wash, large size, 
trials, homeopathic, assorted. 
Vise, bench. 
Vise, hand. 
