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Identifier: schoolarchitectu00bruc (find matches)
Title: School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bruce, William George, 1856-1949 Bruce, William Conrad, 1882- Bruce, Frank Milton, 1885- (from old catalog)
Subjects: School buildings
Publisher: Milwaukee, Johnson service company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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supervise the work oftwenty-five pupils, though a larger numbermight be undesirable. Rooms should not be ex-tremely large, while crowding is similarly unde-sirable. With cupboards, fume chambers, ex-periment tables, etc., a room 30 by 40 feet willaccommodate twenty-five pupils. Chemical laboratory tables should be placedat right angles to windows and equipped withsinks, gas jets, shelving and lockers. To avoidunnecessary plumbing and fittings, tables maybe arranged that pupils work opposite one an-other. The height of the table may be about 36inches, the depth for two pupils about 54 inches,and the width about 48 inches per student.Pitch-pine or well treated basswood will serveas a non-absorbent and durable top. A V orU shaped trough or sink 8 inches wide andcovered with pitch and slanting to a sludge boxwhose overflow is carried to an approved safetycock should form the dividing line of everydouble laboratory table. One well ventilatedand well finished fume chamber will serve for 117
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118 School Architecture every seven pupils. A floor of slate, a roof ofenameled iron, and a ventilating flue entering atthe side to the top of the chamber, preferably ob-long in shape, will make the best fume chamber.The physics laboratory will require cup-boards, solid large tables, one or two small sinksand light-proof window shutters or shades. Ananchored, slate covered table is very desirable.The equipment and cabinets will all depend en-tirely upon the allowance made for this depart-ment. Where possible, the room should be pre-pared with and by the advice of the instructorwho is to use it. Zoological, botanical and other laboratoriesrequire equipment similar to the chemistry andphysics laboratories. Tables with glass tops,chairs, sinks, shelves, cases, drawers, cupboards,as also the rooms themselves must be propor-tioned to the needs of the department. Lecture Room.—A lecture room whichopens into all or at least the physics laboratoryusually accompanies every natural science de

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