The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-23
THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY
THE BEST EQUIPPED BUILDING OF
ITS KIND IN AMERICA,


VIII be an Absolutely Fire Proof Building
The Material Used In the Construction
The Memorial Gateway the Gift of
Mrs. Henry Farnam-The Campus Elms
Stripped of Their Foliage-The New
Phelps Memorial Building.
The new chemical laboratory which
is fast nearing completion on the cam
pus OF the Sheffield Scientific school is
to be one of the finest buildings of its
kind In the country, The principal lab
oratories in the United States were yis-
tied by the authorities of the school be-
fore plans were made. The laboratory
In connection with Johns Hopkins uni
versity in Baltimore has heretofore had
the reputation of being the best and
most modernly equipped laboratory in
America, but it is said that Yale's new
laboratory will go far ahead of the Bal
timore institution in point of equip
ment.
1t is building 15S feet in length and
70 feet wide, and has four stories above
the basement. The outside walls. are
of North Haven red brick. The build
ing is flreproof throughout, the stair
cases and Railways all being construct
ed of the most modern fireproof mate
rial. The architraves and arches are
of Philadelphia pressed brick and the
other materials used in the instruction
OF the building are stone and iron,
There are several weeks more work
yet to be done before the completion of
the building. 1t is the expectation of
the contractors to have it finished by
the latter part of August, if no delays
are met with.
On the first floor is the organic lab
oratory and a private laboratory, a
study. an apparatus room, a balance
room, library and reading room, a
lecture room, the senior laboratory
which Is capable of accommodating for
ty men, the graduates laboratory
which Is capable of accommodating
twenty men.
On the second floor in front is a lee
ture room, reagent room, an assist
ants laboratory. a balance room, an
apparatus room and the Junior labora-
tory, which Is capable of accommodate
ing eighty men.
On the third floor in front are two
lecture rooms, private laboratory, a
preparation room, a laboratory OF gen.
eral chemistry, which will accommo-
date eighty-eight students.
On the fourth floor are two parlors
and four bedrooms, which will be used
as living apartments for professors or
assistants.
In the basement are the engine room
and heating apparatus. The heating
will be by the indirect method of radia-
ton, the Sturdevant system being used
In the basement are also two small
storeroons, large storeroon 30x40 feet
| an acid room, "a metallurgical room, the
spectroscope room and a laboratory OF
physical chemistry
The floors are all finished in hard
wood, and the woodwork of the labora-
tories, which is all of mill construction,
is white pine. The hoods in the Iabora-
tories have glazed tile backs, which Is
quite new departure and is a great
Improvement over the hoods in Kent
laboratory of the academical depart.
ment.
A new feature of this laboratory is a
system of drying closets, which are to
be used for crystalizing and evaporat-
ing. They are the invention of Profes-
sor Horace L. Wells, who occupies the
chair Of analytical chemistry and met
aIlurgy.
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The plans for the building were drawn
by Cady, Berg & See, architects of New
York. The brick work is being done by
Smith, Sperry & Treat, the carpente,
| work by James A. Church, the heating
apparatus by the New Haven Heating
and Plumbing company, the plumbing
by 7. W. Corbett and the painting by
Ransom Hills.
IN HONOR OF FORMER FELLOWS
OF YALE COLLEGE.
The new gate which has been erected
between the School of Fine Arts and
the Chittenden memorial library, and
which was given by Mrs. Henry Far
nam in memory of two Of her ancestors
who We're fellows of Yale In the eight
eenth century, adds much to the beauty
of that part of the campus On the
right hand column of the gate is O
bronze tablet bearing the following in
scription: TN memory of Eluathan
Whitman, Fellow of Yale College, 174S-
1774. Erected by Ann Whitman Far
NAM"
On the left hand column is similar
tablet bearing the inscription: "In mem
ory of Samuel Whitman, Fellow of Yale
College, 1724-1746. Erected by Ann Whit
man Farnam."
The beautiful elm trees which have
always been the pride of those interest
ed in Yale are nearly all stripped OF
their foliage, the trees having been at
tackled by the insects which have been
working havoc in all the trees in New
Haven.
The work of construction of the new
Phelps Memorial hall is progressing
rapidly. The building will be built OF
the same kind of dressed sandstone as
Vanderbilt hall. Iron, stone and brick
are being used for the most part in the
construction. The building will be alb
solutely fireproof.