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Excerpt from The Princeton College Bulletin, Vol. 4: A Quarterly Record Edited by the President and Members of the Faculty At the beginning of the present College year all of the work of the Department of Analytical Chemistry and Mineralogy was transferred from the School of Science building to the new Chemical Laboratory, which has just been erected by the residuary legatees of Mr. John C. Green, to whose liberality the college owes so much. This fine and convenient building, of which a view is given in this number of the Bulletin, was finished just in time to relieve the crowded condition of the rooms in the School of Science, consequent on the rapid growth of the Scientific Department during the last few years. The Laboratory has entrances both on Nassau and Washington streets, the main entrance being on Nassau street. It is built in the most substantial manner, after designs by the well-known architect, Mr. Richard M. Hunt, of New York, from plans furnished by Prof Cornwall. The basement walls are of light-colored sandstone, and the rest of the building is of selected red brick. The construction throughout is of the most approved fireproof style; the walls being furred with hollow brick, all partitions of brick, and the floor beams of iron. The spaces between these beams are filled with brick arches, carrying a solid layer of concrete, on which rest the wood floors. The ceilings in the upper story are of perforated sheet iron suspended from the roof trusses and carrying the plaster. The floor of the basement is of smooth cement and fine flint concrete, except in the halls and the cloak-room, which are tiled. The floors of the upper stories are of yellow pine, and the rest of the wood work, including wainscoting and doors, is of ash. The Laboratory will accommodate about three times as many students as the one formerly used, and while the plans were made with a view to the most advantageous use of all the room afforded by the site, yet it is believed that few, if any, chemical laboratories allow more space for each student. A more detailed account of the laboratories, lecture-rooms and desks in the building will appear in a future number of the Bulletin, but a brief description of the more important features may here be given. The Nassau street front, which is in the foreground of the view, measures 101 feet 3 inches in length; that on Washington street, shown on the right in the view, 108 feet. The wing on Nassau street is 42 feet wide, and the main wing on Washington street is 58 feet wide. The height of the building is 53 feet, On the top floor are the principal laboratories for students, together with private laboratories for the professors and assistants, balance room, reading room and sulphuretted hydrogen room. The larger of the students' laboratories is 71 feet 10 inches long and 50 feet 2 inches wide, the ceiling being 16 feet high. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.