Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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YEAR BOOK 17 chine, diffraction grating, optical bench with accessories, photometric apparatus, Geneva spectrometer, highly pol- ished prisms, laboratory clock with sweep second hand, bending apparatus with telephone attachment, Boyle ' s law apparatus, Mohr ' s specific gravity balance, laboratory recorder for vibrations of tuning forks, simple pendulum apparatus with sounder for time work, pyknometers, moment o,f inertia apparatus, Kundt ' s apparatus for veloc- ity of sound in metals, specific heat apparatus, heat of vaporization apparatus, micrometer cathetometer, rheo- stats, commutators, electric motors, turning lathe with tools, torsional apparatus, linear expansion apparatus, batteries of various kinds, Rhumkorff induction coil, re- sistance boxes, Weston voltmeters, Weston ammeters, wireless telegraph outfit, single valued and subdivided multiple condensers, direct reading D ' Arsonval galvanom- eter, tangent galvanometer, Rowland D ' Arsonval reflecting galvanometers with telescopes and scales, astatic galva- nometer, earth inductor, ballistic galvanometer, new Woulff polentiometer, Clark, Carhart-Clark, and Cad- mium standard cells, ballistic pendulum, constant volume air thermometer, air pump with accessories, barometers, Melde ' s apparatus, Young ' s modulus apparatus with opti- cal lever attachment, dilatometers, vapor pressure appa- ratus, melting point and heat of fusion apparatus, stand- ard thermometers, voltameter, surface tension apparatus, simple rigidity apparatus, thermopile, and other measur- ing instruments. PROVISIONS FOR THE STUDY OP CHEMISTRY. The department occupies the spacious McMillan Chem- ical Laboratory with ample space for its lecture rooms and laboratories and every convenience is provided for both the instructors and students pursuing general or special courses. There are eight separate working laboratories all fully supplied with apparatus and chemicals and equipped with gas, water, ventilating hoods, desks and lockers for each

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16 ALBION COLLEGE specimens which show the plant in immature and winter condition, as well as in flower, etc. There is also a large number specimens of seeds, woods, barks, fibers, medici- nal and commercial products. It is designed to make this collection as completely representative of local plant life and plant products as possible. The Zoological Lecture Room is so arranged as to be speedily darkened and is provided with a stereopticon; and while there is an ample supply of lantern slides on hand for purposes of instruction, others are being con- tinually added as occasion demands. The photographic equipment of the laboratory is such as to highly facilitate the rapid increase of this collection. All the laboratories have individual private lockers, each with its own combination lock, and water and gas connections are liberally provided throughout. The supply of material for study and dissection is large and is ample in amount and range of species for both elementary and advanced study. It is constantly enriched through purchase as well as by the collections made by the department and friends of the College. The study and private laboratory of the professor in charge is on the first floor, adjacent to the Zoological Laboratory, where he may be constantly consulted by those having need of his assistance. The department acknowledges, gratefully, the gift from Mr. E. E. Sherff, class of 1907, of collections of plants illustrating desert conditions. PROVISIONS FOR THE STUDY OF PHYSICS. The laboratory work in the department of Physics has been greatly strengthened during the past few years by the acquisition of a considerable amount of modern phy- sical apparatus. Among the instruments now available for class illustration and laboratory work are the follow- ing: Vernier calipers, micrometer gauges, microscopes, telescopes, spherometers, Jolly ' s balance, Hawkes-At- wood ' s machine, Toepler-Voss self-charging electrical ma-

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18 ALBION COLLEGE student. These are located on the first and second floors and the basement. The chemical lecture room on the second floor has seating for eighty students and is thoroughly furnished with a large demonstration lecture table containing pneu- matic cistern, oxygen tanks, exhaust, gas, water, sinks, battery, with ventilating hood in rear. Each floor is provided with a capacious dispensing room where chemicals and apparatus are stored to be issued to the student as required. The General and Qualitative Chemical Laboratory on the second floor is equipped with ninety working tables, each having a sink, hood, water faucets, gas, reagent bot- tles. From the adjacent dispensing room may be obtained all chemicals or apparatus required in their work. The advanced courses are conducted on the first floor and in the basement where are located laboratories for Quantitative, Organic and Technical Chemistry. Every facility is afforded for thorough work. Attached to, the laboratories on the second floor is a thoroughly equipped weighing room containing accurate balances, specific gravity apparatus, etc. In the basement is located the Laboratory for Port- land Cement and Assaying, providing all the necessary apparatus for the physical testing of cement and the as- saying of ores. Here are crucible and muffle furnaces, both coal and gas, for the fire assay of ores and also crushing, pulverizing and sampling apparatus, tensile strength machines, specific gravity apparatus and all the regular equipment used in the practical handling of cements and ores. A complete laboratory for Gas Analysis, with special reference to its application in the manufacture of illum- inating gas, has been installed. In the private laboratory of the instructor there is constantly carried on outside work in the examination of raw materials for ma nufacturing purposes, such as clays, marls, peat, coal, gold and silver ores, iron and steel, sanitary and mineral waters.