Message of the President of the United States and Accompanying Documents, Etc Volume 10 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...are three independent rooms--a distilling room, 23 feet 9 inches by 32 feet 10 inches; drug workroom, 20 feet 3 inches by 20 feet 6 inches, and a chemical-storeroom, 20 feet 3 inches by 31 feet 8 inches--all opening into main corridor, and the latter having also entrances from the transverse corridor and from the porch way connecting main ouilding with powerhouse extension. In the right wing at the rear of the building are four separate rooms, accessible from main corridor: An apparatus storeroom, of same dimensions and arrangement as the chemical storeroom in opposite wing; a culture-media room, 20 feet 3 inches by 20 feet 6 inches; a room devoted to the study of animal parasites, 25 feet 9 inches by 24 feet 4 inches, and an incubation and refrigerator room, 20 feet 3 inches by 8 feet 6 inches. The front portion of right wing contains four rooms, all opening into main corridor: A mechanics' workroom, 20 feet 3 inches by 28 feet 10 inches; two intercommunicating rooms, 25 feet 9 inches by 24 feet 4 inches, and 20 feet 3 inches by 33 feet 8 inches, devoted to bacteriological analysis, and a general storeroom and storekeeper's office, 25 feet 9 inches by 18 feet 6 inches, containing a fireproof storage vault. Second floor.--The front of left wing is occupied by a mineral analysis room, 20 feet 3 inches by 28 feet 10 inches; chemical director's laboratory and office, intercommunicating, with dimensions 25 feet 9 inches by 24 feet 4 inches and 24 feet 3 inches by 16 feet 10 inches, respectively, and a sugar and food analysis room, 24 feet 3 inches by 16 feet 10 inches. Rear of left wing embraces a spectroscopic analysis room, 20 feet 3 inches by 8 feet 6 inches; a chemical research room, 25 feet 9 inches by 24 feet 4 inches; soil and water analysis room, 24 fee...