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ON the afternoon of October 30 the new scientific laboratories at King's College were opened by Lord Lister, in the presence of the Lord Mayor and a large and distinguished gathering of men of science. Lord Lister, after his introduction by Dr. Robertson, the principal of the college, said the ocasion marked an event of great importance in the higher education of the metropolis. The necessity of practical instruction to supplement mere lectures was now fully realised; and it was in order to satisfy this want in every particular that the new laboratories had been added to King's College. In many branches the college had long been well equipped for this purpose; the Wheatstone Museum in particular would bear witness to this; but the dissecting-room, and the accommodation for the practical teaching of physiology had been very defective. But now all this had been remedied; the bacteriological laboratory and the geological department had also received many improvements; and, in short, it might safely be said that King's College was now fully abreast of the age in the opportunities it afforded for practical teaching in all departments.
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The New Scientific Laboratories at Kings College, London . Nature 63, 47–49 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/063047a0
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