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ON June 9, H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught opened the new physiological laboratory erected by the Drapers' Company, and presented by it to the University of Cambridge. A comparison of the old laboratory with the new illustrates the remarkable increase in complexity that has taken place in recent years in physiological investigation. The old laboratory, the last part of which was built in 1891, was for some years amongst the best in the country, yet it had no electrical supply, and the research rooms simply afforded space without any adaptation for special purposes. The following account of the chief features of the new laboratories will show how the conditions have altered. The building is 162 ft. long and 44 ft. broad. The eastern half consists of five storeys, the western half has the fourth and fifth storeys thrown together to form one large room with a gallery. Electric light is throughout. The rooms are supplied with 4-volt and 110-volt current from a storage battery, and in many of the rooms the current can be taken from plugs hanging from the ceiling. The battery has a capacity of 480 ampere-hours; it is charged from an external power station, and the current can be taken direct from this when arc lamps are in use
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New Physiology School at Cambridge . Nature 93, 438–439 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093438a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/093438a0