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REFERRING to Mr. Richardson's letter (p. 199), our laboratory, now approaching completion, will afford, as regards chemistry in a room 30 by 26 feet, accommodation for twenty-seven boys, including one 18-foot bench for general purposes, and two draught cupboards. We have one 21-foot wall bench and two 18-foot double central benches in parallel, and one 10-foot wall bench at right angles. I believe a novel feature to be the demonstrator's platform placed on the top of and slung across the central benches, provided with a revolving chair and a table, and approached by steps. The whole sacrifices two working places only. The demonstrator has sixteen boys in front of him, five parallel with him, and six behind him, at a maximum distance of fifteen feet. His commanding position should save considerable time usually spent in running about. A large mirror might further aid matters. The central benches alone have reagent shelves.
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MUNBY, A. School Laboratory Plans. Nature 60, 222 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060222d0
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