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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
search up to sixty-five, and on the other the Norman Bridge
Library of Physics, to provide for which Dr. Bridge gave
$50,000.
THE HIGH-POTENTIAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
A high-potential laboratory, provided by the Southern California
Edison Company, forms a companion building to the first
unit of the Norman Bridge Laboratory, which it closely resembles
in external design and dimensions. The equipment in
this laboratory includes a million-volt transformer specially de
signed by Professor R. W. Sorensen, which is capable of supplying
1,000 kilovolt amperes at the above potential with one end
grounded. It is available both for the pursuit of special scientific
problems connected with the structure of matter and the nature
of radiation, and for the conduct of the pressing engineering
problems having to do with the improvement in the art of transmission
at high potentials. It also provides opportunities for
instruction in this field, such as are not at prescnt easily obtainable
by students of science and engineering.
GATES CHEMICAL LABORATORY
The first unit of the Gates Chemical Laboratory, the gift of
C. W. Gates, and his brother, the late P. G. Gates, includes
laboratories used for undergraduate instruction iN Inorganic
Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical
Chemistry, and Instrumental Analysis.
The remainder of this unit is devoted to facilities for research
work. There are six unit laboratories for physico-chemical research;
organic and biochemical rescarch laboratories; and rcsearch
laboratories of photochemistry and radiation chemistry.
In separate rooms special research facilities are also provided,
including a well-equipped instrument shop, a students' carpenter
shop, a glass-blowing room, a storage battery room, and large
photographic dark rooms.
The second unit of the laboratory adjoins the first unit on thc