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Although construction work is finished, no equipment has been installed. The building is especially designed to handle the massive apparatus required for some aspects of engineering--there are extra large door-ways in the rear and platforms in the floor which automatically raise or lower to make all parts of bulky machines easily accessible...
Flexibility is the main strong-point of McKay. Special construction features such as the elevator platforms mentioned above, will permit lab-space to be altered to fit particular pieces of apparatus. The wiring and piping systems spring from centralized locations throughout the building to permit easy access...
This spoof on a rather shabby world is stitched through with a wealth of humorous design by Authors Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Co-Author-Director Alexander (Tight Little Island) Mackendrick: the series of explosions as the oblivious chemist experiments with his weird test-tube apparatus; the harassed high financiers embroiled in low comedy; the inventor walking off, Chaplin-like, at the fadeout, presumably to continue his single-minded quest for the magic fabric...
Jordan said that he had been mistaken Monday when he told the candidates they would be allowed to draw pads. In other respects, though, the rules are just as he described them. The "Crowthers" blocking apparatus would not be prohibited equipment, Jordan felt, so long as no coaches directed...
...Hall, which is equipped for Scientific demonstrations, will relive pressure or other College buildings, including the New Lecturer Hall and Sever. By housing both physical and chemical supplies, it will eliminate transferring apparatus back and forth between Mallinckrodt and Mallinckrodt and Byerly...