Word: fire-proof
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...petition of the Harvard Dining Association, the Corporation agrees to advance the money necessary for building in the dining hall a fire-proof floor with fire-proof stairs and partitions at the east end; also for cold-storage and electric-lighting plants, and for ventilation of the kitchen, and to charge interest upon these advances from the end of the current financial year upon the standing debt of the association, at the rate of four and a half per cent a year...
...twenty-four plates may be developed simultaneously without requiring any constant attention. Previously this same work required the attention of several men, during a long period of time. After the plates are developed they are labelled, dated, catalogued, and after a second inspection, they are finally stored in the fire-proof photographic library. During the last year 12,000 pictures were taken in this way, and the library now contains nearly 100,000 phot graphs, many of which contain impressions of nearly 500,000 different stars. These pictures furnish a complete map of the sky for the past ten years...
...Arequipa station in Peru amounts only to $134,000, as compared with a corresponding value of $500,000 on the equipment at the Lick and Yerkes observatories more recently established in California. In addition to this handicap in financial matters, the department is much in need of a fire-proof Library building for the safe keeping of the valuable astronomical library. There are also buildings at the Cambridge and Blue Hill stations in need of immediate repair...
...feet and an extreme depth of 84 feet. The latter dimension includes the rear addition, which will be 56 feet wide by 24 feet in depth. The building will be constructed of brick and lime-stone, with a granite base and steps. The interior construction is strictly fire-proof with concrete floors and no wood-work whatever. A complete system of heating and ventilating will be introduced...
...complete system of heating and ventilation laid out by Mr. Tudor, insures the most approved methods. The main floor of the building is to be fire-proof and wire lathing and fire-stops are to be used throughout the rest of the building...