Word: fire-proof
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...building, the large central portion, remains in its original form. Through generous gifts from several patrons, funds are now available for the reconstruction of this section. The work on the Herbarium has consisted of remodeling and considerably enlarging the previous structure along the lines of modern fire-proof construction. Dr. Asa Gray bequeathed his valuable collection of botanical specimens on the condition that it be kept in a building free from danger of fire...
...exterior of the building is now completed and the work on the interior finish far advanced. The construction is fire-proof with concrete floor and terracotta partitions. The roof, however, is of wood...
This wonderful library was bequeathed to Harvard, however, on the condition that it should be housed in a fire-proof building. With Gore Hall hopelessly inadequate, it seemed for a time as though the acceptance of the gift must be indefinitely postponed. But Mrs. Widener early in the summer notified President Lowell that she would be glad to furnish a building for it; and later, when she realized the crying insufficiency of library accommodations at Cambridge, offered to provide for a building large enough to accommodate the entire University library and allow room for growth...
...facade, which adds greatly to the external appearance of the building, is three stories high, and lends harmony to the whole structure. Every effort has been made to make the building thoroughly fire-proof. The desks are of steel with asbestos tops, and all the fittings non-inflammable. The metal cases containing the collections are air tight to guard against dampness and dust. The central portion, wherein a part of the specimens must be stored for lack of room elsewhere, is now the only section which presents any menace through fire...
...basement are the thermostatic heating plant, a laboratory for work at a very constant temperature, a fire-proof room for the storing of inflamable chemicals and a filtering plant and fan. The basement proper contains a laboratory for high temperature work, a highly efficient dark-room, a storage battery room, an unpacking room, a janitor's room and a mechanician's room...