Word: gas
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been found far more expensive than it would be to have several more stations, and the power proportionately lessened. The current from these power houses is poured out through the feeders and returns through the ground, but this arrangement is very unsatisfactory, for the wear on the water and gas pipes, which carry the current, is very great, and pipes, which ought to last forty years often become worthless after three or four months...
...eight are consulting engineers, with their own offices; seven are superintendents and assistants in large plants, and one has charge of all repair work and special designing in the largest locomotive works in the country. Three manage concerns which they own entirely or in part, two are superintendents of gas improvement companies, three have responsible railroad posititions, and the last is a naval constructor, working on important government contracts. Investigation of college classes recently graduated at Pennsylvania shows that men out of college four years were earning on an average $1540 a year, while the graduates of three years...
...suites in Conant will have two large closets in addition to a coal closet, and the building will also be provided with a lift. Both Conant and Perkins are to be wired for electric lighting, although gas will be used at first. The suites are designed for a single occupant and it is understood that the price of the rooms, especially in Perkins, will be within the reach of men of limited means. The estimated cost of Conant is $100,000, while Perkins will probably cost...
...gas holders for chemical work will be located in the eastern end of the room on the wall, with pneumatic trough below. The drainage will be through the posts which support the flooring...
...first floor is the main lecture room, with capacity of three hundred, fitted for use in chemistry courses. There are also smaller lecture rooms, a chemistry museum, a large private laboratory, and an apartment for gas analysis. Connected with the lecture rooms are apparatus and preparation rooms...