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- The only remarkable thing seemed
to me to be the length of time he
has been recirculating about 15 -
20 gal. [gallons] of sea water - 2 months.
Sand filters were in use +
aeration.
The most interesting thing in
the faculty is a new Biotron being
constructed at a cost of almost $30,000.
This has 3 greenhouse units
about 8 x 10 each + 2 rooms are
6 x 10, the other about 9 ft [feet] square or
10 ft [feet] square. All are controlled
light, temp [temperature] + humidity using a
system designed by Minneapolis
Honeywell. Each room has
individual controls for temp [temperature],
wind + humidity. The
two enclosed rooms had
complicated lighting controls.
The smaller had 26 4 ft [feet]
incandescent tubes + 12 spot
lights on the sealing [ceiling]. The
larger room was almost
octogonal + had incandescent
tubes at 4" [inch] intervals all
around the walls + all over
the ceiling. In addition there
were 50 or 60 incandescent
spotlights on the ceiling, all
on hinged fixtures. I saw
no recording features such as
thermohygrographs. In the
big room the controls were
mounted on a pedestal in
the floor.
No one had any idea what
the research planned for this
unit was except that both
plant + animal reaction to
the variable conditions were
to be studied.
The range of temp [temperature] was quite
narrow. Each room had
a control range of only about 10 [degree symbol] C [celsius].
10 - 20 : 20 - 30 : 30 - 40.
We then went to the faculty of
Science in a large but incredibly
scruffy building, nothing wrong
with it that some soap + water,
paint + light would have
put right. The enrollment
in Zoology was 12 undergrads
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