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- the supply of Zoologists next
year will be much better.
Owen mentioned Jack Buies
at University of Leeds as eager for
a change. His field has been
intertidal ecology but he feels
he has come to the end of productive
work in it. This seems strange!
Another possible is a New
Zealander. Wm. [William?] Barrie,
currently working at Leith.
He seems like a live wire,
open personality; has no left
hand. I have doubts that he
has the personality of a
leader eventually but he
might make it.
Blaxters respirometers [?].
Sheep units cost about L [pounds] 1000
Bull unit " [costs] " [about] L [pounds] 3200.
Sheep unit has been somewhat
modified from the original
description. They are not using
silica gel to take out the water
+ are sealing at the tip with
rubber gasgets [gaskets] instead of oil.
Bull unit.
Outer wall was of sheet steel.
Door at end moved on 2 overhead
rails. Small door at lower side
gave acess [access] to a pair of manipulating
gloves so that animal could be
milked or otherwise manipulated.
Insulation is with 1 1/2 cm [centimeters] of
expanded cellulose. Inside has manger
water container, small fan,
small pump in upper door corner
pumps urine from catcher into
bottle on shelf.
Operating unit consists of
Air pump that feeds in air
supply. This draws out the air,
75% of it returns immediately via a
bypass, the rest goes through
[illegible word], then through a cannister
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