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| Keywords: Physical Laboratory (Lewis) 1896.jpg Lehigh University's Physical Laboratory was built in 1895 but burned down on April 6 1900 It was immediately rebuilt using the same foundations and is now known as Lewis Lab Anyway back then it was said this structure is built of stone and is 235 feet long and four stories high The ground floor is devoted to electrical work and forms the Senior electrical laboratory It contains a large dynamo room with the engine dynamos and motors with all their appliances ”battery balance calorimetric rooms and workshop The eastern part of the story has been carefully arranged for delicate work The use of iron has been avoided; the gas and steam main and pipes radiators etc are all of brass A hall 200 feet long can be darkened and used for long range work in testing lamps <br /><br />Under this floor is the cave or even temperature room completely enclosed with solid stone masonry The upper stories contain the Junior electrical laboratory the mechanical laboratory the library and other rooms on the third floor is a find large hall for holding examinations lectures of other meetings and the large physical lecture room is and the eastern end The laboratories for heat and light are on the highest floor and the tower rooms are set apart for meteorology Edmund M Hyde The Lehigh University a Historical Sketch 1896 http //www lehigh edu/library/speccoll/hyde pdf The Lehigh University a Historical Sketch by Edmund M Hyde 1896 < 1896 Author File Physical Laboratory Lewis fire 1900 jpg PD-old-100 Lehigh University Black and white photographs of buildings Built in Pennsylvania in 1895 Physical laboratories | ||||
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