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  Location

  east part of Case campus
  
  Description
  3-story plus attic Italian Renaissance style, mill construction of brown shale brick and stone, 75x132 feet; containing laboratories, library, offices, classrooms
  The names of scientists which appear around the exterior near the top are:
  west face: Rowland, Fresnel, Chladni, Galileo, Archimedes, Newton, Huyghens, Carnot, Helmholtz, Maxwell;
  north face: Henry, Koenig, Kepler, Kelvin, Arago, Fraunhofer, Joule;
  east face: Ohm, Fizeau, Oersted, Young, Stokes, Regnault, Verdet, Gilbert, Pascal, Ampere, Wheatstone;
  south face (covered by the 1959 addition): Boyle, Faraday, Foucault, Franklin, Volta, Mersenne, Hertz.

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  This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.

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  Other Names
  Physics
  1904-1905: Physical Laboratory
  The Rockefeller Physical Laboratory
  
  Named For
  John D. Rockefeller, friend

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  Constructed
  1905-1906
  
  Architect
  William R. Watterson
  
  General Contractor
  The Samuel Austin and Son Co.

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  Cost
  1905: $96,042.22
  
  Financing
  1905: Gift of $110,000 from John D. Rockefeller, friend

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  Occupants
  1906-1949+: Case Physics Dept.
  
  Uses
  1906-1949+: Research and teaching, library, offices

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  Ceremonies
  Betatron dedicated: 2/2/1949

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1948-1949: Built Betatron vault underground, south of building
  
  Cost
  $75,000
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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