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Excerpt from I. The Board of Natural Resources and Conservation of the Department of Registration and Education, And, II. The Illinois State Geological Survey in War Mineral Research By July, 1940, the first unit of the Natural Resources Building was nearing completion, and members of the Geological and Natural History Survey staffs were moving into their new offices and laboratories. The Natural Resources Building in its present form comprises this first unit, which was so planned that new units might be added conveniently and economically as expand ing programs and staffs made necessary an increase of floor space. Although the exterior of the building conforms to the stately Georgian design of other campus building, utility rather than beauty was the guiding principle in designing, constructing, and equipping the interior. However, the foyer illustrates the decora tive possibilities of certain Illinois building materials, and many of the laboratories exemplify the functional beauty concept of modern design. Efficient use of floor space is evident throughout the building. Not only is full use made of the three main floors for offices and laboratories; ingenious planning made possible the natural light ing of the basement, permitting laboratories and offices on this floor, as well as storage rooms, and a well-insulated roof allowed utilization of the fourth floor for offices, drafting rooms, libraries, and laboratories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.