for its readers, which is worth detailed consideration. Fig. 46 shows the desk as allotted to each reader. It is 50 inches in length, the table portion is 28 inches in height and 24 inches in breadth, and the middle division separating it from the opposite reader is 22 inches high and 6| thick. In the centre of the upright is an inkwell, pen
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wiper, and place for penholders and pencils. In Fig. 47 the central portion of the desk is shown on an enlarged scale. The parts marked A in Fig. 46 open outwards; the right hand side is hinged at the bottom, and falls down, forming a shelf 17 inches by 11 inches. On the left hand side a movable shelf for holding an open volume is hung, as shown in Fig. 47.
The front easel part is hinged at C., and is 16
