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HYDRAULICS LABORATORY IS MADE POSSIBLE BY HERSCHEL

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Newark, N. J., March 13--The construction of a laboratory for the study of practical applied hydraulics at the Harvard Engineering School was made possible by a $50,000 bequest in the will of Clemens Herschel '61, noted hydraulic engineer, who died on March 1. In the will probated here today the sum was set aside as a trust fund for Mrs. Herschel, to revert to Harvard on her death.

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