[Anon], ‘The New Physical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge’

The genius for research possessed by Prof. Clerk Maxwell and the fact that it is open to all students of the University of Cambridge for researches will, if the people mistake not, make this before long a building very noteworthy in English science. A lofty flight of steps in the tower leads from the second floor into the roof above the lecture-room, and a few more steps lead into the highest room in the building, which occupies the upper portion of the tower, its floor being more than 50 ft. above the ground. The floors of the building are liberally supplied with hatches about 8 in. square, and in most cases those in the first floor are placed vertically under those in the second floor, so that wires may be suspended through the whole height of the building.