Harvard University held ceremonies on March 10 for the dedication of a new center for the study of combustion and the behavior of gases at high temperatures, the physics of oceans, and the problems of water supply systems. The Harvard Engineering Sciences Laboratory, a four‐story structure built at a cost of $1.4 million, contains offices, laboratories, and machine shops for the graduate students, faculty, and postdoctoral fellows of the University's Division of Engineering and Applied Physics.