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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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p u b l i c affairs of t h e city a n d state of N e w Y o r k u r g i n g his accepts a n c e ; a committee from t h e B o a r d of E d u c a t i o n had been a p p o i n t e d to visit h i m and h a d t e l e g r a p h e d a s k i n g h i m to n a m e t h e t i m e w h e n h e would receive t h e m ; he h a d all along i n t e n d e d to r e m a i n with t h e U n i v e r s i t y b u t felt b o u n d to p r e s e n t t h e facts to t h e B o a r d as it was i n session. O n motion of Mr. Morrison, it was voted to a p p o i n t a c o m m i t t e e , with Mr. I n g l i s , S t a t e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of P u b l i c I n s t r u c t i o n , as chairm a n and Mr. M c K a y , P r e s i d e n t of t h e Board, as one of t h e m e m b e r s , to p r e p a r e a n d p r e s e n t to t h e B o a r d a resolution with r e g a r d t h e r e t o . Messrs. Morrison a n d S m i t h were a p p o i n t e d as t h e o t h e r m e m b e r s of this c o m m i t t e e . T h e following c o m m u n i c a t i o n from Professor B r e c k e n r i d g e with r e g a r d to t h e work of t h e m e c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g laboratory was p r e s e n t e d a n d it was ordered p r i n t e d .

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

N. C. BicJcer, Dean of College of Engineering,

URBANA, March 5, 1898.

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DEAR SIR:—There are several matters of importance to the mechanical engineering department that I wish to present to the Board of Trustees at its March meeting, and I submit them to you, hoping that they may have your approval and commendation. They are as follows: Moving and Setting up the Engines and Equipment of the Department in the neiv Steam Engineering Laboratory. This will cost from $200.00 to $250.00. I request that this amount be allowed for this purpose. Current Expenses for Experimental Laboratory Work. This department offers three full courses and three half courses in "Experimental Work in Steam Engineering." These include all the students in the departments of sanitary, electrical, and mechanical engineering. The field covered by the experiments undertaken is a very large one and the nature of the work during the past may be indicated by a partial list of some of the more important tests made: I. One hundred and twenty-six tests of the evaporative efficiency of many rades of Illinois coal. (These experiments have saved the University 1,500.00 in coal bills during the last three years.) 2. Tests on the flow of steam through pipes. 3. Tests of three types of house heating boilers, 4. Tests of different types of radiators as to their heating capacity. 5. Tests of the Champaign Cold Storage plant. 6. Tests of Electric Street R. R. plant, boilers, engines, generators, and cars. 7. Duty trial of water works plant at Urbana. 8. Tests of different types of injectors. 9. Tests on the value of exhaust steam for heating purposes. 10. Tests on the power required to drive shafting, fans, and machine tools. II. Tests on the relative strength of drop forgings and hand forgings. 12. Tests of strength of wire cables. 13. Twenty-two locomotive road tests on Illinois Central R. R., oh three types of locomotives in actual service. 14. Tests on the -regulation of engine speed by shaft governors.