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College of Engineering,

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The steam-engine, large drill-press, one engine lathe, the hand lathes, and the milling-machine, now in use, were designed here, and built in the shop, by students in the department. Besides these practical exercises, students of sufficient skill may be employed in the commercial work which is undertaken by the shop. For this work they receive compensation. This work includes all kinds of machine building and repairing, and will serve to extend and confirm the practical experience of the student. Experiments and Practical Problems.—Experiments in the testing of prime movers and other machines, are undertaken by each student. They take indicator diagrams from the engine of the Mechanical Laboratory and in factories in the adjoining towns, and determine from them the power developed with different degrees of expansion, and the possible defects of valve movement in distribution of steam.

APPARATUS.

This school is provided with plates and a cabinet of models illustrating mechanical movements and elementary combinations of mechanism. This collection is rapidly increasing by our own manufacture, and by purchase from abroad. It includes many of Riggs' models, and others from the celebrated manufactory of J. Schrceder, of Darmstadt, Germany. About two hundred valuable models from the United States Patent Office are also included in the cabinet. The State has provided a large Mechanical Laboratory and Workshop, furnished with complete sets of tools, benches, vises, and forges, with flasks for moulding in sand, and cupola for melting iron.

STUDIES.

The studies are given by the year and term in the tabular view of the course. The order there indicated should be closely followed, that the student may avoid interference of his hours of recitation.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSE. Required for the Degree of B. S. in School of Mechanical Engineering.

FIRST YEAR.

I. Trigonometry; Projection Drawing; Shop Practice; German or French. -2. Analytical Geometry; Descriptive Geometry and Lettering; Shop Practice; German or French. 3. Advanced Algebra; Free Hand Drawing; Shop Practice; German ot French.