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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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arbors, reamers, gear and milling cutters, caliper gauges, calipers, scales, and other small tools. The wood shop occupies the second floor of the Engineering Laboratory, and contains twenty-six improved woodworking benches, fourteen of which are fitted with Wyman and Gordon patent vises; one thirty-four-inch F. H. Clement and Co. band saw;one thirty-six-inch Yerkes and Finan band saw; one twenty-inch Clement and Co. wood planer; one J. A. Fay and Co. jig saw; one J. A. Fay and Co. jointer; eight teninch wood lathes; one eighteen-inch pattern-maker's lathe; one No. 4 E. Fox trimmer, together with a complete equipment of small tools. The foundry occupies a room 48 by 48 feet in the Metal Shops, and is equipped with a twenty-four-inch Whiting patent cupola, a core oven, and the necessary sand, ladles, and flasks for making castings. A No. 7 Buffalo steel pressure fan furnishes blast for the cupola. The forge shop occupies a room 36 by 48 feet in the Metal Shops, and contains ten latest improved Buffalo down-draft forges. Blast is furnished these forges by a No. 5 Sturtevant pressure blower, and all gases of combustion are exhausted under ground by means of a No. 9 Sturtevant exhaust fan. The shop is also equipped with all necessary small tools.

COUBSE OF INSTRUCTION

Required for the Degree of B. S. in Mechanical Engineering

FIRST YEAR

1. Advanced Algebra (Math. 2); Elements of Drafting and Sketching (Drawing, Gen. Eng'g 1 and 4); French 5, or German 5, or English 1 and 2; Shop Practice (Mech. Eng'g 1); Military 1, 2. 2. Trigonometry (Math. 4); Descriptive Geometry .(Drawing, Gen. Eng'g 2); French 5, or German 5, or English 1 and 2; Shop Practice (Mech. Eng'g 1); Military 1, 2. 3. Analytical Geometry (Math. 6); Descriptive Geometry and Lettering (Drawing, Gen. Eng'g 2 and 3); French 5, or German 5, or English 1 and 2; Shop Practice (Mech. Eng'g 1); Military 2.