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Caption: Course Catalog - 1896-1897
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I52 GENERAL DESCRIPTION Of COURSES 6. TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY.—Lectures and practice. This course includes the methods of telegraphy, the theory of the telephone, and telephone engineering with special reference to the construction, testing and protection of lines. Visits to the local telephone exchanges are made, and reports on the systems required. Spring- term, half study. Assistant Professor ESTY. Required: Electrical Engineering 4. 7. ELECTRO-METALLURGY.—Lectures and Laboratory. Theory of electrolysis and study of the use of electric energy in the electrolytic separation and refining of metals. Assistant Professor ESTY. Omitted for year 1897-98. Required: Chemistry 1 and Electrical Engineering 3. 8. ELECTRIC LIGHTING.—Lectures and drafting. The subject of this course is the generation and distribution of electrical energy with special reference to electric lighting. It includes methods of wiring for arc and incandescent lighting; the discussion of fire insurance rules and regulations; the installation, operation, and economical management of central stations; use of accumulators, compensators, and other regulators; consulting engineering. A part of the instruction is to have the student make working plans, specifications, and estimates of a complete installation of a plant for a particular locality whose local conditions are known. Winter term, full study. Assistant Professor ESTY. Required: Electrical Engineering 3, 4, 5. 9. ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OF POWER.—Lectures and draft- ing. The construction, equipment, and operation of electric railways and power stations; the utilization of water power; long distance transmission of electric power; the application of electric motors to general power distribution; consulting engineering. Visits to the plant of the local light and power company form a part of the instruction, and full reports on the installation are required. Plans, specfications, and estimates are prepared by each student for a power plant at some particular location. Spring term, full study. Assistant Professor ESTY. Required: Electrical Engineering 8. 10. SEMINARY.—A weekly meeting of instructors and students is held in the department reading room for discussion of topics from the current journals of theoretical and applied electricity. Papers on any original work doing in the department also come up for discussion. Fall, zcinter, and spring terms, once a week. Professor CARMAN. 11. ELEMENTS OF DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINERY.—A course of lectures introductory to the fuller courses of the fourth year, and re-
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