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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES Bowser's Analytical Mechanics, Math. 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. Fall term, full study.

Professor TALBOT.

Required:

2.

RESISTANCE OF MATERIALS.—In the treatment of this subject it

is the aim to give the student a thorough training in the elementary principles of the mechanics of materials, to follow with such experiments and investigations in the testing laboratory as tend to verify the experimental laws, and to add such problems in ordinary engineering practice as will train the student in the use of his knowledge. Attention is also given to the quality and requirements fpr structural materials. Outline of the subject: Elasticity of materials; stresses and strains; experimental laws; working strength for different materials; resistance of pipes and riveted joints; bending and resisting moment; shear and elastic curve of cantilever, simple, restrained, and continuous beams; column formulas; torsion, and shafts; maximum internal stresses in beams; fatigue of metals; working strength for repeated stresses; resilience; reliability of the common theory of flexure, as shown by actual experiment; design and strength of rolled and built beams and columns; specifications for materials and methods of testing. Merriman's Mechanics of Materials. Winter term, full study. Professor TALBOT. Required: Math. 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics i. 3. HYDRAULICS.—In hydraulics the instruction is by text-book and laboratory work. The laws of the pressure and flow of water and its utilization as motive power are considered. Experimental work in the hydraulic laboratory gives training in the observation and measurement of pressure, velocity, and flow, and in the determination of experimental coefficients. The subject covers the following: Weight and pressure of water; head; center of pressure; velocity and discharge through orifices, weirs, tubes, nozzles, pipes, conduits, canals, and rivers; measurement of pressure, velocity, and discharge; meters and measurements; motors, turbines, and water wheels; water power and transmission of power. Merriman.'s Hydraulics. Spring term, full study. Professor TALBOT. Required: Math. 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1, 2.

4. APPLIED MECHANICS.—To be taken instead of Analytical Me-

chanics. The course of study and topics studied will be nearly identical. Peck's Elementary Mechanics. Fall term, full study. Assistant Professor MCLANE.

Required:

Mathematics 2, 4, 6.