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Caption: Course Catalog - 1897-1898
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ARCHITECTURE l6l historical and comparative study of customs, ceremonies, and rights, beliefs, and folklore of primitive peoples, with reference to the common characteristics and fundamental instincts of mankind and to the origin and growth of existing customs and social institutions. Winter term, at 8.20, full credit. Assistant Professor DANIELS. Required: A major or minor course im Economics, Geology, Psychology, or Zoology. ARCHITECTURE 2. WOOD CONSTRUCTION.—Formulae and data for computing dimensions and strength of columns, beams, girders, etc., of wood or metal, are given and applied in the solution of examples. Wood and its uses in construction and decoration, seasoning, shrinkage, defects, and modes of protection from decay. Construction and design of wooden floors, walls, ceilings, and roofs, and joinery, doors, windows, bays, inside finish, cornices, wainscoting, stairs, etc. Rickets Wood, Stone, Brick, and Metal Construction; Jones's Logarithmic Tables. Fall term, at 2.20, full credit. Assistant Professor MCLANE. Required: General Engineering Drawing 1, 2, 3, 4. 3. STONE, BRICK, AND METAL CONSTRUCTION.—Foundations of stone, brick, concrete, and piles, materials employed in stone masonry, their uses, defects, qualities, and modes of preparation. Kinds of masonry and external finish. Tools for stone cutting and their use. Preparation of working drawings, with application to the arch, vault, and dome. Brick masonry, its materials and bonds. Manufacture and refining of cast iron, wrought iron, and steel, with processes of pattern-making, molding, casting, refining, rolling, etc., and standard dimensions or sections. Special properties and value of metal in a structure, designing a line of columns in mercantile building, and of beams, girders, and footings, together with the study of joints and connections. Same text-books as in fall term. Winter term, at 2.10, full credit. Assistant Professor MCLANE. Required: General Engineering Drawing 1, 2, 3, 4. 4. SANITARY CONSTRUCTION.—Daily recitations or lectures, designs for special problems. Study of plumbing, trap ventilation, removal of wastes, construction of water closets, drains, and systems of water supply; sewage disposal. Water supply and fixtures in dwellings. Gerhard's Drainage and Sewerage of Dwellings;
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