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School of Mechanical

Engineering.

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charge. The student must be prepared to read, explain and defend it before his class. It must be illustrated with such photographs, drawings and sketches as may be needed, and embellished with a title page neatly designed and printed with India ink, or colors. It must be upon Regulation Paper and securely bound. It will be prepared during.the latter part of the fourth year and presented at the close of the course, after which it will be deposited in the Library of the College.

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING.

OBJECT OF T H E SCHOOL.

This school is intended to prepare students for the profession of Mechanical Engineering. It is designed to supply a class of men long needed, not simply practical nor wholly theoretical, who, guided by correct principles, shall be fully competent to invent, design, construct, or manage machinery, in the various industrial pursuits. The instruction, while severely scientific, is thoroughly practical, aiming at a clear understanding and mastery of all mechanical principles and devices. Practice in the Mechanical Laboratory is combined with the theoretical training, and is counted as one of the studies of the course.

INSTRUCTION.

Instruction in this school is given in both Principles and Practice. the knowledge is imparted in lectures, combined with the use of plates and illustrative models, and recitations are made from text-books. Numerous examples are also given, showing the application of the theories and principles taught. Experiments in the testing of machines and motors are undertaken by the student. IN PRACTICE, the instruction consists mainly in the execution of Projects, in which the student is required to construct machines, or parts thereof, of his own designing, and from his own working drawings. The students, in class exercises under competent teachers, use the machinery and tools of the Machine and Pattern Shops and Foundry, according to the most approved methods of modern practice. See "Projects." The practical instruction is not intended merely to teach the trade, but is added as a necessary supplement to the theoretical training.

IN PRINCIPLES,

TECHNICAL STUDIES.

The Course is given by the year and term in the tabular view, in Appendix, course 5. The order of studies there indicated should be closely followed, that the student may avoid interference of his hours of recitation. The following is a detailed view of the Technical Studies.

MATHEMATICS.

For a list of the subjects included under Pure Mathematics, see the Department of Pure Mathematics, in Appendix, as far as Calculus ol Variations. The following are those included in Applied Mathematics :