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Illinois Industrial

University.

NATURAL SCIENCE.

PHYSICS AND DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY—See Department of Physics and Astronomy. CHEMISTRY—Inorganic Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis. GEOLOGY—Elements of Physiographic, Lithological, Historical and Dynamical Geology.

ENGINEERING.

ROAD ENGINEERING—Location and construction of Roads and Railroads; Grades; Gauges; Tunnels, etc. RESISTANCE OF MATERIALS—Elasticity; Safe Limits; Shearing Stress; Flexure and Strength of Beams and Columns; Practical Formulae. TRUSSES^—Analysis of a variety of Roofs and Frames, with methods of obtaining the strains. BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION—Warren's, Howe's, and other Trusses; Tubular and Suspension Bridges; Arches, etc. STONE-WORK—Stone; Limes and Mortars; Foundations, etc.

SPECIAL EXERCISES VACATION JOURNALS.

Journals are required to be kept by each student during his second and third vacations. They must be written as often as once a week, and will contain accounts of his travels and occupations, with special reference to matters pertaining to his chosen profession, and general attention to all scientific and industrial facts. They will be presented during the Fall terms, read before the class, interesting facts discussed, and marked and credited as studies of the course. It is recommended that students employ their vacations in engineering practice. To facilitate this important part of their preparation, students of creditable standing at the ends of the second and third years of their courses, can obtain certificates to this effect from the professor in charge.

PROJECTS AND VACATION MEMOIRS.

During the Spring Term of the second year, an accurate Topographical Survey of a locality is made by the class, and instruction given in the use of the Level, preparatory to a project in Railroad Engineering, which is executed in the Fall Term of the next year. The Plane-table is used as in the U. S. Surveys. The Project consists of a Preliminary Survey, Locations, Drawings, and Estimates. The Preliminary Survey will consist in an examination of the locality, and in running tangent lines, with leveling and topographical sketching. The Location will consist in running the line over the route decied upon, with all the necessary measurements and calculations for establishing the grade, setting slope stakes, determining the amount of earth-work, designing the buildings, bridges, culverts, etc. The Drawings will include Alignment, Profile, Plans, and Sections.