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Caption: Course Catalog - 1885-1886
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Library. 27 to have been seven and a quarter million of francs. The design was placed by the art committee second on a list of 289 competitors; but both the first and second were set aside for political reasons. Mr. Gay's generous gift occupies the place of honor in the Museum of Engineering and Architecture. LIBRARY. The Library, selected with reference to the literary and scientific studies required in the several courses, includes over 15,000 volumes, and additions are made every year. The large library hall, fitted up as a reading-room, is open throughout the day for study, reading, and consulting authorities. It is intended that the use of the Library shall largely supplement the class-room instruction in all departments. Constant reference is made in classes to works contained in the Library, and their study is encouraged or required. The reading room is well provided with American, English, French, and German papers and periodicals, embracing some of the most important publications in science and art. The following periodicals are regularly received: PERIODICALS IN THE LIBRARY, 1885. Transactions American Society of Prairie Farmer. Civil Engineers. Western Rural. Engineering News. Country Gentleman. Engineering and Mining Journal. Breeder's Gazette. Scientific American. Indiana Farmer. Scientific American Supplement. New England Farmer. Sanitary Engineer. Michigan Farmer. Van Nostrand's Engineering MagFarmer and Fruit-Grower. azine. Iowa Homestead. The Workshop. Agricultural Gazette, London. American Architect. Gardeners' Chronicle, London. American Machinist. American Agriculturist. Western Manufacturer. Western Agriculturist. Gazette of Patent Office. Live Stock Journal, monthly and Mechanics. weekly. Locomotive. Horticulturist. American Artisan. Farmers' Review. SCIENTIFIC. Veterinary Journal. Industrialist. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Poultry Keeper. Botanique, Paris. Farm, Field and Stockman. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, ENGINEEBING. Zoologie, Paris. Bncyclopedie d'Architecture, Paris. Science. Builder, London. Nature, London. American Engineer. American Naturalist. AGBIOOLTTJBAI, AND HOBTICTXLTUBAL.
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