Caption: Course Catalog - 1889-1890
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53 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. determine the percentage of moisture in the steam by the use of the calorimeter. APPARATUS. This school is provided with plates and a cabinet of models illustrating mechanical movements and elementary combinations of mechanism. This collection is rapidly increasing by our own manufacture, and by purchase from abroad. It includes many of Riggs's models, and others from the celebrated manufactory of J. Schroeder, of Darmstadt, Germany. About two hundred valuable models from the United States Patent Office are also included in the cabinet. The state has provided a large mechanical laboratory and workshop, furnished with complete sets of tools, benches, vises, and forges, with flasks for moulding in sand, and cupola for melting iron. STUDIES. The studies are given by the year and term in the tabular view of the course. The order there indicated should be closely followed, that the student may avoid interference of his hours of recitation. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSE. Requiredfor the Degree of B. S., in School of Mechanical Engineering. FIRST YEAR. 1. Trigonometry; Projection Drawing; Shop Practice; German or French. 2. Analytical Geometry; Descriptive Geometry and Lettering; Shop Practice ; German or French. 3. Advanced Algebra ; Free-Hand Drawing ; Shop Practice ; German or French. SECOND YEAR. 1. Designing and Construction of Machines; Calculus; German or French. 2. Designing and Construction of Machines; Advanced Analytical Geometry ; German or French. 3. Engineering Materials and Construction of Machines; Advanced Calculus ; German or French. THIRD YEAR. 1. Mechanism; Analytical Mechanics ; Chemistry. 2. Physics ; Resistance of Materials ; Chemistry. 3. Physics; Advanced Descriptive Geometry and Hydraulics; Astronomy. FOURTH YEAR. 1. Heat Engines ; Machine Drawing ; Mental Science. 2. Hydraulic Engines and Wind Wheels ; Machine Drawing ; Constitutional History. 3. Dynamo-electric Machinery ; Mill Work ; Political Economy.
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