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Caption: Course Catalog - 1889-1890
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64 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. single, double, and oblique tenons; splices, straight and scarfed; mitre, lap, and gained joints; through and lap dovetails; mouldings, mitres, mitre-box, and panels. Second Term.—Turning and Cabinet-making. Gluejoints; mouldings; inlaying; ornamental veneering; turnjng cylinders, balusters, ornamental forms, capitals, rosettes, vases, etc. Third Term.—Construction of portions of buildings or of complete architectural structures at a reduced scale; roof trusses, stairs, frames of wooden buildings, etc., made from drawings. APPARATUS. A collection of casts donated by the Spanish government, and another of casts of various architectural details from Lehr, of Berlin, belong to the Schools of Architecture and Design; models of ceilings, roof trusses, stairs and Schroeder's models of joints in wood-work and of constructions in cut stone-work, in the engineering museum. The School of Architecture possesses a large and rapidly increasing collection of engravings and photographs illustrating the history of architecture and art and their practical applications in all ages. The collection is mounted on about 5,000 cards 11x14 inches, and is classified in two parts, one for the use of the class in history of architecture, the other for use by the various classes in designing; both series are minutely subdivided to facilitate easy reference, and are always open for free use, thus forming a most valuable working library. The plates issued by the most important American architectural journals are to be found here. The casts, photographs, etc., of the art gallery. In the University Library are many of the best English, German, French, and American architectural works and periodicals. A large and well-equipped carpenter and cabinet shop, containing cabinet benches and sets of fine tools for class in shop practice; foot and power lathes; machine saws planer, moulder, tenoner, shaper, jig saw, etc. The use of the large testing machine, capacity 50 tons.
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