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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

shapers, a planer, two milling machines, three drill presses, one punching machine, a Brown & Sharpe universal grinding machine, sixteen vises and the corresponding sets of bench tools. This shop is also provided with complete sets of standard gauges, reamers, arbors, drillers, etc. The pattern shop is provided with thirty-two benches, each supplied with a case of wood-working tools. The blacksmith shop contains sixteen forges, fitted with power blast, sixteen anvils and sets of blacksmith tools. The foundry is equipped with a cupola for melting iron, the necessary sand, ladles, flasks, etc., for making the castings which are afterward to be used in the machine shop. The laboratory is also supplied with dynamometers, friction brakes, calorimeters, steam engine indicators, and other apparatus for carrying on mechanical laboratory work. A 50-horse power high speed engine, made by the students in the machine shop, furnishes power and is available for testing purposes. Three other steam engines, a gas engine, and several boilers of different makes furnish ample material for testing by the students in this department.

COURSE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, FIRST YEAR.

1. Advanced Algebra; Elements of Draughting; Shop Practice; French, German, or English; Military. 2. Trigonometry; Descriptive Geometry and Lettering; Shop Practice; French, German, or English; Military. 3. Analytical Geometry; Advanced Descriptive Geometry; Shop Practice; French, German, or English; Military.

SECOND YEAR.

1. Differential Calculus; Mechanical Drawing and Construction; Physics; Military. 2. Advanced Analytical Geometry; Mechanical Drawing and Construction; Physics; Military. 3. Integral Calculusf Mechanical Drawing and Construction; Physics; Military.

THIRD YEAR.

1. Analytical Mechanics; Mechanism; Chemistry; Themes and Elocution. 2. Resistance of Materials; Engineering Materials; Chemistry; Themes and Elocution. 3. Hydraulics; Mechanics of Machinery; Electrical Measurements, or Surveying; Themes and Elocution.