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COLLEGE OP ENGINEERING.

Transmission of Power (Elect. Eng'g 9); Seminary (Elect. Eng'g 10b): Thesis.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

It is the object of this course to give the student a thorough training in the theoretical principles underlying the science of machines and mechanics, and at the same time to enable him to become practically familiar with some of the numerous applications of these principles which have become of such inestimable value to the human race. Instruction.—The methods of instruction vary with the subjects under consideration. Text books, lectures, examples, drawing room work, technical readings, models, reports, laboratory and shop practice—all have important places. It is the aim to keep the student interested in his work, with the belief that it is only under such a condition that he will receive the maximum benefit from his work. A practical course in drawing and designing extends through the entire course of stud3'. Shop or laboratory practice is also a part of each term's work. Equipment.—The equipment of this department is arranged for work under three heads—class and drawing room work, mechanical engineeringlaboratory. and shop practice. Engineering Hall being now completed, the facilities for class and drawing room work are unexcelled. The drawing rooms are equipped with modern desks, drawing boards,filingcabinets, card indexes, reference books, catalogues, odontographs. gear charts, tables, etc. Provision is made in the cabinet rooms for the exhibition of kinematic models and also sectioned steam specialties, many of them donated by the manufacturers. Mechanical Engineering Laboratory.—This laboratory is now situated in the basement of the Chemical Laboratory. It contains engines, boilers, pumps, surface condenser, and a large assortment of indicators, gauges, scales, thermometers, dynamometers, calorimeters, reducing motions, planimeters, measuring tanks, and apparatus for the calibration of instruments. It is supplied with steam from the central boiler house through a 5-inch main, and steam may be used from this source or from boilers in the laboratory itself. The engines may be run either with or without a condenser, with plain slide or expansion valves, or with automatic or throttling governors.