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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

giving products of numbers to twenty places. (2) Two Thacher's computing scales, especially accurate, for performing multiplication, division, squaring, and the extraction of square root. (3) An Amsler's polar planimeter for measuring the area of figures of any form, and employed principally in graphic statics or in measuring indicator diagrams. (4) A Coradi's rolling planimeter of largest size and a Coradi's polar planimeter for more accurate use. (5) An Amsler's integrator for obtaining area, static moment, and moment of inertia of plane figures, especially of sections of columns, beams, etc. (6) A Coradi's pantagraph of best construction for the reduction of drawings and maps. (7) Various computing machines, including Boucher's calculator, Ram's slide rules, duplex slide rule, Webb's adder, the ribbon adder, etc. DESCRIPTION OF DEPARTMENTS ARCHITECTURE The department of architecture and architectural engineering occupies nearly the entire upper story of Engineering Hall, thereby securing drawing rooms lighted by skylights, convenient class rooms, cabinet, museum, and studies.

INSTRUCTION

The course of study in architecture prepares graduates for professional work as architects, draftsmen, and superintendents of construction. The scientific principles of construction and its practical details, drawing applied to all purposes, the principles of design and their application to the planning and designing of buildings, are therefore made especially prominent in the course of instruction. Great attention is also devoted to the history and esthetics of architecture. Instruction is imparted by means of text-books, when suitable works exist, by the solution of numerous problems, by blueprint lecture notes and syllabuses, and by constant practice in original design whenever this can be employed. The collection of plates in the architectural cabinet, with models, sketches, and working drawings are used as illustrations and suggestions. Drawing and designing are practised throughout the entire course, and two years of instruction are provided in