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Caption: Course Catalog - 1898-1899
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MUNICIPAL AND SANITARY ENGINEERING 229 fication; the physical properties of minerals, as color, luster, hardness, gravity, streak, etc., with the conditions which may cause these properties to vary; elements of crystallography. In the laboratory the student is first made acquainted with the simplest trustworthy methods for proving the presence or absence of the acids and bases. He is then required to determine a large number of species by their physical and chemical properties only. (b) Petrography of Crystalline Rocks: The instruction under this topic is given by lectures and laboratory work. The subjects included are the classification of rocks, the methods used in their determination, the conditions governing the formation of each species, the decompositions to which they are liable, and the products of these decompositions. Each_student is supplied with a set of blowpipe tools and reagents, and a series of hand specimens covering all the common soecies of rocks. The course is continued under Geology ib. / . ; daily; 1 and 2; (5). 2. Professor ROLFE and Mr. HUBBARD. Mineralogy. Required: Chemistry 1. ADVANCED MINERALOGY.—(a1* Crystallographic During the second semester a careful study of the forms of crystals is made, including the measurement of angles and determination of complex forms. The student is also required to identify many species of minerals by their crystalline forms, and to verify his conclusions by the methods in use during the preceding term. (b) Optical Mineralogy. The work of the semester will be devoted to the microscopic determination of rock forming minerals; to methods for separating the minerals constituents of fine-grained rocks, etc. / / . ; daily; 3 and 4; (5). Professor ROLFE and Mr. HUBBARD. Required: Mineralogy 1. MUNICIPAL AND SANITARY 1. ENGINEERING ROAD ENGINEERING.—The value and importance of road im- provement in country highways and the best means of securing it are considered, together with the principles and details of construction of earth, gravel, and macadam roads. In city streets, the methods of construction, cost, durability, and desirability of the vario s kinds of pavement, and the questions of grades, cross-sections, methods of assessment of cost, and methods of maintenance and cleaning are treated. Byrne's Highway Construction. Lectures and Reading. II.; Th.orF.; 3; (1). Mr. . Required: Math. 4; General Engineering Drawing 1, 2; Civil Engineering I, 2, 3, 4.
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