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Caption: Course Catalog - 1898-1899
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COLLECTIONS ARCHITECTURE 33 A large number of specimens of stone, bricks, terra cotta, sanitary fixtures, casts of moldings and of ornament have been accumulated, together with some excellent specimens of industrial arts, models of structures, working drawings of important buildings, 2,500 lantern slides, 20,000 plates and photographs, and the most necessary books. CIVIL ENGINEERING The civil engineering department has a large room containing samples of iron, steel, wood, brick, and stone; materials for roads and pavements; models of arches and trusses, one of the latter being full-sized details of an actual modern railroad bridge. The department also possesses a very large collection of photographs and blue-print working drawings of bridges, metal skeleton buildings, masonry structures, and standard railroad construction. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING The department has a large cabinet containing a collection of samples illustrating standard practice in the industrial applications of electricity. There is also a rapidly growing collection of lantern slides, photographs, blue-prints, drawings, pamphlets, and other engineering data. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING This department has among other things a partial set of Reuleaux models, together with models of valve gears, sections of steam pumps, injectors, valves, skeleton steam and water gauges, standard packings, steam-pipe coverings, and drop forgings. There are also fine examples of castings, perforated metal, defective boiler plates, and sets of drills, with numerous samples of oil, iron, and steel. A large number of working drawings from leading firms and from the United States Navy Department forms a valuable addition to the above collections.
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