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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES;

pumping engines, air compressors, fans, blowers, machinery for transmitting power, locomotives, pile drivers, and other machinery of this character. / / . ; Tu., W., Th.; 1; (3). Assistant Professor GOOD-'

ENOUGH.

Required: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1, 2, 3; Mechanical Engineering 5, 7, 14. 9. ADVANCED DESIGNING.—The work in this course comes under two heads. Original Design: This part of the course is intended more especially to develop and train the student's inventive ability. The work begins with simple problems and extends to more difficult designs as the student progresses. The machines are to be designed for accomplishing a certain prescribed work. Often but a single piece is handed the student, and a machine is required which will produce a given number of these pieces per hour. Advanced Design: This includes primarily the design of heavy machinery, such as punches, shears, presses, cranes, derricks, etc. Machinery subjected to heavy and variable stresses. The design of attachments to existing machines, or the complete design of some machine that can be built in the shops, is often a part of this work. A large amount of study of existing machines is required. The student is taught to consult the standard works on designing, such as Unwin, Rculeaux, Klein, Bach's Maschinenelemente, and Richards. I.; Tu., Th.; 6, 7, 8; (2). II.; Tu., W., TK; 6, 7, 8; (3). Assistant Professor GOODENOUGH. Required: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1, 2, 3; Mechanical Engineering I to 8, and 14.

10. ESTIMATES, SPECIFICATIONS, AND SUPERINTENDENCE.—Cal-

culations and estimates are made as to the cost of machinery, power plants, boilers, chimneys, systems of piping, engines and their foundations, different methods of power transmission. Also forms of contracts and specifications are studied. / / . ; Tu.,

Th.; 2, 3; (1). Professor BRECKENRIDGE.

Required: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1, 2, 3; Mechanical Engineering 1 to 6, 9, 12.

12. ADVANCED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY.—This

work is a continuation of the work begun in the junior year. Experiments are made with engines, pumps, motors, injectors, and boilers to determine under what conditions they may be expected to give a maximum efficiency. Tests of plants in the vicinity are made, of which carefully prepared reports are always required. The dyna-