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Caption: Course Catalog - 1899-1900
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COLLECTIONS 35 BOTANICAL The herbarium contains nearly all the species of flowering plants indigenous to Illinois, including a complete set of grasses and sedges. The flora of North America is fairly well represented, and a considerable collection of foreign species has been made. A collection of fungi includes a full set of those most injurious to other plants, causing rusts, smuts, molds, etc. A collection of wood specimens from two hundred species of North American trees well illustrates the varieties of native wood. Plaster casts represent fruits of many of the leading varieties as well as interesting specimens of morphology, showing peculiarities of growth, effects of cross-fertilization, etc. ENGINEERING The following departments of the College of Engineering have made extensive and valuable collections, which will be found in rooms in Engineering Hall: ARCHITECTURE 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, 3,000 lantern slides, 20,000 plates and photographs, and an excellent working library. 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.
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