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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ENGINEERING

B U L L E T I N ~SO. 3

EXPERIMENT

STATION

MARCH 1906

T H E E N G I N E E R I N G E X P E R I M E N T STATION

OF THE

U N I V E R S I T Y OP I L L I N O I S

B Y L. P. BRECKENRIDGE, DIRECTOR OF THE E N G I N E E R I N G E X P E R I M E N T STATION.

The Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Illinois was established by action of the Board of Trustees, December 8, 1903. I t is the purpose of the station to carry on investigations along various lines of engineering, and to make studies of problems of importance to professional engineers, and to the manufacturing, mining, railway, constructional and industrial interests of the state. I t is believed t h a t this experimental work will result in contributions of value to engineering science and to the industries of the state, and that the pursuit of such investigations will give inspiration to students and add to the value of the instructional work in the College of Engineering. The value to the state of the work done by the Agricultural Experiment Station has suggested the possibility of doing work of similar value to the industrial interests of the state. I t is believed that Illinois is the first state to establish an engineering experiment station, but there is every reason to believe that many other states will soon move in such a direction. When a number of states have established such stations, it is entirely reasonable to suppose that the federal government may be depended upon to give the same aid to these engineering stations that it now does to the agricultural experiment stations.

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