Caption: Book - Century of Physics (1973)
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>u distributed long-hand « $ i t ha v t ttrn <«• i pi !•. • of e > » i i, i t wo e » be! ora ha pei i oi mad t h< exp i nt • i M rd, put ent, and com; ar.m c p /ed Alt d st *s an t phys i ugh hi ac s is s an is, ac • t ad b) B.ikrr, vara inti aiiottrJ to do h expei i reports, Ln respect t s sh that Robinson < Learly beli l and not the content oi' o p: cal man, he under81 gtbooks. > and appli'-d r thematic8 and d d, a Leader among engineers of his day in this respect. Baker and j remark that a noted engineering handbook published about 1870 boldl terted t i higher mathematics was useless to an engineer. t TV. state- ment greatly impressed the students and tended to alienate them from the essential mathematical and scientific preparation. But Professor Robinson's versatility, ability and enthusiasm in the constant and effective use o higher mathematics were very effective in leading the students to adopt the better ideals of an engineering education. By 1878 four curricula in engineering had been established - mechanical il, mining, and architecture. The total engineering facult consisted of three professors and three instructors. The student enrollment in In Februar 1878, but i \a: al engineering was 59; in the university it was 416. Robinson was appointed the first Dean of the Engineering College e same year he resigned to accept an app mtment as Professor < ngineering and Physics at Ohio State Univei on the Illinois campus. it v. He has left a land irk f a t er He designed and supervised the buildir. It was installed in Univer Lon towel clock for the Class of 1878. Hall and i mechanism now actuates the clock in the I Mini i lim Ilobart ]\ body In 1878 Selim Peabody came to the Univ< i ngi e< ng and hysics. H had b e e n a t< < h- tv as Ph * tor scant *•• « ? at ral ! i i aa • < mm 4 cho l Ln ? UH<I ag - Within t tio nrnim. i u ho i m oat a gent, in 1880, on the res J s i s to se s Ln « >hn Mil i to the ' w s yc *n4 to teach pi si
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