807. Locomotive Engineering. [Hancock.]
12-1, M. T. W.
A study of the locomotive as an important type of steam power plant;
one in which there are problems of acute interest, many unsolved, and
which are receiving a large share of attention from engineers. The course
is meant to study the locomotive as it is now and to outline in a measure,
some of its deficiencies and its possibilities. The problems of inertia
effects, balancing, tractive force, track and train resistances, hauling capacity,
etc., are treated in lectures; a clear physical conception is gained by
careful examination and study of the machine itself, and for a knowledge
of its history and present development general reading and reports are
required. (Winter.)
