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Civil Engineering 1. [Newcomb, 11.] Required for C. E.

The Fall Term is given to Railway Engineering. The methods
of the reconnaissance, preliminary survey, office location, and field
location are developed in the lectures and illustrated in the field, a
complete series of maps, profiles, plans, and estimates being worked
out from the actual surveys. This is followed by a minute study of
the construction, maintenance, and operation of a modern railway.
In the Winter Term the standard types of Steel and Timber Bridges
are analyzed; the rules and formulae for design are developed and
applied; and each student makes a complete design for a bridge with
all the necessary computations and drawings. In the Spring Term
the topics studied are Public Roads, City Streets, and Street Railways.
The most improved methods of construction are discussed
and the students are drilled in the laboratory on the best tests for
road-building materials.